747 End Ex

[monty]

I was about six years old,circa 1970.Mum gave me a snap togeather toy of a 747 from a cereal packet.I was hooked to this day on this icon of the sky.Sadly only really cargo versions fly now.I have these parts all around the house,Drives me wife nuts,I get away with it because I am autistic and she understands when you are like me thats how it is. kind regards Gary

[leigh kitchen]

My wife just threatens to burn my stuff.
Apparently it doesn't belong in the kitchen.
Allegedly.
I just tell her it could be worse. I could have motorbikes that'd need stripping down in the kitchen.
As revenge she relocated bin liners full of uniforms and boxes of caps and documents from wardrobes in spare bedrooms to my mancave.

[Home Guard]

I'm pretty sure I'd be living in the garage, but if the bunnies were there too, I would be fine. Wives are not collectors, so we can't expect them to really understand the passion we have.

When I was in college, my apartment neighbor was overhauling the engine of his motorcycle in their living room!!!

Terry

[Alex Rice]

I remember the thrill the first time I got to fly in the 'bubble' on the upper deck of a 747! Not all of them were Business Class up there!

[Alan O]

Originally Posted by Home Guard

I'm pretty sure I'd be living in the garage, but if the bunnies were there too, I would be fine. Wives are not collectors, so we can't expect them to really understand the passion we have.

When I was in college, my apartment neighbor was overhauling the engine of his motorcycle in their living room!!!

Terry

Terry

WTF - wives not collectors!!!! Have you any idea of the number of handbags and shoes there are in my house...........

Alan

[leigh kitchen]

On the stairs? Along with scarves?

[billy]

Leigh, my Wife has forced the issue regards my collection, now in a log cabin!

As to Motorbike,s stripped down what do you think of a Jaguar Engine being stripped down in a singlemans accommodation block? How he got away with this I don’t know but the carpet was a right mess afterwards!

[leigh kitchen]

The car would be impressive enough, but the aircraft - kudos.

[KOMalta]

Originally Posted by monty

I was about six years old,circa 1970.Mum gave me a snap togeather toy of a 747 from a cereal packet.I was hooked to this day on this icon of the sky.Sadly only really cargo versions fly now.I have these parts all around the house,Drives me wife nuts,I get away with it because I am autistic and she understands when you are like me thats how it is. kind regards Gary

The "Queen of the Sky". One carrier still flying them (747-800s) is Lufthansa.

Nothing compares to it till this day! Nice pieces Monty!

Vincent

[leigh kitchen]

The only aircraft from a cereal packet I've got, 4.5 x 5.5 cm.
I don't know which cereal or when, I just picked it up a few years ago.

[monty]

These are the snap togeather planes from cereal packets.These are not from my childhood,car boot find around 20 odd years ago.its worth saying also that when you buy these plane parts from the co that scraped them you get the provnance as to which airframe they came off. kind regards Gary