Model Engine Maker
The Showcase => Shows => Topic started by: Jo on April 03, 2015, 03:00:20 PM
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Seeing our American brothers talking about Cabin fever has reminded me that the Guildford show is only 13 weeks away and I haven't done anything about it :o
The show is the 4th and 5th of July at Stoke Park in Guildford, it is easy to get to from the M25 ;)
If anyone would like to come along and display their engines I would be pleased to see you. If you want you can drop them off on the afternoon of Friday 3rd July I personally will be dropping mine off first thing Saturday. The show opens at 10am but we really need to have the stand together by 9am and that is when they will like to see all the cars off the show ground. Sunday 5pm is time to collect your models.
If you don't want to display then you can always come and say hello :)
Jo
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Just to add to what Jo has said, you can't just turn up and display your wares they need to have been pre entered so insurance etc can be sorted and a space allocated. If you contact Jo she will be able to get the required forms sent to you.
I'll be there but may sneak off Saturday afternoon and not return until later on Sunday.
J
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I'll be there but may sneak off Saturday afternoon and not return until later on Sunday.
No doubt leaving home on Sunday just after the race is finished ::)
That means you will miss the competition between my Titan and the jet engine boys to see whose engine is the loudest :naughty:
Jo
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About time you made a silencer for that titan, Oh no hang on a minute there is no time for that as you have to get the R&B running for this years show :mischief:
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She's home, she's home :whoohoo: but that doesn't mean she is allowed out of the house again :hellno: She needs to know how much she is wanted and loved at home before she goes out gallivanting with any fellas again, last time she stole the poor man's heart and it took over a year to get her back again :-\.
I was thinking of bringing along this years engines: the B&W, the DT, Kiwi and Kitti (I might even borrow Golly ;)), the Stentor, the Titan and maybe the Centaur.
Jo
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I must get my form back to Brian but thinking
Cameron Pump
Gade
Ocelot
Maybe the Benson
And what I've just started that you still have not guessed what it is.
Did the new carb come home with you?
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Did the new carb come home with you?
;) and it fits straight on the carb mount I had previously made.
You could always bring an unfinished Traction engine :mischief:
Jo
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Or a finished one as it can be lifted into the car on my own. Better start dusting it then.
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I hope to also borrow a Mk 1 Kiwi to go with the original Golly so we can provide a technical description and display of all the engines that show the evolution of the Kiwi :happyreader:
Would anyone else like to join us :embarassed:
Jo
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Would love to come and visit the show just for the experience of having attended a model engineering show and also to meet people from MEM. Unfortunately in that period I suspect I will be up in Scotland.
Vince
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:( That's a shame, it would have been nice to see you Vince.
Well if you are over here for a few months can you get to Harrogate next month? http://www.theharrogateshow.com/
Jo
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That seems a bit more workable for me.
Vince
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I'm planning on dropping in for one of the days - probably Saturday.
Simon.
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It will be nice to see you Simon 8)
Any more hands will be welcome the first year I manned the stand for most of the time on my own and it was hard work, very tiring but lots of fun :whoohoo:
Jo
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So it seems we only have Jo and Jason's models for the show this year for MEM :???:
I might see if we can join in with the IC builders group sadly a few of them are no longer with us so they are short of members and as it is only me on the MEM stand for most of the time being co-located with them means they can provide me with time to answer the call of nature (to go and buy things >:D)
Jo
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:-\ I just had conformation another two members are not going to this show this year.
So decision time: Cancel the MEM stand and be able to watch the F1, or struggle again like the first year :toilet_claw:
Jo
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That's a shame as I really enjoyed it last year. I'm still planning on making the Saturday.
Simon.
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Whatever happens I will be there on the Saturday as well ;).
Eric and the IC builder group will still be at the show but as usual they don't plan anything until the weekend before the show ::)
Jo
P.S. Simon: I was assuming I might see you before the Guildford show :mischief:.
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You guys need just ask and perhaps we US bunch could save up and sell soda pop bottles and finance a trip over to fill the table. I'd love it :cheers: :DrinkPint:
Big E
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Would love to see you Big E, it is just a shame that the UK members are not as enthusiastic about letting others appreciate the models they have built as you guys are over the pond.
Do you like curry? :naughty:
Jo
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Jo,
I'll be there. I can add the Dyno into the mix from last year.
Cheers,
Rod
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8) Thanks Rod, you have just doubled the number of members who have something to display.
jo
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P.S. Simon: I was assuming I might see you before the Guildford show :mischief:.
Well I wasn't counting any chickens until you had seen your latest heart throb in the flesh ;)
Simon.
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:'( The stationary engines are down to only 5 tables this year at the show including our own very small display :-[.
Sadly I suspect that the Guildford show may be heading the same way as so many others, not helped that they were forced by the local council :Mad: to book it for the Silverstone weekend :hellno:
Jo
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What are you classing as "stationary engines Jo? and is that just 5 of the tables around the outside or including the middle tables?
I expect they can fill the gaps with locos anyway ;)
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Does not answer my question.
Why only 5 tables, whats happened to things like the stirling engines, Tony Boxall, Mike Sayers, jet engines, other iC engine guys, assume AM is not going to be there.
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Tony is bringing his 13 engines. Mike is currently touring Europe in one of his vintage Bentleys and has not got back ::) The wife of the Jet turbine club organiser is not well so they have pulled out. Mike Tull is coming ;D AM
is hiding from anyone who brought a casting Set from his alternative casting supplier has "retired"
And I am so far behind :toilet_claw:
Jo
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Just the one photo for now, more to follow probably tomorrow. A slightly depleted MEM display but as they say its quality not quantity that counts ;)
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The roar of the Titan will be heard tomorrow :mischief:
I didn't buy much but the drawings that followed me home :drinking-41:
Jo
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Careful, we don't want any wine stains on them!!
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Looks like a quality display to me. Looking forward to seeing more pictures of the show!!
Bill
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Today after a few non starts (the fuel tank was too low in the morning :ShakeHead:) the Titan ran. Having had a longer prop fitted quietened/slowed her down did a bit and she only reached 7K :( , a shorter prop would have made her run faster/louder :naughty: Tangler took the video so hopefully you can see it later.
Before anyone asks I did not buy any castings, any that came home with me were a gift from a very nice man who knows how to butter up a lady :embarassed:
All in all another enjoyable show and the club did not make a loss so we achieved what we set out to do: to provide a show where we can get together and show off/have a good natter about building engines, thanks Rod and Jason ;D
Jo
P.S. My needlework went down well: I had some offers for my Winne the Pooh cushions 8)
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Jo, when do you find time to do needlework?? Maybe you should let us see some of it :stir:.
Back when my girls were small I did some needlepoint and later cross-stitching. I found the hand work relaxing though I wasn't involved in machining at the time either. My granddaughter is turning 5 this month and for Christmas I will be building her a dollhouse and hope to make it an interactive activity...Saturday morning trips to the big box store to pick out paint colors...or to the craft store to pick out wallpapers, etc. Long story short, I will be giving her as part of her birthday present a needlepoint oriental rug I made probably 30 years ago, back when my eyes could still do that close up detailed work. It has been carefully put away all these years and still looks as good as the day I finished it.
Still looking forward to pics and video from the show. Glad it was successful !!
Bill
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Special for you Bill my needlework.
Sadly I took my new camera and I am not used to it yet :wallbang:
Jo
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Delightful Jo!! I can see why they were so popular too!! Thanks for the picture!!
Bill
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I think a good weekend was had by all :)
I have put the photos that I took of both the MEM members engines and others around the tent is a slideshow. The small engine that Jo is holding is a "Nano" made by Anthony Boxall who is more commonly known for his small versions of Anthony Mounts engines, the William Armstrong just before them is his latest.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jasonballamy/slideshow/Amberley%2008/Guildford%201015
Enjoy, Jason
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Thanks for the pictures Jason. Lots to look at and a nice variety between stationary steam, aero engines, locos, and even a few boat models there at the end. Thanks for taking the time to photograph them and post them for us.
Bill
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I must say Photosuckit's slide shows are very poor: part of the screen is lost by the advert banner across the top :disappointed: and the lower part by the strip at the bottom :facepalm:
If you view the photo's directly you realise that even more is cut off :censored:
Jo
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Thanks for the pics Jason - like the stationary engine shown in Photo 24, any more details it just says 'Dutch design' on the card?
Simon.
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Thanks much Jason for taking the time to share your photos.
Don
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Hi Jason, thanks for sharing the pictures with. Do you have a video of the running ocelot ?
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Jo, Try something more than the basic Photobucket and you don't get the adverts
Simon, Affraid not there were very few details but it was a nice model
Achim, Yes I have a video though its still running on 1.5 cylinders and needs some more playing with to get it running at full strength
[youtube1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L64ItB3xgw[/youtube1]
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I mentioned it because everyone who is not a personal fee payer to Photosuckit will suffer in the same way :disappointed: I personally prefer embedded links as they don't pull across the :censored: and I can provide some sort of naming/description of the engines.
If only I was used to this new camera :toilet_claw:
Jo
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What was the problem with the new camera Jo?
Have ordered myself a new camera so about to go through this same learning curve....
Simon.
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I look at it another way, by having one link I can copy and past that on several forums which means lots more people can enjoy the photos and that also saves me time. If I attach them here only members can see than so that excludes any casual guests who may not want to join. So in both cases PB wins for me.
I much prefer the text next to each photo on a build thread rather than having to flick up and down the page trying to work out what each photo is which is a downsid eto using attachments on this forums software. PB also lets me add a name description which you will see under most of the photos in PB.
PB also resizes them all for me automatically when I upload to a nice size for use on forums so again another advantage.
I'll keep on paying the couple of $ a month ;)
Oh and did I mention its a lot quicker to use PB with the cheapest payed option as you don't get slowed by the adverts loading
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What was the problem with the new camera Jo?
:-[ Me I am not confident with it or its software yet.
And having remembered to take my older camera yesterday I found its battery had no charge in it :rant:
Jo
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Thank You Jason for nice pictures.
Picture no 6 show a sidevalve fourstroke.
Has it been written about somewhere and how much power?
Picture shows a small corner of a drawing.Can we se the whole drawing?
Kind regards
Niels Abildgaard
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It's Rod's (Tanglers) engine. I'm sure it has been mentioned here before, Rod will likely be along in a while to give you the details and also hopefully post some Video of engines running yesterday.
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I'll keep on paying the couple of $ a month ;)
Oh and did I mention its a lot quicker to use PB with the cheapest payed option as you don't get slowed by the adverts loading
:shrug: I am still keeping my monthly out goings to a minimum until after my planned retirement next year :mischief:, once I know if I am going to be able to fund my chosen life style I may consider additional expenses but when you work you are money rice and time poor, retirement is time rich and money poor :-\.
As I see it I can have a nice piece of Steak or pay for a photosuckit account each month :noidea: And don't get me on how many bottles of wine giving up Sky Tv funded :wine1:
Jo
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Jo
If it's decent stuff you drink then it would be a couple of bottles not cases
Most expensive stuff we have drunk , before my Medes turned me tea total was a free gift at Tunberry hotel champagne at £130 a bottle , mine you it was nice being free
Anyway back to your camera , to get used to it set it for medium size capture ,set it to your favourite P&P and take plenty of pics I mean hundered . The canon software is basic but gets the job done for uploading , set the focus point to single centre
So you know what it's doing set up a simple test put three things batteries or WHY in a line about 150mm apart set up at a angle focus on the centre one , yes do use the auto focus the you will see what's what with the focus DOF
I use a old 7d with a few L lens,s some ar even white on the outside :stir:
Sorry Jason but I stand with Jo on the photsucit I tried to pause the show to look at the models in more detail even with it on slow it was to quick and small
A link to the pic would be nice as its then down to the viewer to decide
Stuart
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Thank you for posting the pictures Jason. Maybe one day I will get there to visit/exhibit again.
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Well, I had a lovely weekend, so nice to chat to like minded people - one or 2 of them were even interested in my engines, which was nice :)
A random selection of photos:
I'm not sure what has just happened to Mrs Tangler :o
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g1_zpsjiqcu2aa.jpg)
Jo trying out the new camera
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g9_zpswuhutx7x.jpg)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g10_zpscb6sksmx.jpg)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g2_zpshag5lulb.jpg)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g3_zpsurn6ecux.jpg)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g4_zpsglbnfwa7.jpg)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g6_zpsvz46rvi5.jpg)
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g5_zpssotrfyzb.jpg)
I like these because I've done a bit of this - I particulary like the Hurdy-Gurdy
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g7_zpswrtpkucm.jpg)
I recently bought the boiler kit, wheels and gears from a stalled project for Minnie so that's me sorted for the next 10 years
(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m180/rod_sally/g8_zpse1vsasnw.jpg)
and a little bit of video;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovd_ROZQttE
That Titan is NOISY! I still can't believe it's only 10cc (0.60 cu in)
Cheers,
Rod
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Looks like me and Eric are twins, at least from the waist down :-\ Well almost, I don't like turnups as they collect too much swarf :ShakeHead:
Thanks for the additional pics Rod
Direct link to the Guildford album for those that want to look at individual photos but the pause tab on the slideshow will do the same job.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/jasonballamy/library/Amberley%2008/Guildford%201015
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Thank You Jason for nice pictures.
Picture no 6 show a sidevalve fourstroke.
Has it been written about somewhere and how much power?
Picture shows a small corner of a drawing.Can we se the whole drawing?
Niels,
Probably easiest to see the details here: http://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Scaup_10cc.html (http://www.modelengineeringwebsite.com/Scaup_10cc.html)
I've had it up to 8000rpm on an 11" x 6" prop which is roughly 1/3 HP or about 250W.
Best Wishes,
Rod
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That Titan is NOISY! I still can't believe it's only 10cc (0.60 cu in)
It was only ticking over at under 7000rpm :ShakeHead:, you should hear it with its shorter prop when it is running at 9000 rpm >:D
I am sure I asked Eric if I was allowed to start my own engine but he does like to play with model engines and until he has got it running just how he likes it it is difficult to be allowed near your own engine :-\
Jo
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Most of my photos :facepalm2:
As I mentioned I am struggling with the camera so just a couple of different ones that I don't think any one else took ;)
Jo
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Jo
Your camera is choosing the focus point for you looks like it is getting the nearest point to focus on
Try to set it to centre and point that were you want not were the camera thinks it wants
Interesting engine in your pics
You should have let Titan have its head at let him roar
Stuart
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Hi Stuart,
That is a Halls Rotary for which I have a set of castings :embarassed: This model turned up in the trader's field for £600 and had sold before it touched the table, it was all I could do to get the five pictures I did before its new owner quickly hid it away again.
A for the Titan: Next time we will do it properly >:D
Jo
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Thank You Rod for an interresting read.
You mention that You want an cheap source for Tungsten and that can be found by searching TUNGSTEN PINE CAR on the Ebay (USA).
Niels
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I received a note from the GMES Rally Chairman:
Dear Exhibitors and Traders,
Just a few lines to express the Guildford Model Engineering Society's members sincere thanks to you all for supporting our Rally last weekend.
Judging by the happy atmosphere on both Saturday and Sunday we gave a lot of pleasure to a lot of people that was a joy to see. We are greatly indebted to you for helping make it all happen by bringing along your exhibits for display, railway locomotives for passenger hauling, traction engines to trundle around on, and last but certainly not least trade stands so that visitors could buy bits and pieces for their projects.
For those of you who have not seen it, David Carpenter has summed up our event in his inimitable way on the modelengineeringwebsite http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Guildford_2015.html#9 and we agree with everything he says.
Speaking of next year we are planning hold our annual Rally and Exhibition, our 49th, on the first week-end of July again, but the date needs to be confirmed by Guildford Borough Council before we can formally announce it later this year. We all at GMES look forward to meeting you again next year.
With kind regards,
Roger Curtis, GMES Rally Chairman 2015
I for one am looking to go next year and the IC engine builders are hinting that they would like to come and join us 8) We will be having a dry run at the Bristol show on the 14th August .
Jo
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Really nice show pictures, thank you all for posting.
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There is a nice write up by Dave Carpenter in this weeks edition of MEW. It describes the progress on Mike Tull's two (yes two) 1:3 scale Mercedes Benz W165 Grand Prix engines which were exhibited at the 2015 Guildford Show. http://modelengineeringwebsite.com/Mercedes_W165.html
Mike Tull has also started a build log (blog??) for these two engines on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mercedes-Benz-M165-Grand-Prix-engine-The-construction-of-a-13-scale-model/387812084736890?fref=ts
Both the engines and web page are still ' works in progress' and the webpage only be maintained if there are enough followers. So why not become a follower.
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Mike mentioned about his facebook build log when I saw him at Guildford but I remain committed never to joining facebook :paranoia:.
He was going to join us here on MEM and post the build log here 8).
Jo
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Jo
I have joined you on MEM as Vixen
If there is enough interest I can publish my Mercedes W165 build log on MEM instead of Facebook
Mike
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Mike
I cannot speak for Jo but I know her answer
But for me a big welcome and an even bigger yes please 👍👍
Stuart
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Hello old friend ;D
Yes please to posting your engine here as well as that other place ;)
Jo
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Welcome Mike
I would love to see your build log posted here on MEM.
Dave
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Welcome Mike, we are all about build logs so yes, please post it. Also when you have a chance, you may want to post and intro in the introduce yourself section for those that may not be following this thread.
Bill
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Hi Mike, I am very much interested to follow your build log here. Welcome to MEM.
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I would also like to follow your build log on MEM :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp:
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Me too :ThumbsUp: :ThumbsUp:
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I also would love to follow your build on here. I am also another one who will not join Facebook. So would love to see your build on here.
Barry
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Mike,
I too would like to see the build log here. I think that a web site like this lends itself well to the format.
Alan