Colin @ Freightdog Models

Dave beat me to it, yes Chris Gannon told me he worked for Vagn in the later stages of Veeday, although considering he was 18 years old when he started Pegasus in 1982, he must have been very young at the time! It wouldn't surprise me if this kit bares a resemblance to the earlier Rareplane vacform, the late Gordon Stevens was quite vocal about his products being copied. Good luck with the build Adrian. according to the Whiskey Jack Decal Rapide instructions, the floats used are EDO YD 6470 or 6235, the same types fitted to the Norseman IV. Colin

Hello, I did include an FR.47 Korean War option on my out of print Seafire sheet, it did not include any black & white stripes. Colin

Apologies, just seen the post. The Prentice will be released at Scale Modelworld in November this year. Colin

Thanks for building the Wasp, James. The results look great.

Hello, I should be getting more Puma blades cast up soon. Thanks, Colin

The AZ plastic kit was copied from my resin kit mastered by Anigrand, AZ made a number of small changes including a new cockpit interior and inferior Firestreaks. Some details on the master were removed for the injection mould making process (including HTP vent pipe, undercuts possible when making a rubber mould but not a rigid one for injection moulding. This copying was done without my knowledge, although we came to an arrangement after the event. On the SR.53 at Cosford, when doing the research I was told the nose leg is from an HS.125 Dominie, as the original was corroded, so the kit nose leg was based on Barry Hygate drawings. Colin

Great build, Adrian. If anyone else wants one, I have about a hundred left! The decals were re-printed a few years back, so the cracking shouldn't be an issue anymore. Colin

Good evening, I thought I would shed a bit more light on what I have and haven't got. Probably going back around five years, I expressed an interest to John in the former Contrail plastic strut, rod and tube, as I needed it for my Pegasus and Blue Max ranges. Some time later I also asked about the WWI items only from the Skybirds'86 range, as I was under the impression the earlier post-war items had already gone. Timed passed, Covid happened and life got in the way, earlier this year I got back in touch with John to see if he was still interested and he was. The earlier Skybirds'86 masters were also still available, so an agreement was made and I took away and large amount of extruded material, and several boxes of masters, some complete, some never released and a few not quite finished. In addition, I asked about a few Aeroclub items, and John agreed to pass these on, however I must reiterate it is only a very few items. I don't want to mention yet what they are, but they are only small sets that will hopefully find their way into my range at some point. The only one I can confirm are John's injection moulded Halifax correction set for Revell's kit, and the earlier Halifax sets he did for the vintage Airfix and Matchbox ones. In addition to these masters, I also got the last few remaining plastic parts. My intention is to rework these into resin conversions, should the Revell kit get re-issued, maybe next year or the year after. There is very little in the way of stock left for the Skybirds'86 range, my intention is to improve and re-issue viable kits, and finish some of the incomplete ones. The first release confirmed release will be the Percival Prentice. The patterns for the plastic parts have already been re-worked by Paul Lucas, and a few of the metal parts have also been corrected. This will be available in the first half of 2025, as a resin kit, not a plastic one, as the injection moulding machinery is no longer available. The rubber moulds for the metal parts no longer exist, however this is not an issue as the original brass patterns do. I am not sure if the Prentice reissue will still include metal parts, but the WWI kits most likely will. I'm happy to explain further, however I can't comment on other Aeroclub items. Thanks Colin

Thanks Dave. It was Combat Kits, the Airseeker set is normally only available on ebay, it should be listed there again soon. Colin

Unfortunately I'm not trading as Freightdog Models at the show this year, but I'm hoping to attend as a visitor if I can. I really enjoy the show and great location. Colin

Beautiful job, Alistair! Thanks, Colin

Hello, yes still active, but busy in my day job following a recent promotion. Can you send the email again and I will get back to you asap. Apologies for delay. Colin

Good evening, A quick note to say what I have new, and re-released this weekend, all in 1/72 scale New items British Testing Colours decal sheet - £14.00 DH Mosquito PR.34A conversion - £16.50 Folland Gnat T.1 prototype conversion - £4.00 BAC TSR.2 trainer conversion - £10.50 SRAAM missiles set - £4.50 Re-issues HP Halifax B.II improvement set - £18.00 HP Halifax B.II Srs 1a improvement set - £19.00 TSR.2 Interceptor conversion - £14.50 Hawker P.1109A conversion - £9.50 As usual I'm sharing the stand with Dave Little of Combat Kits, he has restocked RC-135W Airseeker conversions, Belfast and Beverley complete resin kits, and also has a new boxing of the QinetiC 146-100/RJ70. Dave has a re-print of his British Test & Development Aircraft decal sheet, which has been unavailable for a few years. Lastly we will have a test build of the Westland Wasp complete resin kit on display, this will be released early next year under the ROTORCraft brand. Hope to see some of you at Telford, we are in Hall 2, opposite the Hannants stand. Thanks, Colin

Great start on the wings. I have around 50 of these kits left in stock (with reprinted decals), still available on my website. I look forward to seeing the build progress. Thanks, Colin

I'm hoping to have both Halifax upgrade sets on sale at Scale Modelworld next month, they are on order for the show (and my website) depending on whether my caster has time to make new moulds in time. If not they should be ready soon after. I have a few raised turret fairing left, but I probably won't get more of these or the Tollerton nose cast up. I'm happy to put a raised turret aside for you. Colin