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26 days ago by ๐จ๐ญ Mike Stoney (
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Hei Roy! Hy all!
>>> First of all, bravo to the great boats! I've just been amazed lately . . .๐๐๐ @ Roy: Clear answers to crazy questions! It was similar for me . . โDo you trust your grandchildren to do this?โ โ Crash or no crash, they have to learn at some point! โ That day, it was exactly this older member who asked me this question . . and unfortunately had a little โbangโ! What's the saying? Mop your own front door first . . . I would like to say that my grandchildren are more careful than your grandpa. And why is that? Because they know how else they can annoy the โold manโ ๐คฃ๐คฃ. Your Michel-C. ▲
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My favourite story when I was a member of the Black Park club is as follows.
After I got to know my future daughter in law who is from Germany she expressed interest in my model yachts etc. So with son as well I took some models to the lake. I passed my sailing fishing boat over to her, showed her the controls and she took charge and launched her. Over my shoulder an unknown voice said "I wouldn't let a woman run my boats" I replied. "That's because you do not know any ladies who thrash a Tornado Class (Olympic) catamaran up and down a lake 7 miles long". He turned away! Roy ▲
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26 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง roycv (
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Hi Dave, yes Les was the name I was trying to remember, I do hope he is still with us and doing well. It is so easy to lose touch.
Today I am off on my delayed Birthday treat for a meal at the top of one of those high towers in London. The best bit is spending the day with our daughter, just the two of us, and weather permitting we shall probably walk down to Westminster Pier and go for a boat ride on the Thames. Roy ▲
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26 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Oxford-Dave (
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Roy - Yes, the Hanwell club was small in numbers but big in characters! Small chap with a gravelly voice could well have been Les. Last time I saw him was at Black Park on the day I was there with my daughter and took on the custodianship of the Boulogne Etaples. I hadn't seen him for years as I had been living in Finland, so I asked him if he remembered me coming to the lake with my little daughters. Oh yes, he said - and then I reintroduced him to my elder daughter who was then a tall slender blonde in her early 30s. He could hardly believe so many years had passed.
Yes, you had the Aeronaut Victoria from me last year when I became frustrated at the lack of space I had/have in this house. I hope to see it on the water sometime. I still have an unstarted Aeronaut Queen which is probably going to remain unstarted as it is a fairly big model to store once built. The same applies to the Sea Queen kit, also unstarted. Too easy to tap a few keys on the laptop and a few days later have another large box to accommodate! ▲
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26 days ago by ๐ฆ๐บ B rian J ames (
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I thought 'my darling son'??? (sarcasm Sheldon), (questionable on many accounts), was going to 'just through out' my unfinished models, but No. He has 'thrown'! much other useful & or saleable 'stuff'! He's 'thrown out of the will'! ๐
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26 days ago by ๐บ๐ธ chugalone100 (
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For sure has a lot of fine details.
Itโs a model that says a lot about the builder. ๐ ▲
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26 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง roycv (
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Hi Dave I used to know a few Hanwell club members, they were also interested in the RC lorries etc. I used to go and have a chat with them at the Ally Pally exhibition. Names escape me but always had a laugh with the small chap (in stature only as his models were great) I think he smoked a lot! Well a gravelly voice anyway. One of our own members left us to join Hanwell club.
I quote and you can work it out. Everyone brings happiness to the place they are at. Either when they arrive or when they leave! I sold a few models from an estate of a friend, to them as well (sailing boats). I think I had the Victoria kit from yourself too. I have had a couple of set backs but on the mend again now and will be into my shed as soon as the weather improves. Our exhibition is 27/28 Sept. 2025 regards Roy ▲
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26 days ago by ๐บ๐ธ jumpugly (
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Museum scale I like to call it! Excellent!!!!
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26 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Doogle (
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Looks lovely, a lot of detail ๐
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26 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง Oxford-Dave (
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Thanks, Roy - I was never a member of the Black Park club, but sailed there as a member of the Hanwell club.
I'll definitely try to make it to your club's exhibition, so long as it doesn't clash with something else I've already agreed to do. ▲
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26 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง roycv (
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Hi I know several of the members, so just what I like to hear! The club also come to our annual exhibition Dave, you would be most welcome. (St. Albans)
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26 days ago by ๐จ๐ฆ Ronald (
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Nice find and I hope you will enjoy it for many years, add some details of your own to it.
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