Whilst the painting of the lounge continues I have been taking a bit of time out for bike rides which recently been interesting from the point of view of seeing two extremes of transport. I spotted this Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter up at Belvoir Castle.
Nice to be able to hop in your helicopter and go and visit friends!
I also saw this!
It is a DAF 55 coupe. These were made between 1967 and 1972. Done up as a rally car may seem a bit optimistic but DAF actually rallied these as did some independent rally drivers with some success. A 55 won the 1968 Alpine Rally, and in late 1968 Rob Slotemaker finished 17th out of 100 contestants in the grueling 16500 km London-Sydney Marathon.
Now, which of these two extremes of transport would I choose given the choice? Well it would be the DAF on the basis that: -
1. I can drive a car but cannot fly a helicopter!
2. The DAF is a lot easier to park and you can keep it on your driveway unlike a helicopter unless you live somewhere like Belvoir Castle!
3. The DAF is a lot cheaper to run!
4. I just like the quirkiness of that little car!
Meanwhile back at WMD HQ, more time taken out to make progress on the bridge/tunnel for my 00 gauge layout. Not much progress to report as I don't want Mrs. Woody getting ideas I have time on my hands! However the tunnel structure is now coming on with the 'mouth' formed. After lots of frowning as discussed in my last post on this subject, I had to take the central pier out - it was just a lot easier doing that! However, that makes life easier as well and this is what it all looks like now.
It is ready for sme brick papers to be attached which will be an interesting task given the angles involved and that will no doubt lead to more frowning!
