11th July 2009 - Bulkhead gets it's first coat of green

Two sad things happened today. Firstly we lost Mrs B the half Persian cat that had lived here for the past 2 years of her 16 year life. I had known her for her last few years and she had had a happy time down alongside the River Avon. Not much mouse chasing these days but she kept far more active than her age would suggest.

Mrs B - Sorry to see you go :(



The second, and not so bad, was the abortive visit to Yeovilton to see the flying Vulcan - it didn't! Age caught up with it after 50 years and it suffered a hydraulic brake fault. Safety understandably comes before making the crowds happy after all.

Also cloud base dropped to <500ft. so a lot of the displays either were cut short or didn't go up at all. We missed the Euro Typhoon and a whole bunch of other stuff. Traffic getting there and out of the parking lot later was also beyond a farce.

By the time I arrived back it only left enough light to get one coat of bronze green on the bulkhead. But at least one is now on to be followed by another tomorrow - hopefully? Oh, and weather and time meant I used a brush and small gloss rollers over spray. It was pissisting down!

10th July 2009

Back to the painty bit etc.

Now weather looks iffy and time limited a bit this weeked due to a) Yeovilton air day on Saturday and b) hopefully helping to move Rob (Minivin's) LR 101 on Sunday morning. Looking forward to Sat and seeing the XH558 Vulcan actually flying for my first time in around 25 years! ---> http://www.vulcantothesky.org

Anyway, painting should start Saturday evening if all goes well and I will also see if the electric spray gun is either capable or man enough to spray thinned LR enamel. The other issue is it safe to use it like this! Doubtful! But I'll give it a go ;) So by end of play Saturday I may have one fine coat of LR Bronze Green on the b/h if the weather holds, or I can rig something up in the garage (that'll mean evacuating the bike and loads of other assorted stuff for the night).