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I was out delivering in Stamford, again, when I came across these two beauties, parked very close to each other.

I’m no expert on such cars. I just love how they look. Classy curves!

As already mentioned, I know zip about these marques. But, boy, I sure do know I dig ‘em! Just look at the long nose in this beautiful. And those wire wheels!? I always wanted to find wire wheels (and white walls!) for my MX5.

Not quite as good a looker in the derrière department!

Wow! Ok, from behind she’s ok. But from the front? What a stunner. Seeing cares like these reminds me that I’d rather hang on to my ol’ MX5, see if I can resurrect her, and not scrap her. Hmmm!?

Today’s addition to the Tiger I are these two pairs of fans. Part of the tanks cooling system; I’ve always love this element of German panzers.

A great deal of time and effort went into making these! At times – e.g. attaching the individual fan blades – I was questioning (and/or testing) my own sanity !

The above three pics are all me trying to find an angle that does justice to all the effort.

Thanks are due to Jonny Trunk for the ‘heads up’ on this one. The ‘Angle are caught here on film, in glorious colour, playing Sally Go Round The Roses, from an ITV show called Songs From The Two Brewers…

The audio of the whole – well, more of it (if, perhaps, not all of it; it starts after the first number of the set, Pentangle!) – can be heard here.

The BFI have some scant info on numerous episodes (view a page about them here; click each entry to find who the performers on each episode are) of this show intriguing show in their archive. But they don’t make it easy to access/view!

I recently discovered that Rainbow Goblin’s artist Ul de Rico has done a Wagner project. You can check it out here…

Today a rather groovy set of hole-punches arrived, via Amazon (along with Egg’s last album, 1974’s Civil Surface).

They range from 0.5 mm to ???. I only used two tonight, the 0.5mm, for the radiator detailing covered in this post, and the 0.8mm, just see how they looked.

I used two different thicknesses of plastic card; the thinnest I have for these bits. I’m very pleased with the tools and the parts they produce.

I suppose such stuff still looks a bit rustic and home-made, compared to what the kit manufacturers themselves can do. But it’s a significant improvement on how I’ve made such parts up till now.

So I’m very happy!

Some pictures from todays delivery routes. After a rainy start the day turned out really nice.

Ecclesiastical architecture really is my bag, baby. Although I’m a staunch humanist/atheist, or ‘naturalist and free thinker’, as A. C. Grayling styles it, I do love churches.

Wow! We used to play this tune a lot in my band, Capricorn. I didn’t know there was a little film for the song. I only found that out today! What a great number, what a great little film, and what a terrific band.

A lovely little back-road – which actually climbs what passes for hills in the flatlands of East Angular! – I far prefer to drive on than the A-roads in this area.

Being just off The Great North Road/Ermine Street, ‘Rogues Lane was noted for highwaymen.’ According to a local history website (read more here). I’m not sure about this, but I fancy Dick Turnip might’ve been fairly local.

And not far away, lay Caxton Gibbet, where such rogues might wind up, dancing the Tyburn Jig, for the entertainment and edification of locals and passers by!

Teresa and I looked at a property on this fab country road. I can’t recall now if it was a rental, or sale? Would’ve been nice to have a home address that was on Rogues Lane, methinks.

* In the background, the burnt out shell (now replaced by a complex of McDonalds, Subway, etc.) of what was once the Gibbet Inn, and – when it (was?) burned down – the (rather good) Yim Wah Chinese restaurant.

Another nice car spotted whilst out delivering. This one is for sale. But I didn’t bother asking the price. As I have absolutely no money. A beautiful model/colour. But a bit ‘souped up’. The alloy wheels are alright. But the red grill!? Hmmm… not so sure!