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No... Tantra is the liberation of the Spirit through profound thought or deeds. It is the antithesis of a tantrum. ... Martin, is this a conversion of the Great Wall / Lion Roar SWS kit? S

Knobs are over-rated Harv... #translivesmatter

I think Carl's talking about... The Interceptor. S

TBH Cat, I feel this is more a generalisation, and less a personal dig at you. From my interactions with Dave, if he has a problem with you he'll tell you straight up. Certainly lack of courage has never been an issue in my experience. Most of the second wave here in Au has thankfully been confined to Melbourne. After the major BLM protest in that City, only 4 cases of Covid transmission were confirmed from this grouping of tens of thousands of people. Most of the attendees wore masks. Only two cases were confirmed from the slightly smaller Brisbane protest. Conversely, since June over a thousand Health Care workers in Melbourne have contracted Covid; although not from the workplace where people tend to be more diligent with their PPE, but in other interactions such as in bars and while socialising. With Sydney's much smaller second surge, almost half the cases can be traced to a single Restaurant, where it's far more likely that transmission was occurring due to unhygienic practices by the Kitchen and Bar staff, rather than being breathed or sneezed upon by random strangers. The overwhelming vibe I get, from both fellow workers and complete strangers that I meet, is that this is all a beat-up. My Employers talk a big game, but think nothing of putting me in an enclosed truck cab for 6 to 8 hours with someone who may have the Virus and be either asymptomatic or otherwise not yet sick. People stand at their front doors with Children in tow and abuse me because I refuse to bring their items into their house and take them upstairs for them. In my experience, the general population are still refusing to take this seriously... Until it effects them or their Families that is. S

...or Kangaroo... And the front suddenly goes down! S

For now... Symptoms started late Friday night with a sore throat, morphed into a sore left ear and nasal congestion Saturday morning. It's now moved down to my chest, but my breathing is fine with it. Slightly fatigued when I walked the Dogs Tuesday afternoon, after finally being allowed out after 4 days. I would describe it as a mild 'Flu, but I'm not fit to lug 50kg boxes around all day so I'm having the week off. Usually I tend to push through mild illnesses like this, but not in this case. I should be fine by Monday, to continue busting my hump and risking my health again for minimum wage! Steve Financial Member of Delivery Boy Local #1,729

Yes, unaccompanied Minors who somehow got onto a train in Sydney, got through Brisbane and then up to the Sunshine Coast without anyone thinking it was in any way suspicious, or their Parents wondering where their Children were. Luckily, when found and tested, they have come back as negative. So it seems like we may have dodged yet another bullet, although they will have to be returned by either Queensland Health or Police staff back to Sydney, and then those individuals will need to quarantine for a fortnight when they themselves return... All because of a couple of stupid teenagers. Just in tonight, Auckland New Zealand has their first cases of community transmission in 4 months, 4 people from the same family... And no-one knows how they got it. Auckland has gone into an immediate3 day shutdown. A situation to watch closely. S

Test came back negative, which is a great relief let me tell you. Nose back to the Grindstone come Monday, provided symptoms don't get worse of course. S

Thanks Gaz... Me too!

We have a similar problem... Many of our Employees are from a South Asian background (we're not allowed to use the Country of origin as a descriptor in the workplace, this is racist behaviour apparently). Many of them squat atop the toilet seat at work; as judged by the footprints left on the seats, and despite being repeatedly told not to do so. Getting them to wash their hands and even Social Distance is another problem altogether. The keys for our work vehicles used to be kept in a locked cabinet in the Office. Management have decided that only Office staff are to be allowed into the office to prevent unnecessary contact (even though the Office staff are all able to work remotely from home). So at the start of the day, all of the keys for all of the vehicles are thrown into a tub that's put outside the Office door, and we have to fish through them all to get our own one out... like some twisted version of a 70's Swinger's party, and all the same chances of picking up something nasty into the bargain. Combine this with staff failing to distance properly, being required to use communal computer terminals, and being forced to take three complete strangers out in the truck as trainees in the last two months despite my protestations; and every day starts to become akin to 'The Pit and the Pendulum'. I am currently at home with Covid symptoms, having now been tested for the second time on Saturday. I have a list of possible trace contacts to provide to authorities should I test positive. I have been fastidiously wearing gloves all day while working, and mask when required when delivering to the vulnerable. Despite being very careful, I realise that all it may have taken to catch this, is to walk into an Elevator that someone had sneezed in and just vacated. Or it could have been someone at work who was asymptomatic and was looking over my shoulder like they do when waiting for their turn on the computer. Time will tell. S

Can I just ask... How is the coverage for brush painting Jeroen? S

Ooh Matron! The Hasegawa fuselage is a little too wide; which means that with the rearward taper it also becomes a tad too long. The Revell kit canopy is correct for length and width (but is inaccurate for other reasons). I was under the impression the PCM kit was based on the Hasegawa kit's dimensions, but perhaps not in this case. S

Is it a length problem, or a girth problem Ern?

No problem, it's an issue up here as well... On Saturday, they let some random fly into the State with the Virus. Apparently he was given Diplomatic immunity by the Feds, even though he was only a security guard working in Kabul, and flew into Sydney... New South Wales Health never checked his creds, or for the Virus, and just gave him a pass to leave. Queensland health also just took him at his word apparently, and when he arrived on the Sunshine Coast from Sydney he tested positive. Now they can't find two of the 14 other passengers on his flight, because they gave false contact details. Over 100,000 people have flown into Sydney from Melbourne in the past month since the second wave hit there, and no-one is checking them. There is simply no cooperation between jurisdictions. Since the second round of lockdowns, Queensland has been trying to get New South Wales to move the inspection points south of the border, to alleviate the congestion being experienced there and to simplify the process for Residents who live either side and commute into the neighbouring State for work and business. New South Wales somehow see their own Citizens flooding north to escape the Winter like rats deserting a sinking ship as a Queensland problem, and refuse to budge even an inch. They've had six months to work this out. To come up with policy, co-ordinate resources and organise contingency. Meanwhile, it still seems like the people in charge are always chasing their tails. S

Well, that won't last long! Happy birthday Carl

Brad, you Goose... What else were they going to do with them?

Occasionally, you get one that smells a bit like sweaty crotch... I think I know why now. S

Well just remember, if you feel the need to do that Brad... Still wear your mask!

Peter, You're definitely in luck, in that the V18 prototype was built from the A-0 W.Nr. 0040, and had the new standard wing, unlike the smaller wings of the initial 14 examples. This scan is from the Aero Detail #2 book on the Fw-190 D-9, and it's the reference I'm using for my rivet patterns. There are a couple of differences to mention between the early '190 wing and the late wing. The Dora utilised the late standard wing, which was prepared to the Fieseler pattern to accommodate the addition of outer MK 108 30mm guns on the variants so equipped (A-7 MK, A-8 R2/R8 and theoretically the D-11). The area under the small rectangle shown was left open to allow the rear of the 30mm cannon to clear the surface, and then covered with a small rectangular bulge... So this rectangle would not exist on your wings. Secondly, the inner wing MG 17 cover on the A-0 was a different shape than seen here for the later MG 151 wings guns that later became standard. I cannot find a clear photo of these covers on the V-18, so it's your call I guess as to whether these were changed to the later standard. Lastly, I have circled an area of extensive rivets in the centre of the wing between the main spar and the U/C bays, this was to attach applique panels on the inside of the skin in these areas, and is correct for all Fw190 wings. HTH, S

It's now 3 young Women, and they're right up to their necks in it. https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/brisbanewest/2020/07/30/three-women-charged-under-the-public-health-act/ We are fortunate, in that the Authorities have gotten straight onto this and have acted swiftly. Free testing Centres had queues of between two and five hours yesterday depending on location, such was the demand by the community to find out if they had been exposed. You can still get a test done easily however at a local Pathologist by getting a referral from your GP. Nursing Homes have all been shut to visitors as a precaution. Only time will tell as to the full impact of these idiots' actions, but hopefully we can smother this without too much community spread. We were issued a list by my Workplace on the possible places put at risk. Any Employees who went there for any reason were to be isolated, apparently none of us delivered or otherwise went there. My Mother-in-Law was at the Springfield shopping centre on the day, but she's not too worried. She and my Wife were due to meet up there this weekend for coffee and a chat, I think that's still going ahead. Most if not all of these places listed will be closed for deep cleaning, and the Employees told to isolate for a fortnight... All due to the stupidity of a few. S

Both we and NZ have an inherent advantage; that being Island Nations, as well as factoring in the tyranny of distance. New Zealand went hard lockdown straight away, and has eliminated the Virus there. Australia went into soft lockdown, relaxed that a little and now lets anyone in so long as they quarantine for a fortnight. That last point is the pertinent one. Take this example... https://7news.com.au/news/sa/sa-unsure-about-arrival-of-infected-woman-c-1064522 A woman arrived in Melbourne from the UK, having been given a compassionate exemption to travel in order to visit a dying relative. She tested negative upon arrival, but was held for only a week by the Victorian authorities rather than the usual 14 days. She flew to South Australia, where she self-declared to authorities who apparently had not been advised. When tested there, she was Covid 19 positive, and put into quarantine. So she missed seeing the dying relative, and put everyone she met on the trip from Melbourne to Adelaide at risk. If she hadn't done the right thing and self-declared, no-one would have been any the wiser. She would have gone about her business, visited whatever Medical facility the relative was staying at, possibly the funeral, and then gone home, exposing hundreds of people along the way. This has doubtless happened thousands of times in the last few months, and we might never know the true impact. People already living here in Au have had similar situations where their relatives have passed and not been able to see them or mourn their loss, we don't need to import others from Overseas to do so as well. Apparently, one in ten people who quarantined in Melbourne refused to submit to being tested before leaving isolation. S

"So tell me Fred, how did you manage to impale your Frontal Lobe with a pair of Chopsticks, one through each Nostril?" "Well Doctor, I was just driving along, and eating my lunch..." S

Well the mood in Australia has very quickly turned from one of "We're all in this together", to one of partisan Politics and saving one's own hide. The Victorian Premier, after last week taking a cheap shot at the Federal Health minister, has now doubled down in the press by publicly stating that he wouldn't put his own mother in a Victorian Nursing Home at the moment. Aged Care homes in this country are overseen by the Federal Government, but in his State they're run by Victorians, and staffed by Victorians. Over 70 Victorian Aged Care facilities there are now rife with Covid-19, and stories are emerging of Patients being left without food or care for long periods of time, because the Staff there failed to take the necessary precautions in a time of Pandemic, with many of them infected now as well. Australians generally have very good bullsh*t detectors. Standing at a lectern like a Deer in the headlights; and passing the buck on a situation you caused, while simultaneously throwing members of the Health community under the Bus is not going to end well. Nor is consigning vulnerable members of the community to a premature death, after twice refusing help from Federal authorities, when it was patently obvious that he had lost control of the situation a month ago. Meanwhile, in Queensland this morning it turns out there's been infected person who works at a School, who contracted the virus after returning from a southern State. The School has been shut for deep cleaning, and I confidently predict the State border will be closed again by midnight tonight. S

Yes it's definitely worth the effort... This release is based on their new-tool F-8 kit. Like that offering, it is dimensionally accurate, with a few minor detail errors in some parts. It goes together well; some Modellers have had specific issues with the cowl assembly, but others have not. It is the only kit in this scale that can build an R-2 variant from the box, so has that advantage going for it if that is your goal. HTH, Steve.

We have replaced common sense with Civil liberties. A photo from Regional Queensland of a quarantine Station during the 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic... A Century later, we have the enlightened Masses complaining because they can't play Golf or go to their favourite Café for a latte. Refusing to social distance or wear a mask when requested to. Crying foul because they're not allowed out of their four-star Hotel for a cigarette during quarantine, or worse still; bribing guards to let them out for a spot of shopping. And the epitome of Idiosy... 90% of people reporting as sick continuing to work and go about their business instead of isolating themselves. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-22/coronavirus-australia-live-news-covid-19-latest-victoria/12478472 As a Nation, we had this suppressed. Then Victoria loused it up for everyone, and now we're back to square one. Let that be a lesson for everyone.