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It is the patriotic large flag style tail design Dave

Superb work, especially the cockpit! I looked at adding some basic details to my ICM kit, but decided against it due to the lack of visibility hen completed. I hope mine will look half as good as yours. Dave

Hi Dave, I'd missed that beautiful build -love the Interflug scheme as I'm currently reading a book about the airline. I had some doubts about the nose shape, so thanks for the help! Dave N

Make that 2 each now ☺️ Dave Nicholls

Finally got my laptop to upload a few photos, so here goes with ICM's kit of the Ilyushin Il-62M in 1/144th scale. The kit looks fairly accurate, but simple compared to it's Russian (Zvezda) competitor. I am not planning on using the supplied decals as I've got some Air Ukraine decals in the stash that are more appropriate. Dave Still having problems with the photos -will post asap!

I'd never thought of that, could have been! I've been going through my various books on the One-Eleven and it looks as if the landing lights in the wing leading edge were deleted by the time the Braniff ones were built. HTH Dave

The handy thing about those Braniff decals is that you can build the kit without having to alter the nose cone and wing fences if you don't want to. N1541 was well photographed in this spec. It also seems that the Braniff planes were not fitted with the rear air-stairs. You probably know all this anyway. Looking forward to this build. Dave

Hi Bjorn, really looking forward to seeing this kit progressing, and hopefully exorcising a few demons for me. About 50 years ago, a family holiday to Spain involved travelling there by car, and crossing the Channel on a Hoverlloyd flight (as they termed it). Despite having a window seat, I couldn't see anything for all the spray as we bounced our way to France. I was gripped by awful sea-sickness for the rest of the day! The rest of the holiday was spent with the return "flight" looming over me. When it finally came round, I had to make do with a seat in an internal compartment. I remember it being very hot in there with a strong smell of exhaust fumes. I was only mildly sick this time, but certainly glad to get some fresh air at the end of it. We took a normal ferry on the next holiday.... Good luck with the build Dave

I would love this GB to come to fruition as the 707 family has always been my favourite, with plenty of kits still in the stash. Dave

In a word, absolutely superb! Dave

Just browsing the BPK website and spotted this They say 'let's not talk too much' -I say 'I hope so for the future!' Dave

Lovely to see this rare kit of a car that I remember well. My late father bought a brand new Maxi 1750 TCB249K, to replace his company car -a Morris Marina 1.8 saloon BKD858K (another mythical Airfix kit!). And yes, the Maxi was painted in Harvest Gold with a khaki green interior -so early 70's! We had a family holiday to Spain, driving down through France with me, my mum and dad, my 2 brothers and a girlfriend, which it coped with admirably. Sadly, the Maxi didn't last too long, being replaced by an orangey red Marina 1-8 estate KNG113L. Please excuse my nostalgic ramblings.... Dave

Some superb workmanship on show here, giving me faint hope that one day, my Mach2 Viscount box will emerge from the deep dark recesses of my stash. Sadly, it will still contain an ugly hairy caterpillar, but yours is turning into a beautiful butterfly! Keep up the inspirational work! Dave

I would be honoured to join in with this GB. Since the invasion, I have added a large number of Ukrainian made kits to the stash -"It's my way of helping the war effort!" when questioned about another kit arriving. Dave