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I would imagine Syhart might come to the rescue with some decals in the future. They seem to specialise in special schemes for European airforces. Sean

We had a visitor adding a bit of colour to the skies over the Lakes on Friday. Sean

This one was flying mid afternoon on Tuesday. It’s mostly been F-35’s and Eurofighters around here recently. Sean

And no, not the one we’re famous for… I spotted this flying towards me whilst stopped by the side of the road getting a picture of Blencathra the other day. The pilots were kind enough to fly within a couple of hundred metres which provided a nice test for the new camera. Sean

The last one from my 2020 F1 splurge. This one is the 2020 McLaren representing Lando Norris’ first podium.

Quite possibly one of the best livery/car combo’s to race in Formula 1 in my opinion. Sean

Two new arrivals of the Papaya and British Racing Green(ish) variety. The McLaren is Daniel Ricciardo’s Monza winner and the Aston Martin is from Sebastian Vettel’s P2 in Baku. Sean

The main parts of the IKEA turret are now together. I ignored the instructions here and glued the sides to the turret roof first as the larger mating surfaces help align everything much better than how the instructions want you to do it. It’s quite a nice little kit this and a nice change from the Dragon complexity of my last few builds. Sean

The hull is now complete and I’ve made a start on the turret. I wasn’t overly impressed with the four pieces of etch on the front, they just seemed unnecessarily fiddly but they’re on anyway. I also wasn’t particularly wowed by the exhaust shroud so that received a bit of attention. Sean

Now, I got somewhat bogged down with the figures and lost enthusiasm for this. But now I’ve got around to start the second part of this scene which is the Airfix Cromwell. So after a fairly pleasant afternoon reacquainting myself with cutting and glueing plastic I’ve got the basics of the lower hull mostly complete. Sean

Thanks all. They were pretty well behaved this week, probably due to the abundance of hill fog we’ve had recently. But I had family members make comments about them the two weeks previous and they were hearing them over Carlisle and Whitehaven. So they’ve certainly been getting around. Sean

Today was the third Tuesday in a row where the guys from Lakenheath came to the lakes to play around in the valley’s. Although they weren’t quite as busy today as they were last week when they turned the whole national park into a cathedral of noise for a good few hours. But unlike last week I had my standard zoom lens on my camera so I managed to get a few pictures of them. Sean

Tis the season for last year’s preorders to arrive. This time in the form of a rather mucky looking Mercedes with some pretty knackered tyres. Sean

Rarely seen together in captivity, two Pink Panthers… The Sakhir GP winner edition is the latest acquisition and it’s interesting to see what a seasons worth of development looks like. Sean

A Pink Panther! Sean

A year after preordering, this beast finally arrived. Sean

This nice little addition to the case.

Look who arrived today. Happy days! Sean

Base: check. Firefly: check. Now I just need the figures to show up and and then I’ll be able to call this little scene complete until Airfix release their Cromwell. I also need to reunite the fella there with his Churchill, he’s not too sure about using a 17pdr... Sean

Thanks Darryl much appreciated. So with a week off work and an unpleasant day of weather here in the wilds of Cumbria I’ve cracked on with this. The barn/outbuilding is finished and I’ve added some tufts of grass and a few spots of burnt green flocking to represent moss and other general vegetation that can appear on these sorts of buildings. The road also got some attention with various shades of grey paint before I applied a dark wash to blend it all in. I still need to add some muddy tracks onto the road and generally work on the muddy slop surrounding the road. But with another crap day of weather in prospect for tomorrow I’ll have plenty of time to sort that out. Sean

As if by magic, I now have a finished section of cobbled street which is ready for paint and I also have a painted building. I took it upon myself to order a set of Gecko Models marching machine gunners to add to the scene. Sean

So I’ve finished the construction of the barn/farm shed. I’ve also cut up some of the foam and glued it to the base which will hopefully provide a decent start for some cobbles. Sean

So I’m calling the Firefly done and now I’ve started on the base. I’ve started off with a larger base than I normally would as I have a cunning plan to add a Cromwell to the scene when Airfix release their new one. The plan at the moment is to create a generic farm outbuilding on the outskirts of a village with a bit of mud and maybe some cobblestones. Sean

So some AK Interactive Faded Green pigments arrived today (among other things...), I’m still waiting for the Mig Productions pigments to show up. So without having any prior experience with pigments I set to work having a bash with them this evening and I’m quite pleased so far if I do say so myself. And a final one with my other Sherman. The picture doesn’t show many differences between the two in their colours, but the Firefly is much more refined. Sean

I ordered some AK pigments for my Sherman build and somehow this ended up in the same package Sean