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Hello John.....I take it you were at Birdwood as well.........I was with 2 Div the RCT....1966 - 1970 RCT 4 sqdn and 33 Sqdn..........half the barracks were RCT and the other half signals Half my time was spent instructing in the training wing, the other half in the bar at the NAAFI.........fun times.........shipped off 4 years to 3 Sqdn RCT in Singapore.........never see those good times again.......miss them a lot......dont forget the AKC cinema.....did many a fire piquet in that place. & man guard duty at the guard room only 6 required, best man given Fire picket in cinema.......got to watch film and just check no cigarrettes left burning at end and rest of night off..........

When I drove Stalwarts in the late 60s we only wore webbing when on exercise, rest of the time it was overalls or jumper and combat trousers........camouflage dpm had not come in at that time..........even on exercise it was just belt and cross straps, never full webbing......exercise season only lasted about 2-3 months of the year.......33 Sqdn RCT Bunde had 12 gloss bronze green Stalwarts until the 70s, I know as I had a a can of car polish and used my Stalwart as a display vehicle at various open days within the area alongside other BAOR vehicles in usually a German occupied Barracks.......I was issued with 2 brand new Stalwarts 09ER48 and 09ER45. just delivery mileage on them.........not enough qualified B1 drivers to drive them at the time, so, we alternated using the vehicles, they were camouflaged from about 1973 when disruptive pattern was just coming in.........Firing Line used to make the ideal figures, but think Derek passed away and company in Limbo at the moment

Number of professional airline pilots offering there views of the accident............one in particular, Captain Steves current update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XptrHxG9dDk

Both my launchers are tight fits, perfect alignment................must be the 3D machine creating the problem

the launcher is crooked............................Do as I did - use a hair dryer on low heat to straighten it - I have a travel hair dryer which was ideal...........I have the 1/35 version which had no decals, but luckily enough managed to get in touch with Accurate Armour who provided me with a set from there Hornet...........made mine in Desert colors from when the Regiment was in Libya.......

I can understand why the refusal..........I used to post photos on this site and thought nothing of it until one day I browsed the internet on a particular subject and found my photos credited to somebody else......also found them on various forums, so since then, I never post photos on this site, I find it not trustworthy........nobody asked my permission or credited them to me, they just added there name for credit.........as Dave Swindell said early "anything posted on an open forum is fair game, and copyright doesn't count "......I found out the hard way

DO NOT USE BRITMODELLER SEARCH.......its rubbish..........type in your search on GOOGLE - THEN add Britmodeller you get 3-4 times search results...........I just itemised the first of many that came up..........searches go back over 10 plus years using google

If you conduct a search of Britmodeller you will find oodles of topics on DIY spray booths - here just one from December................................

smash - or burn? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgq9jiiU_9g

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/04/03/Russia-fooled-by-hms-prince-andrew-april-fools-joke/

Something I would not be without is the Flex-i-file? :-

what can be done with paint pens - watch and learn:-

I built that kit years ago......when first issued many delicate parts were issued in white metal.........then AA had a change and replaced ALL white metal parts not just on the Bridgelayer but many other kits as well with inferior resin substitutes........these parts will break extremely easily, many warped, too small for the hot water trick - if you are lucky enough to complete the build, I doubt very much whether you will be able to pose it in lowering or retrieving mode as the stress on the parts is great, its really heavy once built....only really alternative is to display kit in transit with bridge stowed. I replaced a lot of parts with brass rod, plastic tube and even made my own moulds for white metal casting to replace parts where I was able to. Same thing happened on my Antar, so many fragile parts, the steering mechanism became resin, the ramps for the trailer kept breaking a lot.....another that springs to mind is the Conqueror Tank..........The turret Basket was impossible to build, so used the kit parts as masters and soldered a brass basic basket..........another was the Champ............at the time these kits came out they were the only kits of these vehicles on the market and were good when they had the white metal parts

I never allow a flame anywhere near flammable material - tempting providence.......I have plenty of wire correct diameter about 2-3" long and the end is bent over 90 degrees..........never let me down in over 30 years of modelling ...I note a fair few members use the same trick............a piece of .04mm wire brass wire

Go through Micheals channel on how he built his buildings and he shows you from stage 1..........tools, Inscape, and cardboard he uses...........I watched him build the Cathedral from his photographs of it.......never realised I had watch for about 4 hours of his buildings