A quick update and some birthday presents arriving late in the post as the postal workers are having one and two day strikes. My mum sent me a cheque with instructions to buy models, books or whisky so I opted for a couple of models and books. There is one more kit to arrive plus some figures for the Bf 110 diorama and for the above kit (Another Ukrainian kit). But today it has been raining, absolutely tipping it down which is perfect modelling weather.

This was the progress so far on the Bf 110 with a light grey airbrushed on top and it has been drying over the last couple of days ready for a protective clear coat and then the dark grey-green camouflage on top. 

Whilst I was waiting for the grey-green camouflage to dry I made a start on another kit, initially with a view to adding it to the diorama until I realised it is in 1/35 scale and not 1/48. It is a fiddly kit to build and has some tiny parts for each sub-assembly. The airbrush was stripped down and cleaned twice, before and after airbrushing the paint on and it is now nice and shiny instead of the mess in the picture. Twenty minutes of cleaning the airbrush for five minutes use!

A Lorraine 37L, a French tracked vehicle which the Germans used as support vehicles and in this case, towing a gun. I have a plan to add it to another diorama which I shall give some thought to.

My mum has again been in hospital and she expressed her anger about the NHS as she has had bloods taken on several occasions over the past few weeks and various health staff unsure why the results are coming back skew whiff. She explained several times about the recent radiotherapy and the penny finally dropped but the health care professionals she was talking to would not admit they had not looked at her health history notes! Over the last few weeks as a consequence of the blood results she was prescribed iron supplements that made her unwell and she refused to take them. They have now admitted she is not anaemic. There is a real sense that things are falling apart in the NHS and I can well understand my mum telling the doctors to leave her alone. I think this is one of the reasons why she sent the cheque with a card saying 'Spend it on whatever you like and enjoy life.' 

I didn't cash the cheque until yesterday as she has been battling with the DWP again as for the second time they had stopped her pension. She only became aware two weeks ago and discovered payments had stopped in February! She is unable to go out alone so she doesn't check her bank account at the branch and she won't use on-line services, hell she won't use computers at all. She contacted her MP Priti Patel...still no response and the CAB but it was finally sorted this week. Again, another system falling to pieces and I suspect lockdowns, working from home, useless IT, elderly now seen as superfluous in society, etc... I have to admit I was so angry as this shouldn't happen at all, let alone twice! I have nothing but contempt and hatred for all politicians whatever colour rosette they wear. Lying, greedy, stupid, thieving bastards all of them and they are dragging us ever closer to a needless war. I'll stop there as I do feel a rant coming on and I must think of my blood pressure. I shall spend some mindfulness time with the cats plus a welcome cup of tea.

TTFN.