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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

I built one of these a while back. It’s an interesting kit as far as I can recall. Some nose weight needed?

There was a Percival Sea Prince kit at one time. Can’t seem to find one these days but they appear sometimes. Otherwise a 3D printed Andover usually appears on eBay from time to time. But a much overlooked area of kits & even vacforms.

I was wondering about doing 3 parts. Build the middle bit and there would be plenty of space for most things. Then the other end. Or get to half way and put in a mirror!

I started by building a cardboard outline of a full size Type C. This was when I put the full length sides up against the end section And this was the Shack using the side wall as a backdrop I am not going in to the loft to get her down t until this weather cools down though!

Had a nice low pass of C-130J 20-5941 as I was driving home down the A14 tonight. Heading right towards me with the sun shining on her. Lots of low passes from the Apaches at home tonight. ZM700 has been up & down a few times

Other stories are always welcome! I loved G-HUNT and saw her many times at Duxford & Mildenhall in the late 70s & 80s. A must to go with these two at some point

Glad you like it. I was happy with the way she turned out i remember the flights going up from Duxford. I keep thinking I should do a Dragon Rapide ride while they still run. Jealous of a trip in a Dak though I have built a few hangars before (HAS, QRA Shed) but nothing bigger builds would fit in. It’s only an end of a Type C hangar but it’s still big enough for most things. Must try the Shackleton in there for size Yes, a close call on schemes. The last Dak I built many years ago was an invasion stripes RAF one to go with a Horsa glider. Definitely a Market Garden build.

Yes Spencer Flack had straight leading edge wings on her. I think the standard wings were fitted later. She didn’t have the parachute over the exhaust either, plus no Sabrinas

Trying to get an idea what to do next. Got a double F-15C build to start, or even a pair of B-17s - one will be Sally B. Loads of others (F-14, Mirage 2000 etc) but a pile of ground equipment stuff too. Found this left behind Landy looking at me Need some new resin bits cast but worth finishing. And these sets Another Hallam tug (the set had 2), most of two Hasegawa sets, bits from an ESCI set. Oh and the Landy needs a trailer. So I think I will start on these. I know the F-15s are calling…

Always good to see another Essex lad on here. I have moved north to Suffolk these days though. Looking forward to those posts

Cheers! Kind of borrowed the idea from these pictures https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/146830-g-fury?page=0

I do hope so! Loved G-HUNT