Harry P.

Not to mention a foot of snow in Denver!

Yes, subject matter. I have already built several other of these OcCre kits (San Francisco cable car, London tram, Berlin tram, London double-decker bus). Plus I love working with wood. There's just something about building a wooden kit that I love. Maybe the smell of the wood? Or the way the wood responds to sandpaper? I don't know, really... just know that I love to build wooden kits... ships, trams, whatever! For some reason I find working with wood relaxing.

This is not meant as political commentary, so please don't take it there... but how funny that Bernie Sanders has that super thick accent, while Donald Trump has (to my ear, at least), no discernible accent at all. Yet they were both born in the same city! (Bernie in Brooklyn, Donald in Queens, just a couple of miles apart!). Weird how that works.

Same here! I never knew Hugh Laurie was British. His "American" accent on House was absolutely perfect. I remember the first time I ever saw him on TV speaking in his "normal" way... I couldn't believe it!

Here's what comes in that clear plastic box. Cast metal parts, hardware, a sheet of photoetched parts, a roll of heavy twine, several small sheets of aluminum, and a couple of chunks of basswood...

You also get a full-color instruction book, a separate sheet of written instructions, and a sheet of graphics. The graphics are not decals, but are printed on plain paper. The builder has to decide the best way to attach them to the model. More on that later..

Open the box and this is what you see... And what's inside... several sheets of laser-cut wood parts, a bunch of raw wood stock, strips of aluminum, a box of cast metal parts along with various other bits and pieces, and a sheet of Lexan that you have to cut up to make the "glass," a sheet of photoetched parts, and a roll of soft brass rod...

Thought I'd do something I've never done here before, and do a WIP of one of these multi-media tram kits from the Spanish kit manufacturer OcCre. This is the same company that makes the London tram, the Berlin tram, the San Francisco cable car, and the London double-decker bus that I have all posted "Under Glass" in the past. The kit is a multimedia kit, in 1/24 scale, comprised of several sheets of laser-cut wood pieces, same raw wood stock, many cast metal pieces, a sheet of PE parts, various bits and pieces of hardware, a sheet of Lexan for the "glass," a sheet of graphics, etc. A little bit of everything goes into these kits. The best price I found online was from a place called Cornwall Model Boats Ltd., a hobby shop in Camelford, England. Here's the kit that arrived today...More to come...

Keep checking Ebay. It'll pop up eventually, I've seen it in the past.

Another vote for MO. Man, this is tough!

Another vote for INXS. Hard to believe this song came out 34 years ago! Where does the time go?

I've called "customer service" many times and had a guy named "Brad" answer the phone. Except "Brad" had a very distinct Indian accent! I have a funny feeling "Brad" was in New Delhi!

Yep, I saw that article. Front page. And yet the teacher's union is talking strike! What planet are these people living on??? You are correct in every way.

I'm waiting for Joe Z. to chime in. I have a feeling he's a real Nooo YAWKAH!

Man, you're just a freakin' mess!

Well, that makes sense, since the nearest province to me is Ontario.

Keith Urban sounds very Australian to me. He has the classic Australian accent.

I remember when Dave Wannstedt was head coach of da Bears. He was from Pittsburgh, I think, and he had a very noticeable accent. At least to us Chicagoans he did. And Pittsburgh isn't all that far from Chicago.

Yes, exactly. That's why I said it's a learned behavior. But why do people in different areas of the same country speak so differently?

It's funny that many Americans seem to think that when someone speaks with a British accent, they must be very smart. Not that Brits aren't smart... but not necessarily smarter than we are!

Yep, I find it fascinating. Especially the point you made about the dozens and dozens of distinct accents in England... all on that relatively small island. Weird.

Not Australian. Just ask Barry.

The Bee Gees were English. They moved to Australia with their family as kids in the late '50s. They returned home to England in 1966 and their career as the "Bee Gees" took off.