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Cant decide what lane to hog. Bastard

Field mouse came out of the woodpile for a sunbathe.

Visited the SS Great Britain, in Bristol, over the weekend.

Brief background:

She was the largest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1853. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859), for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York City. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship.

In 1970, after Great Britain had been scuttled and abandoned for 33 years, Sir Jack Arnold Hayward, OBE (1923–2015) paid for the vessel to be raised and repaired enough to be towed north through the Atlantic back to the United Kingdom, and returned to the Bristol dry dock where she had been built 127 years earlier.

It's quite big: 322 ft long, 48 ft across.

As above, it's in a dry dock. But a 170 years of salt water have not been kind to the riveted hull.

So, to preserve it, there's a glass ceiling at water level. With rippling water on it.

Below, the air is dried to 'Arizona' humidity levels.

In the museum there's a reconstruction of the lifting mechanism which allowed the propeller to be lifted when the ship was under sail.

I remember going around the SS on a school trip, that must of been 35 years ago!

Lego Technic Ducati Panigale V4R with LED lighting kit.

Wife thinks kids did this parked up at home, I think it happened when she went to Tesco and didn't notice it untill the next day.

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:37 pm Wife thinks kids did this parked up at home, I think it happened when she went to Tesco and didn't notice it untill the next day.

Looks like it's been smacked in, and then someone's done a shitty job of repairing it with a pair of mole grips.

Does your wife know where the mole grips live?

Wossname wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:50 pm Does your wife know where the mole grips live?

It's her car!

BartonBKing wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:43 am

Lego Technic Ducati Panigale V4R with LED lighting kit.

In what universe does that even slightly resemble a Panigale V4R? Whatever the Lego kit cost, it was money wasted.

The Lego MT-10 looks a lot more like the bike its based on... but that's because the Yamaha looks like it's make from Lego anyway.

They've just launched an H2R that looks a bit like a Kawasaki if you squint a bit.

I quite like the M1000RR kit.

They're made to a price point, the more expensive the kit, the more parts and the more it looks like a proper bike. IIRC the Panigale is the cheapest one.

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:12 pm The Lego MT-10 looks a lot more like the bike its based on... but that's because the Yamaha looks like it's make from Lego anyway.

They've just launched an H2R that looks a bit like a Kawasaki if you squint a bit.

I quite like the M1000RR kit.

They're made to a price point, the more expensive the kit, the more parts and the more it looks like a proper bike. IIRC the Panigale is the cheapest one.

What's the target age group and demographic? Kittens before they've opened their eyes?

I'm a bit gutted as went looking for a Piste Basher in Lego - but it seems that the only one is for under 8 years old, so probably not exactly a technical jobbie

Kinda sad as I got quite excited when I was looking at some of the other kits around!!

Will have to wait for them to make the 'big girl' version (I can say that as it's feminine in French!! La Dameuse!!)

Guess who.

Noggin wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:20 pm I'm a bit gutted as went looking for a Piste Basher in Lego - but it seems that the only one is for under 8 years old, so probably not exactly a technical jobbie

You're spoilt for choice

Taipan wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:25 pm Guess who.

Gremlin and Saga Lout??

Taipan wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:25 pm Guess who.

Richard O'Sullivan and Mike Yarwood. I think I saw this pic a while ago.