The Seattle 737 project

[bas_v]

Andre, compliments on the shell. That is looking awesome. Just subscribed to your YT channel.

Are all Scandinavians equally mad?

Keep up the good work!

[vidarf]

Are all Scandinavians equally mad?

What's that???

Thought that was self-explanatory. Even for emigrants...

[AndreNordheim]

Andre, compliments on the shell. That is looking awesome. Just subscribed to your YT channel.

Are all Scandinavians equally mad?

Keep up the good work!

Hey there!
To answer your question......no.
See, there are many levels to mad and we have plenty of nutcases in Norway who define each and every level.
Here are a couple of examples of what you may run into.......
Where do i rate? Way up there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wWpl...e_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyUf7...e_gdata_player

[Simbuilder]

Fyfan va snyggt!

[AndreNordheim]

I received a private message on one of the forums I have my build posted at 2 days ago.
To my big surprise I was told by two of my norwegian compadres that they were going to show up at my house to see the build. Sure enough, last night they rolled into Puyallup in their rented RV and I had to take them on a special tour of the area, including the final stop with them certifying my shell for paint

What a cool experience! Had a really cool time Vidar and Ketil!

Future of flight tour in Everett.


You are hereby certified to paint!

[Neil Hewitt]

Scandinavians are all mad, I think... I've never had the pleasure of going to Norway but I have been in Sweden a few times - the company I worked for did a long-term Web project with Volvo in Gothenberg, and my main memory of all the awesome people over there is them being... how to put it politely? A bit eccentric. But lovely with it I've lived and worked with Swedes, Norwegians and Danes - quite a few of them, now I come to think about it.

Way back when I was young and first moved to London, I shared a flat on a 'landlord-allocated share' basis - which is to say, I had no control over who I was sharing with, the landlord let out the spare rooms. I spent a few months sharing with a Norwegian medical student and got to meet his extended set of friends and family who all happened to be living in London too (it this some kind of Norwegian rite of passage, like it is for New Zealanders? <g>). All bonkers, to a man (and woman). Great fun, though. I walked in on his mother in the bath (our bathroom didn't have a lock and our 'code' for someone being in there was to hang a tea towel on the door handle, which of course she didn't know). She didn't bat an eyelid, said 'good morning', and got on with her bath as if being barged in upon was perfectly normal. I made my excuses and left

The one thing I have learned in my dealings with those from Scandi-land is to stay away from that awful schnapps-like stuff (apparently the one I had was made with some kind of tree bark). Made me hallucinate and gave me heart palpitations for 24 hours. Never again!

[AndreNordheim]

Scandinavians are all mad, I think... I've never had the pleasure of going to Norway but I have been in Sweden a few times - the company I worked for did a long-term Web project with Volvo in Gothenberg, and my main memory of all the awesome people over there is them being... how to put it politely? A bit eccentric. But lovely with it I've lived and worked with Swedes, Norwegians and Danes - quite a few of them, now I come to think about it.

Way back when I was young and first moved to London, I shared a flat on a 'landlord-allocated share' basis - which is to say, I had no control over who I was sharing with, the landlord let out the spare rooms. I spent a few months sharing with a Norwegian medical student and got to meet his extended set of friends and family who all happened to be living in London too (it this some kind of Norwegian rite of passage, like it is for New Zealanders? <g>). All bonkers, to a man (and woman). Great fun, though. I walked in on his mother in the bath (our bathroom didn't have a lock and our 'code' for someone being in there was to hang a tea towel on the door handle, which of course she didn't know). She didn't bat an eyelid, said 'good morning', and got on with her bath as if being barged in upon was perfectly normal. I made my excuses and left

The one thing I have learned in my dealings with those from Scandi-land is to stay away from that awful schnapps-like stuff (apparently the one I had was made with some kind of tree bark). Made me hallucinate and gave me heart palpitations for 24 hours. Never again!

Two things:
How did she look?
No one beats our booze!

LOL

[AndreNordheim]

Doctor, doctor..........


My wife's comments went something like this "it looks like you're preparing for something illegal". Well, it isn't that bad as I'm finally ready to spray the primer, followed by the glossy white base coat.
I'm also trying to duplicate the 2 shades of blue in order to get the Spirit of Seattle color scheme as realistic as possible.

[Neil Hewitt]

Two things:
How did she look?
No one beats our booze!

LOL

Not to take this thread out of the realms of a G rating... let's just say what they say about Scandinavian women ageing well is clearly true

As for the booze, that I did enjoy (bar the hallucinogenic schnapps). The English are a drinking nation as you know - mix Celtic, Germanic and Scandinavian blood (let's ignore the French bits for now) and what do you expect? I developed a taste for Swedish-style 'pear cider' that pre-dated it becoming big in the UK. Used to be hard to get Kopparberg over here; now it's everywhere.

Dammit. Now I want to go to the pub.

[AndreNordheim]

Typically you won't see the paintjob applied until a fully functional plane rolls off the line. However, this is no typical factory job so I reserve the right to make any decisions I please cause it's MY stinking (literally) garage.
Well, the paint isn't 100% complete as my buddy Steve is cutting a stencil for the "Proudly All Boeing 737" which will go on the lower portion below the windows and I also need to get the 512 posted above the front windows.
The final touch on the body itself is to get the skin installed to the lower frame. This may seem like a tiny thing but will add a lot more to the color. Decided to keep it off until the old simpit is gone in order to avoid accidental scuffing. Space is definitely at a premium now........