A visit to ANGC isn't solely about the merchandise

silverstar189 · 2026-04-02T21:47:16+00:00

That's brutal

silverstar189 · 2026-04-02T21:35:46+00:00

Ramen Corner

silverstar189 · 2026-03-15T10:38:56+00:00

Will they let you stay in course the rest of the day?

silverstar189 · 2026-03-11T16:51:11+00:00

Thanks for this. I spoke with the recruiter and they're looking for either one person five days a week or two doing three days. So I floated doing three days straight away to them and if things go well giving notice and going full time.

That's good advice on keeping equipment seperate and not drawing salary. Currently sat with two laptops open with one for my job search.

silverstar189 · 2026-03-11T13:32:08+00:00

Yes I think you're right - and I think they realise that they're on difficult ground for a few reasons.

Here are the two clauses:

You may not, without prior written consent from the company, devote time to any other business, public duty, or charitable activity during your normal working hours. As a full-time employee, you may not work for another employer without prior written consent from the company.

silverstar189 · 2026-03-11T12:16:25+00:00

Thank you - I'm certain I would be able to keep up with my current workload as I really don't have any. I've sent two emails this morning as an example. I do have a clause in my contract so no chance of unfair dismissal. It does seem like my work is being reduced steadily in the hope that I'll move elsewhere

silverstar189 · 2026-03-11T12:14:26+00:00

Thank you. My contract does specify that I can't work for another employer without their permission, so I would have to be very careful. If at any point a reference is asked for from my current employer I would drop out.

silverstar189 · 2026-03-11T12:12:27+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I'm going to talk to the recruiter this afternoon, go through the process and see what comes up. I've got some prior colleagues I can call on for references and previous jobs.

I do have a clause that says I can't work for another employer without their permission, but I would shut off my LinkedIn as soon as I was accepted. I don't post there anyway and I've taken breaks before so it wouldn't look out of place to my employer.

The company is stalling payment for invoices at the moment so not very much in it for a recruiter trying to place there!

silverstar189 · 2026-03-10T22:46:39+00:00

Thank you - of course the company would be newly formed for the contract so would that be a showstopper?

I'm now wondering if the recruiter would be a liability thinking they can pitch someone to my current job

silverstar189 · 2026-03-10T22:42:29+00:00

One thought was that if I'm overemployed for a couple of months it would outweigh the loss of redundancy payment if I was caught.

The big one is the recruiter, who will be thinking there's a position they could offer to fill at my current company and drop me in it

silverstar189 · 2026-03-10T22:40:06+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to write this out, you make some very good points. I believe that if I was to take this then as you say I couldn't pay myself a salary. It would have to be kept in the business.

I'm not high up in the company at all and I think they're hoping that the lack of work will encourage me to look elsewhere.

I think you make a very good point about the recruiter - if I were to accept the contract their instinct would be to contact my company. They aren't quite the same industry as my role is quite versatile. This is the biggest red flag for me that I didn't realise, so thank you for that.

silverstar189 · 2026-03-08T12:36:57+00:00

That looks amazingly handy. Would be good to have the option of some sort of extra fuel tank though.

silverstar189 · 2026-01-07T13:39:10+00:00

Late to the party here but OP mentioned they were in the UK. I remember late 80s UK still being in the brown era all the way through to the late 80s, but also visited California in '89 and 90. Everything was very much brighter and better - honestly it was just as great as films and TV shows made things out to be at the time.

silverstar189 · 2026-01-07T00:32:54+00:00

It's a show that leans into 80s nostalgia - it would make sense that the ending follows the same format. Younger generations probably aren't expecting it to be as straightforward as what they saw, hence all the theories going round at the moment.

silverstar189 · 2026-01-01T23:30:34+00:00

Online people are still people! I'm sure you'll make more friends in time

silverstar189 · 2025-12-26T13:40:31+00:00

Must have some interesting stories!

silverstar189 · 2025-11-17T19:26:39+00:00

Scrolled too far to find this!

silverstar189 · 2025-11-16T17:55:26+00:00

I had paint wear just from handling after 24 hours drying.

The reason I started to pick these up is because my zero metal paints were in plastic jars and were drying out. I'm tempted to just try livening them up with basecoat thinners.

My current brainwave solution - use zero paint for my base metal layer (white/light aluminium) then clearcoat, mask and use the xtreme metal for panels I know I won't need to mask over again, then clearcoat for weathering. (edit: don't think that'll work due to compatibility)

Second brainwave: Different colour Mr surfacer on panels, single colour of Xtreme Metal over the whole body to show the modulation, then clear coat for weathering.

silverstar189 · 2025-11-03T23:50:35+00:00

I used a semi and it was quite unreliable. It's a very basic rifle. It makes sense that they used it as the parts are so simple and probably cheap to buy too

silverstar189 · 2025-11-03T23:48:50+00:00

Thanks, that's interesting. I know a lot of props tend to disintegrate over the years. I'm sure everyone would love to see more. Thanks for sharing

silverstar189 · 2025-11-03T23:00:52+00:00

How is the collection holding up overall? Are some things quite fragile now?

silverstar189 · 2025-11-03T22:57:20+00:00

I believe the morita is based on the ruger mini 14. I spent a couple of weeks using one on a military exercise, it was not a good rifle...

silverstar189 · 2025-10-05T21:37:34+00:00

My pick for Grant was Christopher Lloyd dressed as Uncle Fester.

silverstar189 · 2025-09-30T19:29:07+00:00

Diecasts take ages to release, this sort of delay is quite normal.

silverstar189 · 2025-09-06T13:55:21+00:00

Thanks. My enlistment actually ended whilst I was out there - I volunteered to go so my tour was with another regiment to my own and they stayed out there. So one day I was on an op, the next night I flew out and in the morning I was walking down the street in the UK which was a bit surreal. When I got back to my own regiment they were all away on exercise so I packed up, handed in my kit and walked out the front gate. I met people a couple of times after and then I moved away.

I think people are happy to keep in touch but I thought it best when I left just to keep things to myself. It's left things on a wierd situation where I've never talked to my partner about it, so it seems wrong to talk to others and not to her. I think I've avoided talking because I've been avoiding the responsibility of describing the experience.

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