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  1. Simple answer is, no I haven't. The next question is, is VMS Flexy available in the UK?
  2. British aircraft of that era tended to have small coloured bulbs mounted behind clear perspex covers - so they didn't have red or geen coloured light covers in the wingtips. They are a bit of a pain to replicate in small scales i.e, 1/72 or smaller. I tend to cut out the wing tip section, let in a small block of clear styrene held in place by strong super glue. Once cured, you can sand the styrene block to match the wingtip contours and then polish. The problem is that it is very easy to dislodge the glued in styrene during the sanding and polosihing process - which is very annoying. In 1/72 I don't bother trying to drill out an aperture for the green (I prefer blue to be honest) starboard bulb and the red port bulb. As this method involves fairly vigourous sanding and polishing, I usually do this early in the construction process and well before main painting.
  3. Thank you. It's nice to do something other than an aeroplane every now and then.
  4. It's just arrived off the boat I actually have applied some weathering and toning down but I didn't want it covered in grime.
  5. Just had a look at the movie - excellent. It proves that Flying Fleas could actually FLY!!!
  6. Probably more to do with BBC trying to protect their commercial interests and preofits. They are being squeezed massively at the moment from a financial point of view so they are being a bit more robust in protecting their intellectual property rights - as is their right.
  7. Looks absolutely lovely. I'm a big fan of the Trident even though it was not a massive commercial success. The exhaust crackle has been mentioned. I was told that this was because the exhaust gases actually went supersonic so you were actually hearing mini sonic booms. One of my favourite "spotting" memories is standing near the end of the old Runway 24 at Dublin Airport watching BEA and later BA Tridents go to full throttle on the brakes as they built up to full take off thrust (sorely needed) and looking at the tail fin panels vibrate due to the sonic shock waves. Watching the undercarriage retraction sequence was always interesting too.
  8. Something a bit different for me as I rarely venture into the world of scale Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV). However, I was asked quite a while ago if I could build this for an acquaintance as he has a keen interest in The Great War. It's taken me far too long but it is finally finished. The kit was originally issued by Airfix back in 1967 so that needs to be borne in mind when building it. Having said that, it actually went together without too many issues. Tank afficianados (of which I am not one) will tell you that it is inaccurate in a number of areas but in this case, ignorance of the real thing is a bonus and it looks OK to me. The most difficult part of the build were the paint scheme and attaching the steering mechanism at the rear. My build was from the 2009 "Red Box" reissue and the moulds appear to have survived the decades without too much deterioration.
  9. The other FROG kit I bought around the same time was their Sea Venom. I have a built one (not the original build however) in my current collection but I would like to have another go at it soon.
  10. Same here. I can still remember standing at the 32/32A/32B bustop in Abbey Street itching to open my newly acquired (from Banba) 1/72 FROG Fairey Firefly. That would have been around 1972. I built it back then in the Canadian option but that build is long gone. However, during lockdown I had another go -
  11. My model shop haunts as well. FROG models could also be found in The Banba Book Shop in Capel Street. Pocket money bagged Series 1 kits were obtainable about a mile from home in Baldoyle at Keogh's Newsagents at Sutton Cross.
  12. Even if the roundels aren't quite right it still looks great. The location in Ireland was actually GormaNstown.
  13. The main reasons why I prefer window decals to actual windows on 1.144 airliners are - simplicity realism consistency Another reason is that many airliners have polished metal/chromed window surrounds (look at many 707s, 737s etc - especially earlier ones) and you can't really replicate these easilly any other way than using decals.
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