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She's looking splendid Rob, and I'm picking up so many tips from your posts 👍

I dont have the OzMods Oberon Class kit, but I do have an OzMods HMAS Vampire (Daring Class) kit, and the quality of the moulding on that is excellent, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

Great to see this one moving along, and I like the way your detailing the changes made as you go along. Oh to have a Bristol in 1/350 scale, such a great looking ship.

Beautiful build, well up to your usual high standard. You make this model building lark look easy. Having just spent 2 hours folding 4 photo etch yard arms for a Type 23 foremast, I can really appreciate the effort you've put in. BTW, where did you source the bridge roof Union flags, the colour of the kit one is way off.

Th guys at Jam-Screw Products in Australia issued an update today, they are working on a Mk.43 conversion at the moment: Website here: https://jamscrew.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKzfQ1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFINW9PSEg1VlYwQWdOQ3k3AR6yPx3e108eNurkiNlfeH6Mr2Qqykjbhpz8GgyGtOQG4zKQu5Jkrn9fz_JDDQ_aem_0yCW9UQCn3GxFdcteX4Zsg For those who do FB, heres a link to the future projects update page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554900021700

Wow, that is fabulous, and knowing the original kit, you've obviously put a tremendous amount of work into it and the end result is great 👍

This post may help to a small degree:

Passenger transfer boats see article here: https://www.navylookout.com/passenger-transfer-boats-for-hms-prince-of-wales-to-be-delivered-this-year/

That's great news about the Scimitar, I did wonder if someone had given you guys a heads up about somebody else doing one, I think I even mentioned it in the Airfix '25 thread, but when it didn't get announced I feared that Trumpeter might be contemplating doing one. I'm more than happy to wait for you guys to get around to it, and it's not like there's nothing else in the stash to keep me busy 😉

It seems to have gone all quiet on the Scimitar front, there have been no updates about it on their FB page since May 2023 when they revealed the marking options and photos of the 3D printed prototype build, at that time it was hoped it would be released in time for Telford '23 🤔🧐 I'm hoping the delay just means they want to get it right first time.

I think it's a fairly safe bet if it's around the time of Telford the HC.4 kit will be getting on for a year old then, and I suspect there'll be a HAR.3 release with both the Yellow and Falklands Grey schemes, and I firmly suspect that markings for Flt Lt William Wales during his time at RAF Valley will be included. Might be good if markings for another dedicated SAR version is included, there are a few to choose from e.g. Belgian, German or Norwegian that said, there may be too many detail differences to accomadate.

Airfix website is now down, whilst it's being updated, so see you all on the other side 🧐

I seem to remember someone at the printers for Airfix Model World magazine dropping some none too subtle hints one year.

Hi Tony, Dont want to dash your hopes but unless Bristol has moved timezones, the announcement is at 16.00 so still 3hrs 15 mins to go. Just a thought from me, but as it seems that it's gone all quiet on the 1/48 Scimitar front over at DBMK, I wonder if they've got wind of a mainstream manufacturer producing a kit 🤔

My train of thought exactly.