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Yes that is strange as every weekend this has taken place I've been working the Saturday (work every other) and next week I have it off - but whilst I don't finish late on a Saturday it's a very early start and I'm knackered by the time mid afternoon arrives but I'll still have a look straight after finishing

@bentwaters81tfw The Ipswich Transport Museum on a flyer says Rushmere Road and June the 21st? Is there 2 shows? Is the entrance to the show off Lindbergh Road?

I have never had any problem with Fleabay and the vitriol flying about in this thread is a bit on the strong side. I have in the past and still do find it very useful for finding that hard to get hold of item, especially car parts, buying from Australia has been so easy and I feel much safer using Fleabay and PayPal with regards to knowing what I expect from the seller and the postage in terms of cost and delivery options. I would no doubt use other platforms but as said what is there that offers as much? Fleabay is huge and is the name of online auction type platforms as "Hoover" is to vacuum cleaners and is what everyone thinks when selling stuff on. Faceache Marketplace is nice, snag is there is so many idiots on there trying it on all the time it's off putting at times not to mention searching for anything you want is horrific, only last week as always every few days I search for Mazda 626 wheels for my 626 Coupe and nothing, then all of a sudden a set came up but was listed a month ago, what the hell??! Why is only now appearing in my searches?? Why does it show results from half way across the country when my setting is for 40km from my address? I think if you're selling or going to sell on eBay try it for yourself and see how you get on, there are still many many eyes on the lookout for what you're selling

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I was at RIAT too, great looking thing and so different, but I can't remember if it displayed or just in static? Think it was static and I'm getting confused with the TU-22 in another year

Can't get enough of a Mirage IV!! Always a want of mine, for a few seconds you put me off, but it looks soo good I can't resist and will get one someday and will take note of your troubles! Great finish though, you'd never know the grief it has caused you and it looks like a Mirage IV, damn, you're really tempting me in finding one now lol

Sphere do laser cut stuff, have seen them at the shows but never bought from them, worth a look though? https://www.sphereproducts.co.uk/Paint-Racks-c16219818 There are choices when on a suitable page that include the Humbrol tinlets, don't let the pictures mislead you

I really like that, no-one is as critical as the creator could be a saying but your pictures are clear and the "look" of the model is in my opinion very good. Which kit is? Also where were you based in the UK? As for the paint, tbh I've never heard of them!!

Everything can all be boiled down to money, we can't get away from it and after reading a post on Faceache from someone who is a volunteer I can understand now about the vehicle hall and it's history and where it is now and the plans to distribute the exhibits around the rest of the site (when it was first mentioned about shutting up the hall there was all kinds of comments about they're disposing of them etc) and this is a good example of what's been mentioned about poor communication. As for extra space, there's still the hard standing where the hanger was blown up for the Battle of Britain film which from the last time I went wasn't being used for anything and whilst not as imposing or attractive as the American museum a structure akin to a warehouse is easily procured though of course even that isn't cheap. No idea what is actually going to happen to the vehicle hall, pulled down, storage or whatever and there is the arena too. We all know that to have the exhibits indoors is in the long run cheaper from a maintenance and preservation point of view but then you need the cash to put up the buildings to protect the aircraft which I guess the museum almost certainly doesn't have

Foolproof way (maybe!!) is when one of us visits is to ask in person. I'm guessing it'd be a big investment by Hannants for a worthwhile stock holding as presumably a paint manufacturer has to be approached, costs worked out and production started with the pots/tinlets. May have been a case of the previous manufacturer going out of business, not wanting that business any more or simply cost but I'm just speculating

Either that or he went to the wrong address.......... On top of that no good getting the seller to complain on your behalf? Bit a of a long shot I know, but the seller is the one who is giving DHL the business after all

I contemplated building my own using a suitable sized plastic storage box but by the time I factored in the cost of the box (they ain't that cheap now) the extractor fan, wiring, hose, turntable and other bits and bobs it wasn't far off getting a ready made one off Fleabay, so I bought one which was more expensive than the one you've mentioned, was only a couple of weeks ago too Buying the hood is fair enough but what over bits will you have to buy? Would need an enclosure surely?

I've used EMA Plastic Weld Cement for years now and I haven't thought of changing because I'm very happy with it, why? I use a paint brush to apply it which to me is better as it's more precise and the bristles are finer, I can put on as little or as much as I want and it's very easy to apply precisely when using capillary action which it is very very good at. Nearly everything I glue now I hold the pieces together with a very small gap so the capillary action is at it's best and when I can't do this a drop of glue is good enough. I also now tend to not paint any pieces until I've got a sub assembly together as of course the glue won't work with paint in the way, although it will eat through the paint and then glue but by then the paint has bubble up so a wasted effort to paint in the first place. I find it strange that many YouTubers paint the parts and then glue without any attempt to scrape the paint away from the mating faces 😕

I would like to think it'd be a resurgence of helicopters but I keep coming across opinions which say helicopters aren't that popular, no scientific proof of course but it would be nice to see a swath of helicopters from 40-50 years ago... What would really make me happy is to see helicopter kits with realistic droop of the rotors built in - I do realise that some already do and maybe you can get aftermarket? Tbh I've never looked into it

Many, if not all checkout jockey's where I work has one, I have to have one when I do very early shifts unloading lorries - there's more crazies around early in the morning than any other time, only today there was a guy standing next to the front wheel of the lorry we'd just unloaded who was completely wasted, no joke he would have been a perfect extra in a zombie movie. The driver tooted his horn 3 or 4 times to encourage him to move away from the lorry as he was standing in his blind spot not mention almost touching it and he eventually moved.... An hour later when the milk turned up the driver said he was still wondering around swearing further up the road. The state he was in is quite frankly frightening as you can't predict how he'd behave but to be honest he was so wasted there's no way he'd actually be able to hit anyone... and this was at 5.30am. Having said that this was pretty mild to some of the shenanigan's that happen at night 😓 As with many companies there are training modules, courses etc to keep up with new legislation and new procedures but a big chunk of new training now is to do with keeping myself and my colleagues safe 😟