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It's cold 

It's March and you live in Manchester. what were you expecting?It's cold![]()
My first post retirement project is building a Bob Copland Wakefield endurance rubber powered model aeroplane.
The fuselage is circular and is made from balsa rings with 24 stringers evenly spaced radially.
The cardboard formers are used to wind 1/8" x 1/32" balsa strip round and glue the laminations together. The cardboard rings are then slid onto a 1/2" square armature and the rings spaced appropriately to form the longitudinal profile. Three quarters of the stringers are then glued in place before removing the armature and the cardboard formers and the remainder of the stringers are then glued in place.
The model will look something like this but with a circular cross section instead of an oval one - I'm preparing oval formers for a second model.
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The construction method looks like this
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Copland was recruited by Hawker as a draughtsman and his first project was to design the rearview mirror for the Hawker Hurricane. The last plane that he worked on was the Harrier Jump Jet.
Not really. I went back for two days last week and spent the rest of the time recoveringDid yesterday go ok?
Lets face it you could replace March with any month of the year and still be right.It's March and you live in Manchester. what were you expecting?![]()
Not really. I went back for two days last week and spent the rest of the time recovering![]()
Some of it is still brown, other bits not so.Yeahbut wot colour is it?
I know you celebrate your sunny mornings on the coast. Is there a bit of SAD in your mix? For what it's worth, I know that eternal fatigue thing. I know that most of it is medication for a kidney problem, some is my own self-medication, but I do know that the uplift of sunlight can change my energy levels for the whole day.Not really. I went back for two days last week and spent the rest of the time recovering![]()
I got the official diagnosis of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia in January after a year of tests. I think i just went back too soon. I have a few lessons to learn in my head about pacing, dealing with pain,starting slow and generally coming to terms with the fact my life needs to change.I know you celebrate your sunny mornings on the coast. Is there a bit of SAD in your mix? For what it's worth, I know that eternal fatigue thing. I know that most of it is medication for a kidney problem, some is my own self-medication, but I do know that the uplift of sunlight can change my energy levels for the whole day.
Skim layer of ice on our patio table.