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Blade engine (rectangular tube.)

darylcanada73 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:46 GMT

A while ago we were talking about tube shape and the difficulty of building a wide and thin rectangular tube. Finally managed to build one with a length of

Re: POP-POP CHATTER....

frankmcneilll — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:14:38 GMT

Hi Pete and Daryl, Mostly I have been hanging out on a discussion forum hosted by Mark and Trish Carew, a married couple who build kits for machines they call

Re: POP-POP CHATTER....

darylcanada73 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:37:55 GMT

Busy in the basement building boats Pete. Just put a photo in my album of a toy putt putt boat built by a friend in NZ about 1970 when he was 11. Plans from a

Re: POP-POP CHATTER....

Arno — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:01:59 GMT

I just (literally)came back from a trip to the US,but once I'm over my jetlag I'll go full steam(pun intended)ahead with building pop-pop boats again. best

POP-POP CHATTER....

Pete — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:54:37 GMT

Where has everyone gone? It's too early to hibernate. Pete

Re: Something completely different.......

Tim — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:32:55 GMT

Hi Frank and all. I will do some more work on the casting in future. I learned my casting abilities off the person who did the casting for the Highlander

Re: Something completely different.......

frankmcneilll — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:59:44 GMT

I resent being cast in the roll of a hero. If you had seen as many old B movies as I have you would know that villains are always named Frank, or occasionally

Re: Something completely different.......

darylcanada73 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:29:49 GMT

Tim, Wish I had thought of that. Maybe in another video. I need a good writer. Are you interested? Thanks, Daryl.

Re: Something completely different.......

Tim — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:58:43 GMT

Hi all. I think was great. Very well made by all concerned. The only thing I felt was missing was a cut scene of Daryl in a huge top hat, and a handlebar

Re: Something completely different.......

darylcanada73 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:22:34 GMT

Here, as intended, this video would be considered wry humour, and that is different than a joke. The poor design, questionable owner management and the

Re: Something completely different.......

darylcanada73 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:09:17 GMT

Thanks David.... Glad you got the "Silent Movie" part. The gentleman who did it is an 80 year old music professor and my neighbour who has written and

Rough running engine

zoomkat — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:24:11 GMT

When I listen to the below engine run I just have to smile. Don't know what type engine it has, but it would be perfect for a model garbage scow. Just when it

Re: Something completely different.......

David Halfpenny — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:20:09 GMT

Not at all Frank - that was an awful night, and I wouldn't want either a toy or a movie to stir up pain. Bravo for making a silent movie - with piano track -

Re: Something completely different.......

frankmcneilll — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:07:49 GMT

Bravo for what David, turning the sinking of the Titanic into a joke? Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic for a tragic example of bad design and

Re: Something completely different.......

David Halfpenny — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:14:13 GMT

BRAVO! David 1/2d ... From: "darylcanada73" Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 8:57 AM To: