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By the way this is the kit cover picture. You do get the bomb holding brackets and two bombs with it. I was going to go for green with yellow hi viz on some of the blocks around the bed

Quick comparison of the resin kit trolley bed - it’s a bit warped. That’s my cardboard version underneath. So this is basically my template to make more from Some brass axels and the extra bits on the edges of the trolley bed So all the bits together Bit of paint on the wheels & tyres And apart from the Landrover tyres I have fitted & painted the new grill. The old sweating resin one has gone & this one will hopefully be better So lots done & more to do

I have been meaning to get out to the garage and test my now not so new resin . The weeping stud needed to come off the second Landrover and new bits cast. Got some time tonight so these are the results Looks pretty good. Full set of new wheels, new grill and a pair of seats. They will go on there nicely Also took a look at the resin bomb trolley that has been hanging around for an age I decided the bed was warped so I knocked up a quick card bed. Will work on building this up to a full trolley with a mix of kit parts, resin cast sand scratch bits. Plan is to make at least two. Looks like Zimi model kits (new one to me - old Kitty Hawk stuff?) have a bomb loader and trolley set with the wider US style trolleys out now. Might have to get a set

Like your dark grey interior / black instruments. Mine is a T4 but a very late Shawbury jet. I did check references at the time but can’t recall where. However this one popped up on a search https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1257624/ Definitely T3 and T5 pictures with grey rather than black, but I could easily have got it wrong!

I seem to remember that the main instrument panel is quite nice

Got the Shackleton down for a couple of pictures in the hangar I had forgotten quite how big she is. The DC-3 is not small but…

Cheers Chris. The hangar is a bit clean but otherwise works well Yes they were just there, weren’t they? if only they could be found tucked away in a warm dry hangar somewhere. That’s one of the reasons I like recreating these scenes

No progress on anything just lately and another busy week coming up. But I decided I needanothe air aft kit too. Deliberations included an ESCI Mirage 2000. This one needs a cockpit upgrade and I don’t have the bits, so it will have to wait. I toyed with a Revell Mosquito kit but the last two builds have been prop planes. So a jet. I found this Falcon 10 kit with French military markings so this looks like the next project

Cheers - the WIP was a bit stop start but came together eventually. Got 2 B-17s to start at some point. I hope they liked them. She certainly sits there & reminds me of seeing and watching G-AMPO flying What get the Shackleton out? Might get a chance this weekend

I think G-AMPO ended up as a static gate guard at MOD Lyneham, painted in RAF wartime colours with invasion stripes

Very nice indeed Mike. Need to get those commercially available.

The Airfix 1/43 is a little bit big with 1/48 kits. Certainly can get away with it but the Herrick ones do show up the difference. I scratch built a lightweight using cast wheels from the Herrick one. Also replaced the wheels on the 1/43

Best I can do. The Landy is way too late (Airfix Herrick) and the DC3 is Monogram. Even getting an early Landy in 1/48 isn’t easy. I wish Valom would upscale their Pembroke or Valletta to 1/48

There should be some nice space in the nose - I suspect I whacked in a chunk of lead, probably a little over 10g

Cheers @Fred piket it’s years now of playing with card & lights and seeing what works. I have a model rail layout and the buildings and vehicles add just as much as the trains so same logic here really