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tennyson

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  1. You're a Champ, Graham. There should have been an Australia Day Award for you.... Onya Graham, Oi, Oi, Oi, Frank
  2. Nice to see so many new faces on the forum. Welcome to you all. It's a great little forum and a nice bunch of helpful people live here. Frank
  3. Haven't checked this thread for some time, so I apologise Spirit Flyer. The Titanic was a gift to my boy when he was 3 years old. I built it by hand. It took three months. I hand sculpted the hull from casting plaster from a much smaller scale model. When i was happy with the hull, I took a mould from fibreglass and then produced two layups which i joined. Sanded and filled them and then built the decks on top. It runs on 3 electric motors with shafts running in the bottom of the hull. I'd never built a fibreglass hull before and the pundits from the local model club said I couldn't do it, but I proved them wrong. I weighted the base in my bathtub to get it to sit right in the water. I installed 3 servo's and radio gear. I took it down to the lake where the locals gathered and she sailed like a dream. My boy was happier than I'd ever seen him. We spent many years motoring it around that lake. She sank like the real Titanic on a few occassions, too. My boy eventually grew out of it, but we spent many hours together and so created a bond that lasts to this day. He just turned 20, so I guess I won't be taking him down to the lake any more, so I've started work on revamping it for my grandkids when they come along. They may get as much joy from it as he and I did. Frank
  4. How observant John. I have a 2008 model, but have my order in for the 2009 Anniversary model. It is estimated to arrive in April. I can't wait. I also had the option of an aftermarket nose cone identical to that one but opted for the real thing. Frank P.S. Here's my current one!
  5. Firstly, I must congratulate you, Ryan on a great idea. As others have said, it is nice to put a face to some of the names finally. Ok, so here I go. Real Name: Frank Cooper Forum name: Tennyson. It's been my nic for many years. It was given to me many years ago after I published my first book of Poetry. I've since written a few more, as well as a few novels, the odd one with an aircraft theme or two. BIO: Born in Murwillumbah, NSW (I keep telling people they have since rezoned it as Queensland). Spent many years in the RAAF, then went solo for a good few years in the aircraft industry before starting my own IT company which I successfully ran until 2000 when I had to retire for medical reasons. I still do a bit of IT and try to keep my skills up, building the latest of everything. I been married about as many times as Liz Taylor (and got the scars to prove it) until a good woman from WA scuttled me and I been happy ever since. I spend my days travelling. I follow the V8's around the countryside and spend a lot of time in Asia (usually 2 or 3 times a year) and my favourite country (apart from OZ) is Vietnam. Have 3 beautiful productive kids who are my world and pretty much live the good life. All this and a bright red sports car (you guessed it, mid life crisis!), what more could a man want.............more FTX!!!!! Oh yeah, I been simming since God was a boy, Frank
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