That's some good thinking!! The garage which the car kit went from was an off site storage one, silly to leave my car kit in there I know but was in a mad hurry clearing the house of as much as possible for a viewing to sell the place. The guy who had the stuff has been let off, apparently he buys, sells and trades stuff to do up and sell on at a profit. Claimed that's what had happened with the tools, but said that some of the model car kit was his and was being done up for a friend - which came as a fair shock given that this friend must have had exactly the same cars, electronics and spares, all in the exact same boxes and tubs as me... Likely story imho...
Didn't live massively close, about 10 miles away, but there's a few things that still don't add up which I'm still chasing up with the police. I've got the bit between my teeth, really do hope the guy was telling the truth but some things just don't quite fit. And when I get a bit between my teeth, well - I'm struggling to let this go, lets just say that much!
As for a good smack - I had some heavies that I know offering to help with 'retrieval', which was oooooooh so tempting, but ended up going through the "proper" channels and went to view it all with the police. Who, incidentally, have been absolutely amazing through all this. The police sometimes get ripped on so much, and it makes me sad. So often people moan about them but when it hits the fan, I've no doubt those people would be the first to get on the blower to the old 5-0!
Anyways, thank you all for all your kind words, help and advice. Will be seeing you again soon
