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Title: New Member
Post by: JD on November 14, 2011, 09:42:06 PM

Hi to one and all, my name is John and thanks for having me.
I retired from the Royal Navy 1990 after 25 years, then in 97 I fell into the music business by managing my son and subsequent bands until 2005.
My interests are Motorbike restoration, a bit of model engineering, and model boats.
I have a 5" Boxford CUD and all the usual odds and sods that accompany the work shop but as yet no mill.
I live Gosport Hampshire UK for my sins.
So that's it in a nut shell.
John

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Brass_Machine on November 14, 2011, 11:23:01 PM

Hiya John!  :wave:

Welcome to the collective :borg:

As I bike nut, I would like to hear more about the motorcycle restoration! Are we talking classic British? Italian? Something else?

Eric

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: spuddevans on November 15, 2011, 01:18:50 AM

Hi there John :wave: Welcome to the cube :borg: pull up a chair and join in the fun :mmr:


Tim

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: saw on November 15, 2011, 05:20:06 AM

Hi and welcome  :wave:

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: John Rudd on November 15, 2011, 07:14:32 AM

Hi JD, welcome to the mad house...

We need pics of your boats and things  :D

( and bikes, I like bikes too, had a go at road racing in my younger days)

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: DMIOM on November 15, 2011, 07:22:13 AM

hi JD & welcome

I know its "over the other side" from you, but what's the Still & West like nowadays?  used to go there a lot when at Vernon but have heard it went all UPVC ....

cheers / Dave

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: JD on November 15, 2011, 08:05:55 AM

Hi to the collective, thanks for the welcome gentlemen.
Eric/John my bikes are Japanese a Honda CB1100r 1982 and a Yamaha XZ550 both in bits and ready for some loving care.
Dave, I was in Vernon MCM2 Bronington, Bossington, early 80s, Still and West is all as you say UPVC, Vernon became Gunwharf and is now yuppie housing and a massive shopping center V V V expensive.
John

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: AdeV on November 15, 2011, 08:27:30 AM

Welcome to the collective John  :borg:

I spent 8 happy months living in the Oaklawns "Hotel" (guest-house would be a better description) in Gosport, commuting to Portsmouth every day - that added a few miles to my car, except for the couple of times I used the ferry)... Nothing to do with the Navy, though most of the other inhabitants of the hotel were doing Navy stuff.

Happy days...

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: DaveH on November 15, 2011, 12:16:39 PM

John :wave:

Hello and welcome
 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: buffalow bill on November 15, 2011, 01:24:45 PM

Hi John and welcome, may have seen you passing my front door if you ever sailed into Faslane.  :beer:

Bill

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: HS93 on November 15, 2011, 04:15:18 PM

Hi and welcome ,

what type of model boats do you build ?

peter

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: JD on November 16, 2011, 02:48:13 PM

Peter, I have only recently decided to make a start again in model boats, my intended model will be HMS Bronington, the model should work out to approx(old money) 8 foot or (new money) 2.4 meters.
John  :coffee:

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: Brass_Machine on November 16, 2011, 03:38:04 PM

Very cool on bikes... I pretty much like any two wheeled vehicle!

Would love to see a project log on any of those and the boats!

Eric

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: doubleboost on November 17, 2011, 05:57:21 PM

Hi
John
Welcome to mad modders
As you have guessed we like pictures
John

Title: Re: New Member
Post by: krv3000 on December 01, 2011, 05:16:20 AM

HI and welcome from krv3000