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Some of you may be aware that I had shoulder surgery last year and I have been unable to model for six months. A few weeks ago I started modelling again but despite it being good rehabilitation for my shoulder, it, in it's turn hasn't been as good for my modelling. Although I can and sometimes do build kits with all the bells and whistles, I like nothing more than knocking out old clunkers straight from the box. I remove the panel lines and rivets and produce very clean builds with very little weathering and don't even bother with aerial rigging. So, here are my builds for 2016 so far - most recent at the top: Airfix 1/72 Beagle Basset 206 (02025-5) Not a bad little kit although I had a lot of problems getting the windows stay in place and also with the decals (especially the fuselage stripes that I left off in the end). The glossy anti-dazzle panel should have been matted down before the photo was taken but that has now been done. Frog 1/72 DH Hornet F.Mk3 (F239) An OOB build of the old Frog Hornet that still scrubs up well. I bottled out of painting the white spinner stripes. Airfix 1/72 Piper Cherokee Arrow II (01060-5) Another lovely little kit. Unfortunately, the decals had yellowed beyond repair which had an effect on the blue of the decals, turning it green. Heller 1/72 Caudron C.635 Simoun (80208) A lovely little kit. Unfortunately, my tin of H52 Baltic Blue was awful and so I replaced it with H222 Moonlight Blue. Definitely not the right colour but it produced a pleasing result. Eastern Express 1/72 Navy Interceptor DH110 Sea Vixen FAW-2 (72284) The fragile decals almost had me in tears of frustration and it is a worthy candidate for re-decalling in the future! Revell 1/72 Hien "Tony" (H-261) A quick OOB build of the Revell 1/72 Hien "Tony" (H-261). This was an 60's boxed issue which has been "de-rivetted". Airfix 1/72 P-47 Thunderbolt (125) A quick OOB build of the Airfix 1/72 P-47 Thunderbolt (125). This was an original 60's polybag issue which has been "de-rivetted". Despite some problems, I have enjoyed building them and it is great to be back modelling again. Now that they are finished, they will be packed away in a shoebox in the attic. Dave