Andy Young

Nice C130 - the finish looks spot on. Quite surprised by how big a C17 is by comparison. Lovely model! Cheers, Andy

Very nice Dmitry, good to see a mixed scheme where panels get replaced in service. It adds another level of authenticity to the subject. Cheers, Andy

Very nice pair of Tridents there Derek. The BEA red square scheme is quintessentially British and a wonderful reminder of times watching these from the Queens Building at Heathrow. Who doesn’t love a red square!? Did the F-RSIN model need nose weight? I’m guessing the long forward fuselage may help it sit on the nose without any extra weight. Excellent models. Cheers, Andy

Oops, sorry, Many thanks Dave, I must have missed it in Real Aviation. Still, nothing wrong with a bit more publicity! Cheers, Andy

There are plans by the Solway Aviation Museum in Carlisle to save the last remaining Blackburn Beverley which has an uncertain future at Fort Paull in Hull. As you can imagine, it's a big aircraft to dismantle and move so the Museum is currently fund raising to ensure the aircraft has a brighter future. Have a look at the Museum's website for details. They need to raise £60,000 and are already approaching quarter of the way there after around a week of campaigning. I have no links with the museum but I fully support their aim to protect this aircraft for future generations, as I'm sure other Britmodellers will too. More details are on the museum's website at https://www.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk Cheers, Andy

Very nice Connie Etienne - good to see it in this scheme. Excellent work on the metal finish, looks very convincing. Cheers, Andy

Very nice, impressive paint and decal work. Looks spot on to me! Andy

Excellent show today - well done to all the organisers and volunteers. Some great nostalgic displays to celebrate the 60th anniversary of IPMS, lots of stunning entries in the competition and great to see a truly international attendance this year. I don’t know if it was just my not noticing before but I was surprised to see how much 3D printing is featuring in our hobby now, it’s certainly come a long way and there’s some great examples of 3D printing of many subjects. I treated myself to a 144.co.uk resin Royal Navy Phantom kit - all the 144.co.uk stuff is outstanding! The 2 minute silence was well organised and very moving, you could hear a pin drop. Roll on 2024! Cheers, Andy

That’s worked for me. I have a digital membership this year and the image of the card is at the end of the email. I just zoomed into the image and took a screenshot - just in case the email decides to pack up when I’m in the queue! To be honest, I think I’d prefer a digital membership card, it’s much easier to find than the plastic one! Cheers, Andy

Nice model to bring back the mojo - I hope it worked!. Just the sort of thing you want to see when you've been bobbing about in a rubber dinghy in the cold and wet for a few hours! Cheers, Andy

Brilliant - nice to see an unusual scheme. Who doesn't love a Herc?!! The NMF is spot on and all those straight lines are perfect. Cheers, Andy

Lovely model, well finished. I almost forgot how graceful the Caravelle was and you've captured it very well! Cheers, Andy

That's a cracking model Einar - lovely finish. I think both the Minicraft and Revell 1049s have their challenges but you have done a great job with this one. Nice to see in the Spanish livery. Well done! Cheers, Andy

Lovely job Barry - very nice finish and good use of shirt packaging!. What's the inscription on the prop? Cheers, Andy

Thanks Dave, I've just done that and downloaded the Jan '23 issue. It's a reasonable deal at Key Publishing at £2.92 an issue - if you go to Pocketmags it works out at £4 per issue, despite the Key Publications delivering your copy via Pocketmags. Must be some fancy economic reasons for that! Cheers, Andy

That’s a shame. I did rather suspect they were no longer available when the new issues didn’t appear. cheers, Andy

I'm a subscriber too and also noticed Aeroplane Monthly wasn't out yet on the system. I did send an email to them but no response at all so far. I have noticed in the past that when a magazine title is dropped, even the copies you have already downloaded disappear very quickly. Fingers crossed they get these Key Publishing titles back up again. Cheers, Andy

Very nice Martijn! You’ve really captured the essence of the Tristar and done a fantastic job with the paint scheme. The wings look really good. AA is definitely the way to go - my Gulf Air Tristar with the Airfix kit has spent way too long on the shelf of doom! Many thanks for sharing your pictures - that’s a model to be very proud of. Cheers, Andy

What a lovely job Michael -well done!. If you hadn't told us about the challenges encountered we'd never have noticed!! Many thanks for pointing them out though, it's good to know where potential problems lie for anyone else who will be making one. Also good to hear that the Caracal decals worked well, I've just bought some for an EC121 Warning Star in 1/144 so it's reassuring that any problems will be of my own making rather than the decals! Many thanks for sharing this with us. Cheers, Andy

Very nice Dave, you’ve made a cracker there!. Always good to see that such a smart outcome can be made from a kit that some would probably shy away from. cheers, Andy

That’s a lovely model Kevin - well done. It’s nice to see such an unusual subject, I’d say that would a good case for displaying the model of a mirror so the RF84 can be more easily seen, but your base looks good too. Great to have a good idea of the size of it with figures - makes you realise how big it is! SAC is a good film! I hope you’ve got somewhere big enough to display it!. Cheers, Andy

Thanks Dave - I should have checked registrations! It was -FBL at Shuttleworth this weekend. Lovely aeroplane and a brilliant model you’ve made there. Cheers, Andy

Lovely model, and the work you’ve done to improve it has certainly paid off!. I see the real aircraft (without skis) was at Shuttleworth yesterday, due to depart this morning. Not sure if it’s the actual one - did they have more than one of these? Cheers, Andy

So sorry to hear this news, my condolences to his family. I was always like a kid in a candy shop whenever I visited TAHS in Horton Road. I’m sure that’s what got me going on airliners. Almost anytime we went down the M4 I tried to wangle a trip off the motorway to drop in for a look round!. Andy

That looks great! Much better than the one I did in about 1975! I thought the kit was state of the art then, it goes to show have things have moved forward over the years. Well done for all your perseverance - it's paid off well. Cheers, Andy