Hello from the land of concrete cows and roundabouts....

[adt70hk]

Welcome to the nut house from a long term madman.

Thanks Peter for the welcome.

Andrew

[papa 695]

Hi Andrew, and welcome to the forum

[adt70hk]

Andrew,
welcome to the forum!
Please don't encourage Bobthestug, the medication only just keeps him in check!
Why don't you join in one of out group builds? Look at the 2019 & 2020 categories here
The recon, or animal antics GB can be wheeled, tracked or wingy things so plenty of subjects to go at..........
Dave

Dave

Thanks for the welcome. I'll have a look when I get a bit more time.

ATB

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi, welcome to the forum, I too live in Milton Keynes and I must say it's better than people think, although I got here because my wife originated from Bletchley.
Look forward to seeing your work.

Thanks. I too am an import. Luton via 8 years in London. Been here almost 13 years now. You're right it is much better than people think .

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi Andy, and a big welcome from the wild, wild west! Western Montana, that is. Love your scale, If I hadn't got hooked on 1/87 first it would have been my choice as well. Looking forward to your postings and please try not to agitate BTS too much as Dave is correct about his meds being marginal at best. Cheers, Rick H.

Rick

Thanks for the welcome. It's ok Bob and I know each other a bit from another forum as you so I think I've got a handle the effectiveness of his meds, but I will be careful all the same!!!

[adt70hk]

Hi Andrew, and welcome to the forum

Thanks Papa much appreciated.

ATB

Andrew

[minitnkr]

Cool cows-nice story. Some images depicting our thing with Bison. Buffalo is the second largest city in New York state. It had many roundabouts when it was laid out in the horse & buggy days, but car & bus use seem to have had a bad influence on their use till recently.
Central rail terminal lobby.

One of the many sculptures in & around the city.

Along the NY State Thruway entering the city limits.

[adt70hk]

Cool cows-nice story. Some images depicting our thing with Bison. Buffalo is the second largest city in New York state. It had many roundabouts when it was laid out in the horse & buggy days, but car & bus use seem to have had a bad influence on their use till recently.
Central rail terminal lobby.
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One of the many sculptures in & around the city.
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Cool!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[yak face]

Hi Andy welcome to the forum. I deliver down to Milton Keynes fairly frequently and it’s quite a unique place. It always gets a lot of stick for the number of roundabouts and the concrete cows but it also has a hell of a lot of green spaces and parks . The roundabouts do all tend to look the same though , when driving round you start to question the sat nav ,thinking to yourself ‘I’m sure I’ve already been round this one ?!’ Cheers tony

[tigersteve]

I agree it is a great town with loads of diverse interests - my son used to play Ice Hockey for the Milton Keynes Lightning , so visited there loads of times !

[adt70hk]

Hi Andy welcome to the forum. I deliver down to Milton Keynes fairly frequently and it’s quite a unique place. It always gets a lot of stick for the number of roundabouts and the concrete cows but it also has a hell of a lot of green spaces and parks . The roundabouts do all tend to look the same though , when driving round you start to question the sat nav ,thinking to yourself ‘I’m sure I’ve already been round this one ?!’ Cheers tony

Thanks Tony.

You're right about the roundabouts, although apparently they were only ever meant to be temporary and should have been replaced by traffic lights.

And you're right about the green space. I believe that about 30% is officially designated at parkland and then there are the two huge lakes. One is for recreation and the other is for wildlife. We also have the Grand Union canal running though it too and the Great Ouse just to the north.

We also have a surprising amount of history too for a New Town. One of the parish churches is built on the site of a Norman castle and part of the motte is still there. Stony Stratford is an old coaching town going back several hundred years built on the old Roman Watling Street and was also the site of a Civil War, which Sealed Knot sometimes reenact. Wolverton on the north side is the world's first purpose built railway town that Isambard Kingdom Brunel visited when planning his works at Swindon. And then there is off course Bletchley Park!!!

[adt70hk]

I agree it is a great town with loads of diverse interests - my son used to play Ice Hockey for the Milton Keynes Lightning , so visited there loads of times !

Thanks Steve. We came here for purely practical reasons but really like it.

Andrew

[Guest]

Hello Andrew and welcome :smiling3:.

[adt70hk]

Thanks very much!!

[JR]

Just an official Hi, :smiling3: Andrew.
Yes Dave is quite correct, please do not mention S***s , any where on this forum, Matron is on here way now so attend to Bob.
I personally like 4BO and lovely colour.