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Post by brian on Jul 20, 2011 20:13:18 GMT
Hi all, was talking on the phone to twang today got talking about what we do in retirement apart from our strats and shadows etc we do chores like gardening etc but what else do we do well in the last ten years ive had american classic cars oldsmobile 61/2 ltr, a cadillac, collected rare marbles, paperweights built 70s chopper bikes, grifters. and now i am building spaceships from star trek i am facinated by space and always was from a young boy i think i am enjoing the things i cound'nt have then this is a picture of one of the crafts i am building at the moment complete with lights from america, this craft is 3ft long and is exremely detailed inside and out Attachments:
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Post by ade on Jul 20, 2011 20:28:29 GMT
Hi Brian
I am currently building a 5 inch gauge steam locomotive. I have a workshops with a lathe, manual milling machine and CNC mill. This is a two year project. However this could conflict with the guitar as it is a regular occurrence to bash, cut of get small bits of metal stuck in the fingers.
Regards
Ade
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Post by brian on Jul 20, 2011 20:43:04 GMT
Hi Ade, i forgot to mention i built an n guage layout but i had not got the space to perfect it as i live in a mobile home, so most of it went on the well known auction site, very sad.
i wish you well with your project it will be worth your efforts i'm sure
its nice to have a challenge.regards Brian
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Post by chrishampton1981 on Jul 20, 2011 20:49:44 GMT
Hi Brian!
I do amateur theatre as a hobby and am part of a group in Horsham. We mainly do musicals and are working on a production of the musical "Chess" by Benny and Bjorn of ABBA with Tim Rice who wrote the words. Great fun and have been with them since 2002 when I joined to do the show "Sweet Charity".
Kind Regards
Chris
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Post by twang46 on Jul 20, 2011 20:57:13 GMT
Hi Brian Ahhhh...... Star Trek Are you scratch building or using a kit as a base ? Always was fascinated by space ;D done the car/railway (oo) got a 72nd scale corvette (ship) in the loft in bits..... got a Sue Ryder tele in bits to get humbuckers etc.... Planning another guitar amp (18w 2xel84) stripped down "turbo" style with minimum components I think a new "shed" is going to be the next "proper" project  Hi Ade 5" gauge live steam loco  Retirement still hasn't really sunk in yet ( I've worked since I was about 9yrs old basically, over 50 years, it's a large part of my life) Cheers Dick |
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Post by brian on Jul 20, 2011 21:19:55 GMT
Hi Dick, no its a kit, but it requires a lot of patience time and effort cutting drillin sanding painting etc, £200 just for the lights, i am up to about £600 on this one at the minute plus many many hours labour
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Post by brian on Jul 20, 2011 21:25:04 GMT
FORGOT TO MENTION, MEN BELONG IN SHEDS, THAT IS THEIR PROPER HOME
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Post by twang46 on Jul 20, 2011 21:54:49 GMT
FORGOT TO MENTION, MEN BELONG IN SHEDS, THAT IS THEIR PROPER HOME Can't argue with that Brian ;D ;D Dick. |
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Post by ubique on Jul 20, 2011 22:12:28 GMT
Hi Brian Good topic. I am a long time aviation fan but could never afford to take up flying in the real world so I fly a computer and I'm a Senior First Officer with British Airways Virtual. BAV is virtual airline associated with, and mirrors as near as possible the real British Airways. We fly the same routes and schedules, using the same aircraft, which nowadays are as close as you can get on a computer to the real thing. We even have BA pilots, who fly all day for a living and are BAV members. The link is for a short BAV promo clip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2AarfbjbQKind regards. Neil |
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Post by rosemary on Jul 21, 2011 9:16:50 GMT
This is an interesting thread. My other main hobby is genealogy. I've been researching for almost 10 years now and am still going strong. You never know who you might be related to. Maybe even to Bruce, Hank, Brian or Jet, though I can say that sadly they're not in my tree but the more you research the more connections you get. Genealogy connects you to so many people, places and historical events and everyone has an interesting family history though not everyone has discovered it yet. Fred, if you're reading this - I have gone back a long way on my Dutch side (mainly from Groningen) and there are some distant relatives with your surname, so who knows, we might even be related. Best wishes Rosemary |
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Post by brian on Jul 21, 2011 9:30:56 GMT
talking about sheds and wife, i have to be careful what i say, my wife is paying for Charlies new echo.Brian
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Post by asimmd on Jul 21, 2011 9:31:42 GMT
Hi All
I am building an N gauge model railway in my computer/music room.Nothing too grand just 72" X 30",but it serves as a distraction.
I too am a life long fan of anything to do with Space Travel,and Star Trek is my favourite space program.
Neil,I used to be quite heavily into Microsofts Flight Sim,but I got fed up with just flying round going nowhere in particular.I did look at Virtual Airlines,but my Navigational Skills are not up to much,so I gave up a while ago.
Alan
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Post by 26rednef on Jul 21, 2011 10:13:32 GMT
Hi.
For me it is building guitars, amps and effects and I have a country range with lots of garden and carpenter work that is filling up much of my free time.
Kind Regards,
26rednef
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Post by solidlg on Jul 21, 2011 17:56:55 GMT
Blimey, you are all such a productive lot, I can relate to the Star Trek focus though, I am an avid Science Fiction fan, my eldest brother was Chief Engineer with British Aerospace and prior to that he was in Canada with Spar Aerospace who built the Canadarm for the Shuttle missions, he was IBM's spokesman and Nasa's spoksman on CadCam, so I could really take flights of fancy with him to spur me on.
No other hobbies for me outside of music and our 60's club in Toronto, and thats a music club, and by the Way Rosemary, our Bill Bonney of Fentones fame is also into Genealogy, he has hundreds of books on it and indeed his main business is providing history and the like for people's past.
When I retire at the end of next year I intend to get back into writing and recording again at home and like 26rednef I would love to take a crack at building a guitar, having said that I have no doubt my son would probably be the one who does the work, DIY is not exactly up my street.
All the best
Steve
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Post by nighthawk on Jul 21, 2011 20:15:46 GMT
Hi All, the three G's for me golf,guitar and gardening. I used to be in to old cars the last 2 were a Porsche 944 and Porsche 928 but they had to go when I retired. Unfortunately you can't do everything and the cars were the most expensive especially the 928. With it being a 4.7ltr v8 as the speedo went up the petrol gauge went down at the same rate. It did about 14 to the gallon.  Les |
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Post by jimmyc on Jul 21, 2011 22:46:48 GMT
Hi Everyone
I've been an angler all my life, fishing for carp since the early seventies. This has been more of an obsession than the guitar which I only started playing off and on about 20 years ago. Often take a guitar with me [got a cheap Squire Strat] when I go night fishing to practice a bit. Dont plug it in though! Also used to do motorbike trials when I was younger.
Jim
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Post by shadfan4 on Jul 22, 2011 13:14:46 GMT
Well if anyone was wondering what my avatar is, it's an Attitude Indicator So my other past time is aviation. I have held a pilots licence for 33+ years now and have flown a lot in Europe to the South of France, Ibiza, Spain etc a lot of flying in the US and Bahama's, I hired an aircraft in 2009 from Cairns airport QSLD and flew my daughter over the Great Barrier Reef which is something I would like to do again. I fly regularly from an airfield in England Nr Woking and am planning to fly the PA28 Archer II to Scotland to the isle of Barra and do my first beach landing with some other aviators from my flying club. And generally try to avoid the RAF who fly low level sorties around that area  I used to ski a lot in Colorado but the old bones don't like hitting granite at 30+mph ;D I am also a member of the B.O.R (Brotherhood of Revelry) a drinking club with a sailing problem regularly sailing in Norfolk on the broads. (Real sailing cruisers not diesel stink boats) where music is a big part of the revelry with folk songs guitars and lots of bawdy rugby songs being sung in the local hostelry's Mike. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2011 15:08:03 GMT
Hi all, it's photography for me. I love photographing landscapes and wildlife. I used to do studio portraits but, after moving house I have nowhere to set up the lights now. Also home brew, but I haven't made any for sometime now as I haven't the time to drink it  Regards, Graham |
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Post by paulnic on Jul 22, 2011 18:20:28 GMT
Hi all
good thread this, for me it's fishing, guitars, classic car's and playing cricket .
ohh i forgot, did i say guitars lol.
paul
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Post by noelford on Jul 22, 2011 20:36:33 GMT
Music, Writing, Drawing...Well, those WERE my hobbies many years ago but unfortunately they all, at some point, became my regular job! I became a full-time freelance cartoonist back in 1975, so now, I suppose, music has reverted to being a hobby. Other than that I like walking and scrambling up hills and things, and I'm a voracious reader. I used to be hooked on computer adventure games (the cerebral ones, not those shoot-em-up things) but had to cut down because they can take over your life!
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Post by harley on Jul 22, 2011 21:08:23 GMT
Hi All
MOTORBIKES!!!!!! ;D riding them, building them, modifying them, making bits for them, even just looking at them. Cant get enough of them. I have four but if i won the lottery id have a warehouse full
regards
Ian
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Post by abstamaria on Jul 23, 2011 11:47:25 GMT
It has been old cars for me for many, many years. Here is my MG TC, an old member of our family. It is the same age as me. Andy Attachments:
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Post by paulnic on Jul 23, 2011 12:24:27 GMT
Hi Andy
that looks like a nice mg there have you done much to it???
paul
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Post by abstamaria on Jul 24, 2011 2:27:32 GMT
It's a very stock TC, Paul, with fabric covered ignition wires (they remind me of vintage guitar cables). i did install a motometer (a temperature gauge that screws in place of the radiator cap), a rear-view mirror (optional in those days), Brooklands screens (tiny windscreens one uses when the windscreen is folded down), and an aluminum period rocker cover. Earlier this year, I installed "Blockley" tires with the pre-war waffle tread pattern. Not correct for the model, but the tires look very sporty and the TC is after all a pre-war model carried over when peace returned.
It is a simple car, of course, with electrics and mechanicals I can understand. It feels fast at 60kph and fun to tool around in. It seems the right car for post retirement, and I hope to be able to keep it a long while. It has been with me for 17 years.
Andy
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Post by abstamaria on Jul 24, 2011 2:34:58 GMT
Hi Brian I am currently building a 5 inch gauge steam locomotive. I have a workshops with a lathe, manual milling machine and CNC mill. This is a two year project. However this could conflict with the guitar as it is a regular occurrence to bash, cut of get small bits of metal stuck in the fingers. Regards Ade Fantastic, Ade. I would be very interested to see work in progress. Please post a picture now and then. Are you working off a proprietary plan or is this your design. I had a small Unimat lathe decades ago, but that was as far as my machining experience went! Andy Andy |
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Post by abstamaria on Jul 24, 2011 2:48:55 GMT
Well if anyone was wondering what my avatar is, it's an Attitude Indicator So my other past time is aviation. I have held a pilots licence for 33+ years now and have flown a lot in Europe to the South of France, Ibiza, Spain etc a lot of flying in the US and Bahama's, I hired an aircraft in 2009 from Cairns airport QSLD and flew my daughter over the Great Barrier Reef which is something I would like to do again. I fly regularly from an airfield in England Nr Woking and am planning to fly the PA28 Archer II to Scotland to the isle of Barra and do my first beach landing with some other aviators from my flying club. And generally try to avoid the RAF who fly low level sorties around that area I used to ski a lot in Colorado but the old bones don't like hitting granite at 30+mph ;D I am also a member of the B.O.R (Brotherhood of Revelry) a drinking club with a sailing problem regularly sailing in Norfolk on the broads. (Real sailing cruisers not diesel stink boats) where music is a big part of the revelry with folk songs guitars and lots of bawdy rugby songs being sung in the local hostelry's Mike. You are very lucky, Mike. I wish I could fly too, but poor eyesight was always an obstacle. I would love an old, small plane and think an unpowered glider must be one of the most beautiful experiences on this earth. I sail too, and did quite a bit of competitive sailing, both in small dinghies (470s) and on larger sailing boats. Sailing and flying have a similar appeal. Andy |
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Post by shawbridge on Jul 24, 2011 8:47:14 GMT
Hi people,
I have so many hobbies :-)
I am a very keen steam enthusiast and model railway anorak but I also work full time as an Architectural Modelmaker in the hobby and do the model railway exhibition circuit as a demonstrator on a regular basis.
I am also currently writing a book on the subject.
I am also a keen cyclist having returned to it after a 15 year break, my claim to fame being on the same start sheet as chris Boardman in the same race.
Oh! online chess to :-)
cheers
Peter
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Post by roymattblack on Jul 24, 2011 10:35:22 GMT
Where do I start?  I've been involved in Garden railways for the past 8-9 years and used to run the 'Locolines' website and business. Had enough-gave it up. I love cars and restored a 1978 MGB GT from a wreck, and then completed my dads 1972 Triumph Spitfire build as he couldn't manage it any longer. I've had an assortment of 'nice' cars, and just recently bought an '05 Jaguar XK8 Silverstone in metallic anthracite. My treat to myself. At one time I was the signwriter for the Formula1 JPS Powerboat race team (I was attached to Bob Spalding - he was World champ at the time) and went all over the place with them. That was before the days of vinyl stickers and decals! I've been a model car builder for almost 50 years and now build pro, supplying 'hand-builts' for several companies, as well as writing articles for a few model mags. (My E-Type Jag article is in Airfix Model World magazine shortly) I've illustrated car calendars, illustrated lots of childrens books and had my first novel 'Worter on the Water' published a few years ago. You can get it on Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/Worter-Water-Misadventures-Granny-Grayling/dp/1897312016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311503416&sr=8-1FINALLY...... I've also written the novelisation of a new fantasy movie due out soon called 'Shadowland, the Legend' I'm mentioned in the 'next in the Shadowland series' link on the website: www.shadowlandthelegend.com/I forgot to mention, I'm not quite retired. Been a teacher for 32 years, another 1 to go and still gig regularly..... Life is busy, never dull!!!! Roy. |
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Post by paulnic on Jul 24, 2011 13:02:59 GMT
Hi Andy
Ideally I would like a Hillman hunter, however if that fails a plan B of a MGB gt V8 would do quite nicely.... again that is a VERY nice MG that you have got.
paul
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Post by ade on Jul 24, 2011 19:01:54 GMT
Hi Andy
It is a proprietary design, but not modeled on an actual locomotive. It was designed as an introduction to 5 inch engines.
The designer called it "The Simplex" It is anything but simple, as many of the compromises intended to make it easy to build, actually make life harder. A member of the engineering club I belong to has called his "The Complex" I am currently working on the crossheads and slide bars.
Some of the items are castings that I have machined, but most are machined from chunks of mild steel.
Will take some photos the next few days.
Regards
Ade
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