Airborne's Bussing-Nag Recovery Vehicle - I Hope!

[Airborne01]

Meaning there’s more interesting things outside the window and in the parts of the book that were skipped over?

I remember sitting in classrooms, the sun warming us to the point of sleepiness, bees zubbing , and looking forward to 3 o'clock when we could escape to learn a whole new tranche of 'things'! (Probably rained most of the Summer though!)
Steve

[Wookie2486]

Steve,
I will pull up a chair aswell.

Marty

[Guest]

Any recovery vehicle and I'm in .

[Mini Me]

Good to see you JR....saved you a seat next to me and Mr. Jones. Rick H.

[Guest]

Good to see you JR....saved you a seat next to me and Mr. Jones. Rick H.

Doughnuts and coffee please , that will be great Rick.

[RonGlass]

Hm. What kind of donuts Mr. Race ? I'm rather partial to Entennman's Chocolate-covered Softee's. If you can accomodate then perhaps I'll sit here with you guys.

[minitnkr]

You know Ron, that Grupo Bimbo bought Entenmanns back n 2014? I think they are now the 4th largest bakery in the world, so they may be available in the UK.

[RonGlass]

Ohh yeah, I have noticed Bimbo trucks while out on the road Paul. Huh. And here I was thinking it meant something else. And that poor truck driver had to have been scared out of his wits, I must have followed him for miles before I finally gave up.
Hey John, you hear that ? No lame excuses on the Softee Donuts, Pal!

[Tim Marlow]

Yep, they’re available in the UK…….but not at a price I’d like to pay….

https://www.ninelife.uk/products/entenmanns-softees-family-pack-12-assorted-donuts-22-oz-pack-of-6?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxpHwyLmP8wIVgu_tCh01hQtfEAQYByABEgLaUfD_BwE

[Airborne01]

My home-made cheese scones - three types of cheese and stacks of it - for me!

[RonGlass]

Yep, they’re available in the UK…….but not at a price I’d like to pay….

https://www.ninelife.uk/products/entenmanns-softees-family-pack-12-assorted-donuts-22-oz-pack-of-6?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxpHwyLmP8wIVgu_tCh01hQtfEAQYByABEgLaUfD_BwE

Good grief ! Well.... they ARE some pretty darn good donuts !

[Airborne01]

Well, I've started; a somewhat mixed start as the chassis conjured up an 'interesting' range of issues!
The first step is building the air cylinders: the fit of the cylinders to the mounting frames are incredibly tight , so much so that I tried running one of my trusty No. 15 blade round the various parts with no success; one of the holding frames eventually conceded the fight but the only alternative for the other frame was to make a small cut in the holding loop, fit it and resort to a dab of filler. :flushed:
It should be noted that all the locating pins exceed the hole diameters - I opened them up initially with a 0.5 mm bit then resorted to a 0.85 mm 'nil desperandum' but still tight!

The chassis members are 'scale thickness - flimsy! The cross beams locate in recesses and once the main exhaust system is built and initially painted are glued to one side frame - leave 'em to cure overnight then position and glue the other frame - Simples! (NOT!); there was a little distortion once released from the sprue but it was hideously wrong. Tried hot water, swearing, walk away and a glass of wine but to no avail :disappointed:. And so to bed ...



Next morning, rested and hung over I pulled the second frame off - cleaned it up, allowed it to present naturally, trimmed the ends then glued - HURRAH! a Sauvignon Blanc success! Slight distortion but nothing to worry about as successive steps make the structure increasingly rigid and true.



I am building OOB but if I was building this again (and I might) I'd like to include hydraulics, plumbing and wiring - why don't manufacturers include a basic wiring/plumbing diagram I wonder?
First impressions - many, many large circular ejection marks, some capable of carving/scraping off, others hidden from view, others - 'Don't look too closely'. Paint as you go, some locations vaguely marked, but otherwise starting to look the bizz!
Steve

[Mini Me]

Hi Steve, Like the progress so far.........is this going to be a one or two bottle build? :tongue-out: Rick H.

[Airborne01]

Hi Steve, Like the progress so far.........is this going to be a one or two bottle build? :tongue-out: Rick H.

Two? Have a care Sirrah, what do you take me for ---teetotal? :upside:

[minitnkr]

You would be a teetotaller in UK :smiling2:, teetotaler is US usage. Irish-English origin likely.