Hi everyone
Bit of an update so far whilst I’m recovering! Recovering from what I hear you say! Whilst on holiday to lovely Dorset last Wednesday I was sitting quite nicely in a brilliant pub in Axmouth when I felt cold. So naturally I put my jacket on and less than ten minutes later I was shivering uncontrollably, so much so that my muscles started to hurt! Returning to the cottage we were staying in I went to bed still shivering. Now this is where it started getting serious- you know it gets serious when your Mum gets worried!- she came to see if I was alright and found me covered in sweat and in a high fever. She kept an eye on me all night and when I awoke I felt a lot better but with a little sore throat. Hang in here, it gets better or worse! Thinking that I had nothing worse than a chill I carried on regardless and spent a nice day in Beer caverns and Lyme Regis. The sore throat got worse and I began to struggle to swallow. In the middle of the night I felt awful and the next day we packed our cars to go home- I had intended to persuade Dad if we could go to Blackpool for the show but that went rapidly went out of the window when I decided when we pulled over at Wantage to shine a torch down my mouth and got the shock of my life. I could see what looked like pustules on my throat. Worried that I had Quincy’s we went to A&E where I spent the next two hours being looked after by the Doctors and nurses of Kettering hospital. After describing my previous two days they were a bit weirded out by the events as what was on my throat wasn’t Quincys but more like large ulcers. Whilst I was sitting in A&E blisters suddenly broke out on my hands, arms and feet!!!! Can’t make this stuff up but the Doctors suddenly realised what was wrong with me and I had to ask again if I heard correctly! I’ve been massively run down and being tired, my immunity system was in a rather weak state I became infected with Hand, Foot and Mouth!!! I’m now recovering at home and thankfully the painful blisters are going away. But you can see how things can go so horrible so quickly and then calm down! I won’t post pictures of them but if you’re interested in what it looks like just type it into google!
Anyway enough of the life and death experiences!!! Before I went on holiday I received the drive cogs/gears and belt pulleys from SHG Models. I drilled out the outer prop shafts in their approximate location before filing out their final position ensuring that the belts were tight enough to grip but not too much that it requires all the battery power to move it for ten minutes! I’ll get some pictures up soon of it so you can see how it all goes together.
Hi Geoff, I’ve got the book too, extremely helpful being so close to 1/192 scale. I’ve used the pictures from RA Burt’s book about WW1 Battleships to compliment the plans.
And thanks to Dodes, whilst I was well enough to read I read a fair chunk of Endless Story by Taffrail, enjoyed it so much that when I’m finished Invincible I’d like to build HMS Scorpion, AB Cunningham’s ship!
Sorry about the ramble!