looking good so far Mr Robville. Is that balsa wood you are working with i wonder?.
My hobbies have been many over the years, starting with the usual Airfix kits but i could never resist having a go at whatever turned me on at the time. My early day found me rooting around in old council rubbish tips looking for any old radios. Building crystal sets followed and shortwave listening became the norm. I was mad on aircraft as a kid, and spotted from Dover, my home town, all the prop types of the day (1960's). I got to fly in some of em, eg the Bristol Britannia (Whispering giant), Vickers Viscounts and the Handley Page Hastings. The trip back from Singapore was in another obsolete plane now, Dehaviland Comet.
From aircraft i eventually moved to spacecraft and astronomy, then to Ufology and ended up with anything in the supernatural field, including ghost hunting. Unfortunately being an old far*, erm 65 years old and prone to back trubs, sitting about cold, draughty, damp old building all night doesn't sound all that inviting so much now. Made my own web site once. Thinking of having another go.
Unfortunately my wallet recently went through a period of accute anorexia, so i had to cut things out. Flogged all my model railway gear, aand the guitar and amp went too (Would never play like Satriani anyway sigh!). Basically left with Amateur radio, plane spotting (which i thought i would take up again despite the fact they all look the same now *sigh*) and the computer. Using the latter for SBS1 (Live Virtual aircraft radar), Ham stuff, Short wave listening and various games and sims, such as Silent Hunter, Trainz, MS Flight sim, Falcon 4 (stand alone), various space sims and Rail Simulator, which incidentally is a pain to use in 'World editor', as opposed to the easy to use 'Surveyor' in Trainz.
I understand that Microsoft are bringing out Train Sim MK2 soon, hope that it's a vast improvement on the original though. By far the best steam sound at the moment is on Rail Simulator, but like Ship Sim, they are still ironing out bugs at present, and the instructions in box are totally inadequate. Gone are the days when you got a manual the size of a phone book like the original Falcon 4. Rail Simulator are providing instructional videos on their site, but it's not the same as perusing a manual at your own leisure in my view anyway.
Reckon that's enough waffling from me. Mmmmm thinks!, reckon i could write a book too.. Regards, Brian
