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Kit's Kandidates
« on: November 15, 2013, 08:09:13 AM »
After trawling through the approx. 60 un-finished models I have :( I picked a couple that have a good chance of being completed by the end of the year as I'm not the World's fastest builder.

The first is a BEA 727-100 built from the original Airfix 727-100, which they later stretched into the -200 version. In the RW BEA actually wanted to buy the 727 after spending years giving de Havilland the run-around with the Trident, but the Government wouldn't make the dollars available for the purchase. My choice of colour scheme is the 'High Speed Jack' version, named after the swept Union Jack on the fin, and to my mind  it's the definitive BEA scheme.

As you can see below I've already got quite a way with the build, but something in the paint went screwy, I can't remember quite what now, but hopefully it shouldn't be too tough to finish it off.



The second kandidate  is a different kettle of fish entirely as it's a VP Models vacform/resin Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster. As you can see below I've got a long way through the build, all the vacform parts have been assembled, as well as the main resin add-ons, and I've even done the interior paintwork as well. Quite why I stopped work on it I've no idea, but there's a good chance it'll get done at last.

The backstory for this one has it that the small production batch of B-43As produced for the USAF was cancelled as soon as the much more capable B-45 was trialled and the B-43s were all put into store. When the RAF's first Canberras were delivered to the Bomber Command squadrons the demand was so high that the planned PR3 versions were delayed and the B-43s were bought from the US and converted into PR aircraft by Avro, and went on to serve with 13 and 58 Squadrons for quite some time.

Yeah, right....  ;)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2013, 08:19:12 AM »
Unusual couple of kandidates.  :)
Looking forward to seeing in final form.

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2013, 11:06:55 AM »
60 un-finished models? that explains why your asymmetric Bv-138 is not progressing fast...
But for these 2 on the top: go, Kit, go! ;)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2013, 11:54:59 AM »
Kit - I have the same VP XB-43 vac, although you're much further along. I think mine stalled when I gave up trying to fit the cockpit bulkheads. Are you making it an all prop version or mixed powerplant?

It looks like you're going with the bug-eye cockpit. Good choice! Although to make it a truly British aircraft, you would have to blank out one of the cockpits and end up with an offset cockpit layout, like the Canberra.

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2013, 06:20:21 PM »
Tophe, I PROMISE I will make some progress on the Bv138 prototype this coming year!

I was going with the all jet config Frank as that bit's already built. I have the XB-42 Mixmaster kit as well but have yet to start it, and what superb pieces of work they are, wonderfully sharp vacforming and very precise resin too, what's not to like?

I like the idea of an offset canopy like the B(I)8s and PR9s but that'd mean filling in one cockpit hole on the B-43 so I think I'll stick with the dual bug-eyes.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2013, 07:59:05 PM »
That vacuform kit is one featured in a Kalamback book I have  on building vac-kits. I really want to see what you do with this. It is a very strange but interesting aircraft.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2013, 02:25:19 AM »
That vacuform kit is one featured in a Kalamback book I have  on building vac-kits. I really want to see what you do with this. It is a very strange but interesting aircraft.


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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2013, 03:39:03 AM »
I started work on both of them today, and the B-43's fin and tailplanes both fell off!  :icon_sueno:
They're re-jigged and superglued in place now so should make some progress tomorrow.

The 727 just needs paint, one wing's almost OK but I bet I can't match the shades so I'll re-do both of them. The other wing is DIABOLICAL! It looks like it's been pebble dashed but I sanded it all down again and I'll re-prime them both later tonight.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2013, 05:33:36 AM »
thread should be called kits kits


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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2013, 05:56:49 AM »
It's 'Kandidates' because they're part of the Group Build......
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2013, 02:09:00 AM »
It's 'Kandidates' because they're part of the Group Build......

fair enough :) kits kits still works though

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2013, 04:41:12 AM »
While grovelling through The Loft I found another one that's 'almost there'.  ;)

As with the Jetmaster I think I stopped work on this one because of my inability to do NM finishes, but now I have a cunning plan........  ;)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2013, 07:15:52 AM »
Lovely kit that XB-35 is, got one built and another in the stash (which is going to be a 617 Grand Slam bomber)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2013, 10:23:31 AM »
I like this photograph of XB-35 kit, Kit, while I don't understand it: are there 4 propellers (black) or 12 (including grey ones)? I would prefer 12 on the same aircraft, but I don't see a mounting place for them ???

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2013, 11:50:49 AM »
Quote
I started work on both of them today, and the B-43's fin and tailplanes both fell off!  :icon_sueno:
They're re-jigged and superglued in place now so should make some progress tomorrow.

The 727 just needs paint, one wing's almost OK but I bet I can't match the shades so I'll re-do both of them. The other wing is DIABOLICAL! It looks like it's been pebble dashed but I sanded it all down again and I'll re-prime them both later tonight.

Good recovery there  :)


As with the Jetmaster I think I stopped work on this one because of my inability to do NM finishes, but now I have a cunning plan........  ;)

Well I'm intrigued  :D

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2013, 12:43:16 PM »
Thanks Jeffry!
So they are either contra-prop (grey parts) or else: simple propellers (black painted)? I wish Kit will use them all, either as triple-propellers or on other kits... ;)

Besides, all your links present a Natural Metal finish for the YB-35, which is painful for Kit, but as a whif-plane, it could receive a camo, no? with RAF markings or else...

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2013, 02:18:34 PM »
dang, you are making the clear your bench into vote for which one Kit finishes, I vote xb-35, in big black n grays digital camo

with contra-contra-propellers! :)
« Last Edit: November 21, 2013, 02:20:39 PM by arkon »
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2013, 02:36:49 PM »
Here at BTS any finish you like is a go :)

Arkon - I like that too.
« Last Edit: November 21, 2013, 03:09:42 PM by finsrin »

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2013, 07:23:42 PM »
The XB-35 had contra-props but they ran into all sorts of gearbox resonance problems and eventually gave up the idea and put the simpler props on the YB-35. You get both options in the kit, thus the myriad propellers.

Naturally I'm thinking of having contra-props on the inboard engines and simple ones on the outboards.  :)

And no, I'm NOT going to make the wings longer. I'll have the devil's own job finding somewhere to display it anyway!
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2013, 09:01:54 PM »
Hiya Kit!
How's about a carrier version, with folding LONGER wings, to operate from the Habbakuk style mega carriers?
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2013, 10:15:14 PM »
Not when one wingtip keeps on sweeping all the stuff off my workbench when I'm turning it round to mask off panels at the other end.... >:D

I have an ideal name for it already, It's going to be a Northrop Boomerang!
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #22 on: November 23, 2013, 08:45:41 AM »
I've spent a few days painting the underside of the B-35 and it's given me much more confidence in producing a reasonable NMF. I gave the whole thing a coat of Halford's Gloss Silver and then masked off some panels and painted them with one of Games Workshops metallic acrylics. Then I did the same with some other panels with a darker shade and lastly did the exhausts with a MUCH darker shade.

And no, the upper surface ISN'T going to be NMF. ;)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2013, 11:57:10 PM »
Oh this is getting exciting!  :) Gotta be nice seeing some paint on, Kit.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #24 on: November 28, 2013, 01:11:25 AM »
The runway seems very confortable, doesn't it? ;)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2013, 05:20:59 AM »
Hehehe, the 'runway' is our kitchen couch. Only my Mrs_PR19 could have a couch in the KITCHEN!  :o

The thing's come to an abrupt halt as the upper surface camouflage (Yes, camouflage....) went on all wrong and I ran out of paint to rectify the situation. But a little parcel arrived from Big H while I was out today so things should continue as planned tomorrow.  :)
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2013, 11:08:13 AM »
Thanks for the runway explanation!
For the camo, do you have a picture of the disaster? We would appreciate the final result even more...

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #27 on: November 28, 2013, 05:30:38 PM »
Thanks to another disaster (my main laptop died yesterday......) the answer's no.  :(

There's some hope that the laptop may be fixable but it'll take time and I may get the B-35 finished before that.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #28 on: November 30, 2013, 07:18:02 AM »
I re-took the 'before' photo Tophe so you can see the problem.

The whole view looks OK, but that's at a distance. In the close-up you can see the over-spray that my Badger 200 airbrush produced, so then I tried to make hard edges by hand painting them. Once again I ran into the problem where brush painting produces a different shade to airbrushing, as you can see in the close-up.

My new paint's arrived now so I can re-do the whole thing, but this time I'll mask up the demarcations properly.



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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #29 on: November 30, 2013, 10:11:45 AM »
Thanks for this explanation!
And congratulations for the aspect it will have, very promising!

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #30 on: November 30, 2013, 12:41:11 PM »
Disregarding paint detail issues.
Overall look in that paint scheme is superb  :)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #31 on: November 30, 2013, 11:09:05 PM »
Glad you like it, thanks.  :)

I'm hoping to get some more paint on it later today, but re-masking the canopies and 'nose' intakes is a right pain.  :(
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #32 on: December 01, 2013, 01:33:17 AM »
Pain may be the price for gorgeous beauty... ;)

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #33 on: December 03, 2013, 12:20:08 AM »
I've encountered the "touch up" Airbrush issue before, I try to "stipple" it on with a short hair and hope a clear coat blends it... varying levels of success  ::)
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #34 on: December 03, 2013, 12:45:53 AM »
I'd never found that issue before this year, mainly because I'd not used an airbrush seriously before. It amazes me that brushed colour and sprayed colour, fromthe SAME paint mix, should look SO different.

I should be able to get more work going on the B-35 this evening, but I've been saying that for the last 3-4 days now......
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #35 on: December 07, 2013, 07:25:54 PM »
I'm making good progress on the BEA 727, repainted the wings and the tailplane  and I've re-done the top of the fuselage and fin so far. I may be the cause of a world masking tape shortage as a result though.....



I've just managed to re-spray the main grey on the upper surfaces of the B-35 today after HOURS of cleaning and re-cleaning and RE-cleaning my airbrush. :(  I won't get the other colour on till Monday now as I'm off to a big model sale later today.

Progress on the XB-43 Jetmaster is minimal so far I'm afraid, but I should get somewhere with it soon.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #36 on: December 12, 2013, 03:41:18 AM »
I thought I had a complete Airfix BEA Trident in the 'Hi Speed jack' scheme to use for the decals for the 727 but it turns out that box is empty........... :(

The other Trident I have is the newer version in BA markings so I've had to do all the decals myself. Spent 2-3 DAYS getting them the right size and matching the red and blue shades but it looks they're OK now. The dark blue's sprayed on nicely with a just a few bits that need touching up so the lower grey will go on tonight.

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #37 on: December 12, 2013, 03:42:45 AM »
Don't take this the wrong way but -- You need to build models more often!! Love the work you are doing and seem undaunted no matter the obstacle  :)
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« Reply #38 on: December 12, 2013, 04:35:39 AM »
Don't take this the wrong way but -- You need to build models more often!! Love the work you are doing and seem undaunted no matter the obstacle  :)

Mrs_PR19 says very much the same thing sometimes. :)

Usually when I'm having a head-to-head with the local Parking Gestapo........... ;)
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« Reply #39 on: December 12, 2013, 08:31:45 AM »
Congratulations for this hard-work...

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #40 on: December 12, 2013, 12:36:09 PM »
Sweet set of decals, Kit! They're going to look great printed & in place.

Mine always come out looking weak & pale compared to how I planned them, especially on transparent film. Also seem to get a lot of pixelation, despite my best efforts, using my laser printer.

Any helpful hints? ;)

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« Reply #41 on: December 12, 2013, 06:08:45 PM »
Having got the new stocks of proper paint for my B-35 I set to yesterday to re-spray the thing, after using MILES of tape of various sorts to mask out the hard edged camouflage that I wanted. The results were hardly pleasing....  :banghead:

While the hard edges came out nicely the actual Light Slate Grey colour, that's the greeny looking one, came out very patchy and it varies in tone all over the model. The Medium Sea Grey went on OK but the patchiness of the Slate Grey has ruined it as far as I'm concerned so that's me finished with airbrushing I'm afraid. I'll repaint it a THIRD time, but it'll be with a big flat brush, at least I know how they work and I can get consistent results with them.

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« Reply #42 on: December 12, 2013, 06:29:46 PM »
Sweet set of decals, Kit! They're going to look great printed & in place.

Mine always come out looking weak & pale compared to how I planned them, especially on transparent film. Also seem to get a lot of pixelation, despite my best efforts, using my laser printer.

Any helpful hints? ;)

:)

Guy

It took me quite a time to get a suitable technique developed Guy, and not a small amount of money buying the wrong stuff as well!

I use an inkjet printer, an HP Officejet 6300, that's served me well for about 5 years now. I always use the pukka HP ink cartridges too, they may be more expensive but they're consistent and last longer than re-filled ones I find. For my graphics work I use PaintShoPro 4, not the latest and greatest but it does the job and I know all its quirks and foibles by now.

One of the biggest steps I took was to scale the output of the printer to what I'm doing on the screen and to this end I did lots of tests with a ruler printed out on the screen and then to the printer. This involves always using the same blank page as an output medium. No matter what I print it's always done on that one page with the same page width and height set up on the printer. In my case the scale works out as 7.85 pixels = 1 mm on the printed page, an odd number I know but that's how it is.

I also always use the same paper, obviously inkjet paper in my case, done by the Crafty Computer Paper Co. and I always use their spray varnish as well. Chopping and changing products results in variable quality output, better to use something that you know well I think.

I do most of my graphics 4 x full size on the screen and then shrink them down after I've done al the curves and angles at high resolution. The software does the scaling of the delicate bits and the results equate pretty well with the decals you can buy.

One crucial thing I find is that the printer NEVER prints the same colour as you can see on the screen! There are calibration packages available to do that but they're darned expensive and not for me I'm afraid. I scan photos of the desired item to get the basic colour right and then print a block of 6-8 x 5 mm squares of that colour along the top edge of the sheet of decals. Then I go along the blocks varying the brightness and colour density and after printing the sheet out I can match the printed blocks with the photo. That gives me the correct match and I adjust the colour on the decal to suit. Printing on decal paper always gives a brighter colour than on plain paper I find too, so the final proof print of the colour blocks has to be done on the decal paper itself.

The last thing is practice, practice and more practice..... :)
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Kit

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #43 on: December 12, 2013, 06:48:13 PM »
Hey,,, looks bitchin cool in that photo.  8)
First one to see in any camo.  Thinking all kinds of camo schemes otta work on XB-35 & XB-49 kits.

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #44 on: December 12, 2013, 09:00:44 PM »
Thanks, Kit!

I have a HP inkjet printer at home which I never use because every time I went to use it the damned thing needed to be cleaned because the ink had dried in the jets (you cam tell I didn't use it very often).

:)

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« Reply #45 on: December 12, 2013, 10:55:38 PM »
Once you start down the home-made decal route you'll be using GALLONS of printer ink and REAMS of paper Guy! :)

I've already started brush painting the B-35 finsrin and it looks a LOT better now!
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #46 on: December 13, 2013, 02:50:11 AM »
Oh, I have started doing my own decals - just using my laser printer & not the inkjet. ;)

My Whiffy winning C-119C(T) is my best example.

My LAV-150's & M-60 are, probably, my worst.

All of them are double layered (clear film base over white film base) to get the desired density of colour.

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« Reply #47 on: December 13, 2013, 03:12:10 AM »

All of them are double layered (clear film base over white film base) to get the desired density of colour.


Yes, that's quite a good idea as it gives a reflective background for the colours to work from.

I use two layer decals for RAF roundels too, first a white circle just slightly smaller than the outer blue ring and then a clear red and blue riundel over that. If you print directly onto white you have to trim VERY carefully so you don't get a partial white ring around the blue.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #48 on: December 15, 2013, 06:40:48 AM »
The BEA 727 is getting there now. It's all painted and decalled (mostly....) and I've assembled the major components but it's definitely a '2 foot model', meaning that's as close as you need to look at it! I've done lots better airliners and this one's suffered from its vintage heritage I suppose. I noticed in the under-side view that I forgot to fill Airfix's ubiquitous stand slot, but I really can't bothered to do it now, it's hardly going to be seen after all.

There's some touching up of the paintwork to do, plus I need to find another windshield decal as the original one just fell off! Then I need to paint and install the landing gear and it's done.





For those of you who can't figure out the Whiff-ness of this, BEA never did fly 727s although they tried very hard. The colour scheme is based on the High Speed Jack scheme that they carrried on their Trident 1s, 2s and 3s. Piccie of a 3b below.

Regards
Kit

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Offline taiidantomcat

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #49 on: December 15, 2013, 06:57:51 AM »
Alright!!  :)
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Offline finsrin

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #50 on: December 15, 2013, 07:13:28 AM »
Certainly captures look of coulda been BEA 727  :)

Offline PR19_Kit

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #51 on: January 04, 2014, 08:46:27 AM »
I may not be able to get these done even with the extension.

I had to take my wife into hospital today and she's not at all well. Any modelling motivation is distinctly lacking at the moment I'm afraid.  :(
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Kit

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Offline Cliffy B

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #52 on: January 04, 2014, 08:52:49 AM »
I'm sorry to hear that Kit.  Had to take my mother in the other day.  Here's to a speedy recovery.  Thoughts and prayers head your way as well.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #53 on: January 04, 2014, 11:52:00 PM »
 Likewise - I wish her a speedy and complete recovery. We'll keep you in our thoughts, Kit, take care.

Offline Claymore

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #54 on: January 05, 2014, 12:09:46 AM »
Best wishes and fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.
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Offline Volkodav

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #55 on: January 05, 2014, 09:45:50 AM »
Not good, all the best for a speedy recovery.

Offline PR19_Kit

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #56 on: January 05, 2014, 10:00:54 PM »
It seems that Mary's got pneumonia, just as I had in 2012! Luckily it's not such a virulent strain and anti-bios will probably sort it out, so much so that they're talking about maybe discharging her today or tomorrow.

Actually I'll believe that when I see it as they're very fond of getting people to drive all the way into Gloucester and then saying 'Oh, it'll probably be tomorrow now'.
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Kit

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Offline Claymore

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #57 on: January 05, 2014, 11:52:06 PM »
Great news Kit and here's hoping she's out and back home soon.
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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #58 on: January 06, 2014, 12:56:22 AM »
Is pneumonia quite prevalent around the UK Kit ?.  Right now around Alberta the H1N1 flue is on the rampage again, news channels are full of the 'get the flue shot' message --

Offline PR19_Kit

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Re: Kit's Kandidates
« Reply #59 on: January 06, 2014, 07:36:34 AM »
Dunno Robert, it's surely prevalent around our house!

But apparently it's neither infectious or contagious, so you either get it or you don't, weird.
Regards
Kit

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