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Excellent work as always Martijn. Thanks for sharing. I built several PAS/Rus-Air kits in the past and really liked them. It's unfortunate that they are practically unobtainable at the moment although I do have an MD-95 in the depths of my stash. Having seen yours I really must dig it out and do something with it! Dave G

Mark 1 Ford Escort in 1969. Probably F or G (suffix) reg. It belonged to the driving school. Dave G

I was flattered and a bit embarrassed to be referenced by @Troy Smith. I'm glad he did otherwise I would probably have missed this thread. There are plenty of airliner specialists on Britmodeller who are better modellers than me. Names to check include Turbofan, Viking, Alex1978, Malair, Einar, CTModeller, Challenger350Pilot, NorbertBu and Back in the Saddle. That's just a selection off the top of my head and there are several others. You are making excellent progress and the livery is going well. I appreciate it's too late for the current build but for your next model you might want to think about using primer before applying the actual finish. Apart from helping the paint to stick to the plastic, primer is great for showing up flaws - dodgy seams, filler not fully smoothed down and so on - which you can sort before final painting. I agree with the wise modeller who said you should think of priming as the last stage of building rather than the first stage of painting. If you're looking for Airbus Grey in a rattle can Holts HL Grey01 is my preferred choice. I think it was Ray Charles of 26 Decals who originally recommended it and I've used it for years. It's lovely stuff and very easy to use. I look forward to your next progress report and if you think I can be any help feel free to drop me a pm. Regards Dave G

Thanks for your reply @Captain Glumbo. The decal paper is just the normal thickness of decal paper! As I mentioned above, I have successfully printed small items like stencils and aircraft names in the past so I doubt that the paper is the issue. It definitely looks as if I'm going to have to try the laser route.

@bentwaters81tfw Thanks for the suggestion but the answer is no. It prints perfectly on normal paper. @davecov Thanks for your reply. I've been faffing about a bit more since my original post and I'm increasingly starting to think I'm just asking the printer to do something it isn't capable of. I think I'm going to invoke Plan B and take up the offer of access to a laser printer even if it does mean forking out for laser paper. Dave G

Thanks @MODeller and @Farmer matt I did look at the settings (which are fairly limited) and I thought I had turned everything up to best quality but I'll go back for another check.

I am trying to re-size a small, plain black, three letter logo for the fin of a 1/144 airliner. The re-sized decal is roughly 15mm x 4mm and when I print it on my Canon TS5150 it comes out "spotty" rather than the plain dense black which I need. I have some experience of printing my own decals but they are usually smaller - stencils, aircraft names and the like - and I've never had this problem before. I have tried printing on both white and clear paper (Expert's Choice in both cases) with the same result. Am I doing something wrong or am I expecting a small, unsophisticated printer to do something beyond its ability? If necessary I can get access to a laser printer but I'm reluctant to buy a pack of laser paper for a tiny job. Suggestions and advice gratefully received. Dave G

Came across this by chance. Excellent cover of one of my favourite Beatles songs appropriately recorded at the Cavern Club

I don't play the guitar (I wish I did) so I don't have a guitar stash but I remember seeing an interview with Hank Marvin who said he worries that after he dies his wife will sell his guitars for what he told her he'd paid for them.

Excellent live version of a sixties classic:

On any possible view it was one of the great feats of airmanship, on a par with Capt. Sullenberger's Hudson landing. I remember hearing an interview with Capt. Moody in which he said that he and the rest of the crew literally sat on their hands so that they didn't touch any controls or switches while they tried to figure out what was going on. His first instinct was to wonder what they had done wrong and it was only relatively late on that they realised it was volcanic ash. One of the passengers wrote a book about the incident - "All Four Engines Have Failed" by Betty Tootell. Worth a read if you can track down a copy.

The best boss I ever worked for retired in the mid 1990s and about six months later I met him for lunch. In the course of chatting I asked him what was the best thing about being retired. Without a second's hesitation he replied "Monday morning". He then though for a moment and said "Actually, Monday morning with a foot of snow is even better".

Excellent model, thanks for sharing. I only managed one flight on a Trident (a 3B) but they were a prominent feature of my spotting days at GLA. By modern standards they were unbelievably noisy with a unique "crackle" in the sound. They were also very advanced technically and could have sold in much greater numbers if Hawker Siddley hadn't been forced to design them to the specific requirements of BEA. Thanks for bringing back some happy memories. Dave G

Thanks @Turbofan and @Alex1978. I was confused by Jadlam's claim that it will be an A321-200 and the picture of D-ATCG. The A321NEO makes perfect sense. I should have thought to check IPMS Deutschland. It will be interesting to see exactly what Abziehbilder für eine Authentische Condor Version means in practice. Will we get decal stripes or will we have to mask and paint the hard way? It will be good to have the RJ-85 back although I've still got a few in the stash. I feel a British Airways -100 conversion coming on! Dave G

According to Jadlam's website Revell are going to issue an A321 in Condor livery. The aircraft in the picture seems to be D-ATCG which is a CEO. Maybe I haven't looked in the right place but I can't find any reference to this on the Revell website. Does anyone know anything about this kit? Is it going to be a re-issue of the ancient Revell A321 or a re-box of the Zvezda plastic? The latter seems unlikely given that the Iron Maiden 757 never happened. Dave G

Hi Olly Thanks for sharing these excellent models. Since you ask for constructive criticism, can I make a couple of points about the 737 Max 8 (or 737-8200 as Ryanair call it)? The Max has a longer nose wheel leg than the 737-800 - this is necessary to accommodate the larger engines. Although Zvezda give us a nice new sprue of Max-related bits they have missed the longer nose wheel leg. To get the correct Max sit (which is subtly but noticeably different from the 738) the leg needs to be extended by about 1.5mm. Secondly the v-shaped APU intake aft of the right rear door has gone from the Max and been replaced by a hinged flap which opens outwards when the APU is running. Zvezda have ignored this presumably in the interests of sprue commonality. It's easy enough to model the open flap with reference to photos. Alternatively you can always just fill the v and say that the APU is turned off! Neither of these points is meant to detract from your model but I hope you find them helpful if you build another Max. Best regards Dave G

That's a superb result Martijn. You mentioned a while ago that you were working on the model and I was looking forward to seeing it. I certainly wasn't disappointed. The Druz engines look great and I'm very impressed with the way you have built the model with the flaps retracted. The one and only time I tried that it didn't go well and the model ended up on the bin. i must have another try. Thanks for sharing and best regards Dave G

This article suggests Model Master Duck Egg Blue and if you can get past the Photobucket vandalism it looks quite convincing. Dave G

Toothache. Not helped by the dentist talking cheerfully about removing the nerve (aka root canal ...) Dave G

Up here in Scotland Milngavie = Mulguy Strathaven = Strayven Culross = Cooross Footdee = Fittie I'm sure there are others I've forgotten. I got caught out in Northumbria by not realising that Ulgham is pronounce "Uffam", of course. Dave G

Not forgetting "their", "there" and "they're" Dave G

Very pleased you have decided to show how it's done. Watching with interest Dave G

Lovely job Kev. I'm intrigued by your reference to the kit being "horribly mediocre". I have long counted the Minicraft DC-4 as my all time favourite propliner kit and I also count it among my top three airliner kits generally. What did you find wrong with it? Dave G

That's surprising since they were designed for the Hasegawa kit as far as I remember. You've done a good job with touching up and sorting the problems. If you're interested I posted a couple of pics of mine with the Classic Airlines decals in the 2020 Yearbook Dave G

Very nice indeed. Most of my models look better from about ten feet away! I really like the Hasegawa YS-11. I built it in the same livery a few years ago but using Classic Airlines decals which worked pretty well. (I assume you used the old Liveries Unlimited sheet). I have another one in my stash and I hope to build it in Mey Air colours one day. Thanks for sharing Dave G