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Hallo Well, thank you for your praise. I will keep it in my mind for the future helicopters I will build. My modelling is now on a full stop, since I take an intensive language course on Chinese. Full time at university in my age. I am the very senior. But anyway, my Japanese helps me a little. Crazy things besides modelling! In September I will go on with modelling at full speed again. Happy modelling

Further work has happened, just not a lot of it. The cockpit display has made progress, so let's start this update with a big toothy grin The small pieces of square plastic rod are to act as supports for the radome The instrument panel coaming has also been started I know it's not what was recommended by @scautomoton in the instructions, but as this is a display or a cockpit section that was rescued from the scrap heap, bits needed to be made to replace missing parts. That's my reasoning behind the scratch building of the coaming and any other disparity. Gondor

@Lord Riot looking very nice so far. You might want to do a quick check, if you've not already done so, as some TT.18s had a window on the starboard side opposite that on the port side IIRC.

I did my basic training on Vampire T11's,they were in pretty good condition in the early 80's.When the College closed they were sold off,pretty sure at least one of them was badly damaged later on but I often wonder what happened the other ones.

In my quest I have uncovered some 'gen' on HUDs. This is a video of the innards (albeit computer line drawing) of a F-16 HUD. Pretty clear how the lenses and projection occurs. Also found this picture of a F-5 HUD (actually very similar to the F/A-18 HUD), where you can see the lens (not the cathode tube, as I first thought it was).

Well done! Great job on this Würger!

I forgot to give thanks to all your nice comments. Much appreciated! I didn't know Stransky was the original manufacturer. Enjoy the kit, though. It's a fun one! Last time I checked, there should be plenty left available :).

Hi there Well title says all So wondering to ask other than replace and paint or print the serials are there other markings missing Any other recommendation Regards Armando

Well, maybe it's about time I built another Defiant (the Airscale 1/32 one is staying on the shelf for a moment) so I have decided to crack on in the next few days. As a few of you know, the Defiant is 'my thing' and there are many I'd love to build, but the one I will be doing is one that has always been near the top of the list. What isn't widely known is that 141 and 264 Squadrons flew occasional intruder operations over France, with the first actually being flown in November 1940. however my choice is the one flown by Flying Officer Edward Guy Curtice of 264 Squadron. Known as Guy, he had success in May 1941 on intruder sorties, with one incident where he was chasing a He 111 so low over the airfield that he hit the ground with his wingtip while breaking off contact. I have a nice photo of Guy sat in the Defiant he flew on intruder ops, and it confirms the code and serial, which are PS-N N3326, and the Defiant is fitted with the 'Bluenote' exhausts (the six port version). So here's a place marker - hope to be back very soon with progress pics. As to Guy Curtice, he was transferred to a Turbinlite unit and was killed in a flying accident in September 1941 at West Malling.

The two recce squadrons were 2 and 41 and I don’t know if all the Phantoms used by those squadrons were wired for the EMI pod so photo evidence is useful. The wing flash tanks were, I think that; not flares but a high powered light so a bit less potentially explosive! there is a picture of a 54 squadron a/c with a load of wing tanks, Sneb rocket pods on the inner pylons, sparrows and an EMI recce pod but I think it was a publicity shot only. I think the strike camera was carried in the port front missile bay. If you do the ad 3 grey scheme you don’t fit the recce pod

See rather Nick Millman's postings.

Thank you for the intell and corrections! I believe correcting the gun muzzle would be very easy.

Beautiful work in such a tiny scale !

The tailwheel. Everything else is barely fit for the bin. Utterly vile kit and all of their Spitfires are worthless junk.

Thanks chaps! 🫡 Zephyr I’ve only managed about 43 years but do give it a spin- it’s a perfect palette cleanser and makes a change from stars n bars, swastikas and roundels 🙂

Thank you so much. Cheers, Alistair

Gloria Finis… lovely work

Beautiful work on an impressive looking plane 👍😊

Don't start unless you've seen somebody with life threatning condition because of the vaccine . I was told not to have it because I was having cancer treatment and my Immune levels are right down. At the beginning We were told it takes 4 years to develop a Vaccine . We got around 6 in 10 weeks . One of ours was modified Flue vaccine they dished out every year . Funny why there were no Flu vaccines issued that year to anyone . Not even medical staff for the 1st time ever , Para Medic told me that in 2020 . That's before Covid 19 grabbed hold in 2019 . Nothing like Flat earth garbage . There is a load of waffle on here though about the 787 crash ,leeched across from Youtube's desk pilots . Make me laugh .. I'm an AA pilot in some other airline's uniform but earning You Tube (as the say in Glasgow) Dollars .

I didn’t know they simply swivelled. Makes sense as there would be zero stress on them as the aircraft taxied and if it was yawed into the wind during takeoff.

Latest off the shelf; Matchbox 1979 issue B17G. All you can expect from a classic Matchbox kit; plastic in multiple colours, thick glazing and non existent interior detail. What's not to love...! For those of us fed on a diet of vintage Matchbox, FROG and Airfix kits way back in the 80's this one may be a fond blast from the past. I never built one; it being beyond my pocket money allowance but a cheap one available online rectified this. 😀 A classic example of study the pictures before you buy; no decals and the Sperry ball turret was missing. The kit had also been part painted. No biggie; new decals were scrounged from spares and represent "Fever Beaver". The ball turret was taken from a scrap Airfix B24 and repainting was easy to do. As for the kit - Hardly any issues with fit other than the wing to fuselage. The interior is almost non existent but that doesn't really matter as the thick glazing obscures almost everything. I did stick a few bits in there though which may be partly visible... I also lost one of the kits main wheels; ably substituted with ones from an old B17 kit I scrapped ages ago. Painting was problem free. The decals were a bit fragile but did the job. Clearly a product of its time but in my opinion captures the shape of the Fortress quite well; certainly better than the vintage Airfix version with it's weird canopy and rear barbette shape. I'm not convinced by the rear wheel though which is clearly the wrong shape and sits a bit too high. I left it as it was though. The choice of a standard or Cheyenne rear barbette is a nice touch to this kit too enabling early or late versions to be built. Great fun to build and a classic blast from the past! 🙂

Again, far too kind, thank you

Great to see you able to pogressvthis a bit more and it is certainly looking good too Mark, great work . Chris

Hi Roman. Nice to see you back after a long absence. Another inspirational subject from you. I cannot recall ever seeing an early version of the Fw-200 ever posted. As always, great results my friend!!!! Mike

How fitting Cookie. Thanks to Dennis for inspiring you to add this great looking T-Bolt to your collection. Mike