eBay My World: bruciethefish( 1151)

I work as a professional modelmaker, and some of what I sell is a by-product of this. I try to give everyone a straight deal, & am pleased with the reputation I'm building on ebay for fairness & understanding. I'm keen to uphold the ebay ethic...

I frequently have loco bodies left over from conversion jobs, plus I'm rationalising some of the vast collection of 'useful' items I've hoarded over the years.

All sorts of stuff;, Got my car (£107.06!), model stuff, railwayana, camera stuff, musical instruments, cd's...., Most of the time I look for cheaper items that need fixing in some way or another...

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I have a lot of interests, so much so that I don't always have time to pursue them all;, Main hobby/business is modelmaking, especially railway stuff, (though I was once commissioned by Cosworth to build a model Ford F1 engine in silver for the president of Ford Motors);, second comes fishkeeping, I excavated part of my cellar a few years ago & built a fish-room, which contains about 40 tanks., I'm part of an international organisation which attempts to conserve threatened species of fish from all over the world, in captivity. My wife & I have also created habitats in our garden to encourage & support native wildlife, & frogs, toads, newts, slow-worms & grass-snakes breed here. We also get a lot of interesting birds, badgers, foxes etc. other things;, Photography (will eventually build darkroom);, Guitars (build my own), Music generally- rock / blues mostly;, Angling, using self-restored antique tackle (Is that rod made of WOOD mister?);, Old motorbikes;, Making things in general.

Most of the time I have my head buried in some sort of reference book, though I can't put down a new Terry Pratchett book after my wife's finished with it!....

Wide tastes really, I like musicians who can play, & singers who can sing;- people with a real, shining talent... In my youth, I once stood in a room with Steeleye Span (folk ) while they rehearsed 6-part harmonies; Absolutely spellbinding, beat the top 20 into a cocked hat!

All the CSI's, Top gear, Star trek / sci-fi, Qi, David Attenborough

I now have a website, where you can view the things I produce for my 'day job' as a professional modelmaker. Please feel free to have a look, at www.goldenarrow.me.uk