Day dream of the week! II

That's right bitches I'm back! *recorded sound of hysterical girls screaming* I have been very busy since my last post. I've been to a Taint gig, moved house (still haven't properly unpacked yet though) and attended surprise birthday parties. I have daydreamed about many things since my last (and first) DDotW post so this is going to be a packed post wooo!

The first one is down to a work colleage called John. He is a cyclist and owns one of these...

That kids is a long john cargo bike (it's not John's actual bike) built by a company called SCO which is now owned by a Swedish company called Monark. Anyway Monark sold the rights to build them to Velorbis who are a Danish company and continue to knock them out at approximately 1900 Euros (around £1600) and I want one. However the choice isn't made easy by this...

This gentleman is mounted upon a Bullit cargo bike which has more gears and is light weight. It's built by a couple of loopy Danes under the brand name Larry vs Harry. They're very cool and come in a range of styles starting at 1800 euros. After the aforementioned move all thought of bicycles evapourated after I started chatting with one of my new housemates called Rich. He's been involved in modelling and has a set of plans to build a Handley Page H.P. 42 (see below) with a 4 to 5 foot wing span.

He also pointed out that the model would be dull to fly, take up masses of space and cost a fortune. Hmm maybe not but one can dream. This did lead me on to thinking about more engaging forms of modelling like model steam engines. I started looking on the 'net for live steam models and discovered this amazing site called prestonservices.co.uk and here is some of the cool stuff for sale on it...

OTTOMEYER
~ 310 H.P. ~
Ploughing Engine
"ZEVEN"

FOWLER
Class K7 Ploughing Engine
"THE STEAM SAPPER"

GARRATT
K1 Steam Locomotive
15" Gauge 0-4-0 + 0-4-0

SCAMMELL
"PIONEER"
SV/2S Heavy Recovery Tractor.
A WW2 6x4 British Army recovery truck.

BELLISS & MORCOM
Compound Generator Set
A vertical high speed enclosed steam engine
coupled to a 100 KW 3 PHz 400 V alternator.

STANLEY

1923 Model 740 G Roadster

A steam car

So much cool stuff... I've just had to go and sit in a bath of freezing cold salt water just to calm myself down. Unfortunately all this cool stuff costs a few bob and in the case of a traction engine it's the cost of a small house. I can't afford it and even small models like the one below from Polly Model Engineering costs £4555 which is too rich for me...

Until I rule the world or at least have sufficient funds I'm just going to have to stick with a little Mamod steam roller like this one... *sigh*

Toot-toot.