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As you said I did understand the reason then, but surely that belongs in the dim and distant pat. I have even seen BM for sale items including the dreaded 99P! Enough of this now 😊 I have read the article in full now. It has prompted me from going not that interested to about to place a pre-order. One of the 72 Sqdn A/C I flew in, or the RN one that took me out to a boat mmmmm?

There is a review of this in the latest Airfix magazine. It looks very good, but I have my doubts about the quoted price £49:99! Jadlam have it for £24:95 with Hanants similar. I have a thing against 99P by the way! 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Looks great! I have to get one to build either as the British army one or the floatplane one I had a flight in when I was in Canada years ago. Both flights were terrific for memorable reasons reasons

Nice to meet up with you guys. A good and interesting chat was had, most enjoyable. Well done Hinckley as usual. I managed to curtail my spending to an Irish Air Corps Airfix 1/48 Chipmunk at a bargain price,. A big shout for Models for sale at Raunds, always good prices. Oh yes and some paints from another stall, I cant remember who. Pat

Is it a 10:00 start?

Very interesting take on a model, I like it.

That is a work of art! Just looking at engine cowls alone, the finishing and weathering is superb. I had a low level flight in a British army one and a civil on floats one in Canada. Both very memorable for different reasons. That's it I am going to have to get one of these kits. Pat

Your finishing is superb, much envy.

That is one very nice Dragonfly. The finish looks fantastic, well presented.

The scheme D XZ101 is 2 Sqdn markings not 11, those pesky Roman numerals 😆

"We are down there in March, if I offer my wife a "shopping" trip to Alicante I'm sure she will say yes 😂" Forget that I have just had a look on the map for their location, Alicante region, 99 Kilometres from Alicante city!

My mistake, it looks like it's Alicante based. But when I do the order I get a UPS shipping bill of Live Rates: €24.20. But the good news is I do go down to that area a few times a year, We are down there in March, if I offer my wife a "shopping" trip to Alicante I'm sure she will say yes 😂 I also have a friend who lives down there so I might ask him if he could accept a delivery for me.

I remember back in the very early eighties tipping drums of MEK over a garage floor at RAF Waddington. Leave it for a coffee break then go back in with bass brooms to scrub the stains off!! Health & safety???

Tijuana Taxi. "WD40 is not a lube, why not try the purpose made one from Iwata?", my mistake I have used WD40 on various things as a freeing agent etc, can't think why I thought of it as a lube! I will look into the Iwata lube. Steve McArthur. "Foxy Studio K33 Lube is supposed to be one of the best products out there for this." This looks great after doing a bit of research, but I can't find a UK or European supplier unfortunately. Shipping from the USA is very expensive. Greg B. "It looks to be very similar to the Iwata CH (its also made by Iwata), so yes it can be stripped down. Use a soft jaw pair of pliers to unscrew the valve sleeve where the air hose is connected to, Its a simple piston on a spring into a sleeve. Disassemble, then give it a good wipe down (probably old lube on it) and re-lube and assemble. I've had to do it with my Iwata." I will look into your suggestion, sounds good. Thank you for all your suggestions, as usual BM is a very good source of help and advice. Much appreciated, Pat

Good evening guys and Gals. I have a Creos PS-270 02. A great airbrush I haven't used for a few months due to a move. A problem I have with it is that the trigger button sticks down, a continuous flow of air at the nozzle. Can the trigger button pin be lubricated at the point it enters in to the air connector part of the airbrush body (piston at the valve sleeve) when you strip it down for cleaning? I was thinking of WD40 but would it enter into the air feed to the airbrush? So many questions! If so what can you lubricate it with? Thanks for any help.