CurrantBunbury

What species of Mozzie?

A 1/72 Airfix NFII/FBVI/FBXVIII. I think I'll go for the nightfighter. I've currently got a Tornado at the decalling stage, so if I clean and tidy the study today then I think starting the Mozzie might be my reward. 

Is a goat involved?

Indirectly

Good. I'm glad standards are being maintained.

Hello,CB - Wishing you a great day.It's a super museum,good facilities and a good shop!! Enjoy!!

Make sure you have a panini or two!

I did! A cheese and ham one, to be precise. Just the thing on a cold day.

It never works out as easily as that.

Got every faith in you!! Good luck!!

Thank you!

'Jet' by Paul Mc.Cartney and Wings? Soon time for second primer coat,me thinks!?

That might be the only thing that'll stop us going any further with this nonsense! XD

"Riders on the Storm"?

No it won't, all models should come with filler, the two go together!

Aye, you're right about that...but I do think my relationship with this particular filler is over for the time being. It was grand while it lasted, but I think our time together on the Airfix Vulcan was just too much.

Sorry to hear that.She won't be the first Vulcan to have made a hard landing and recovered from it.With your skills,she'll soon be back to former glory

When I was hanging my vulcan from the ceiling, the front wire snapped and the nose gear slammed into the wall (it has been repaired since).

McDonnell, thanks for your faith! At the moment, it's lying rather sadly, on its back, on a chair in the study, waiting for the day I can face starting work on it. I'll get there. Funnily enough, the airframe it's based on - XL385 - was completely destroyed in a take-off accident that also caused damage to several fire engines, an ambulance, an RAF Police Land Rover and the runway, so it could be worse.

Or just build drones and you need not worry about cockpits again.

I wouldn't be surprised to see 4 buttons marked with a circle, triangle, square and an X

Hahaha. I wish I had the skill to produce that on my model! Incidentally, I do enjoy painting the little buttons and dials, however badly I do it.

Hey, Paul. It's the 1/48 Italeri IDS. If I can get hold of the right decals, I'm going to build a GR1 from 45 squadron, circa 1988. The Tornado is my favourite aircraft of all time and I'm excited. :-D

Ooh, a nice choice, with the good old dark green/dark sea grey wraparound camouflage and the wingéd camel/dromedary/whatever. I'm holding out for the new Revell GR1 to do one myself. If I am a lucky boy, I can pick up Xtradecal X48138 at the weekend at the show in Bühl. I have X011-48 in the stash - this is the one with the squadron markings, and this could do with a reprint or update IMHO.

Good Man with a Good Choice,Enjoy the build and I look forward to seeing her.Happy Fettling!!

Good job well done,that man!All the best,Paul.

Thank you. She looks beautiful on my coffee table.

Good news.Well done,That Man!! All the best,Paul.

Thank you! It's all down to the quality of the decals, I think, which were strong enough to go back together neatly in spite of the efforts of my fat finger.

I should have been clearer there. The little spindly bits were assembled some time ago; the current headache is attaching them to the aircraft. I have, however, carefully stood the Vulcan on its wheels and it hasn't collapsed, so I may be winning after all.

Have you tried swearing at them?

Yes - I think that was what swung it in my favour. One of them is still a bit wobbly, so I wonder if I overdid it a bit and hurt its feelings, but the other two are rock solid and I'm now annoying myself with decals. I love modelling, it's just these bits at the end...

It's only paint. Sand it back and you'll be good to go again

That is more or less what I did. The situation was complicated by the fact that I'd painted the radome after the rest of the aircraft (black on white - marvellous) but I went round the edges with the tiny piece of rolled-up sandpaper I'd been using on the insides of my 1/72 Vampire intakes. It's not perfect, but it's a damn sight better than it was and it'll do.

No such creature as an ugly Vulcan.

It is pretty impressive isn't it? My nephews love the gutting Lightning hanging up.

I live about 20 minutes from Cosford and have been there on too many occasions to count! It's brilliant and especially their open cockpits evenings-worth a visit if you ever get the chance to!

I did see an advert for those. There was one the day before my visit, in fact, so I've now signed up for the newsletter. I'm a couple of hours' drive away at the moment, so it's well within reach. I'd like to go back soonish and look round the rest of the museum, since I got sort of stuck in the Cold War Exhibition....

Welcome to the Dark Side, try the popcorn What are you painting?

Thank you! I've got three of the Discworld miniatures, which I suspect are not going to be the easiest for a beginner, but oh well, you don't learn as much if you just do the easy stuff, do you? I've set up a WiP if you want to follow my wobbly progress.

Post Manx GP blues till next TT.

Only 261 days to go.

Oh yes! Just got back this morning. The Creg was busy for you guys yesterday wasn't it!

And how! :-o They had a bit of a week of it up there, I think. It's become quite a popular place for riders to visit at short notice.

I personally thought the marshall nearest Kate's wasn't far enough up the road. The racers only saw him at the last minute if the yellow was out. That cost the one chap the 30 second penalty, cause he didn't seen him whilst being behind another rider. There was a bit of daft outbreaking going on too. Guess I'm used to the TT riders.