Potato Pete

Love the grey-blue schemes, very nice

Very sad indeed. Coincidently, I'd just been watching the remake of the Ipcress File and thoroughly enjoyed it, and bought Funeral in Berlin on the back of it. Goodbye Mickey Mouse and Bomber are both excellent reads

Absolutely, count me in Pete

12 o'clock high http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php?s=8cf7f6806190462378209e0f87f72d8c

very nice indeed Pete

Yup, count me in. Pete

Not so much what I'm reading but a request for recommendations.My son (allegedly adult) would like something on "mental colonial stuff or wild civil wars...." He's recently polished off Spice by Roger Crowley and The Last Emperor of Mexico by Edward Shawcross to give an idea of whathe likes. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spice-16th-Century-Contest-Shaped-Modern/dp/0300281129/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_1_2/521-0488532-1517418?pd_rd_w=YBp7d&content-id=amzn1.sym.a7f0b05b-798f-4d19-b8a1-2dada4200b51&pf_rd_p=a7f0b05b-798f-4d19-b8a1-2dada4200b51&pf_rd_r=8NP8P0WQY15D12386ZPK&pd_rd_wg=du5P8&pd_rd_r=f33dc527-9526-4420-9eb9-417f44c621c1&pd_rd_i=0300281129&psc=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Emperor-Mexico-Disaster-World/dp/0571360580/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FP3A89UO2FD9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XoW40NrxJp7FBuGdcj2nRjxaULJO-oC3mM8XITKu7rnO1aMvg7KCh0DSd7U0Hu6UtBTpEWwXTneqtofTzw6xl7rPTWlv1lLt9avEVl_j4dL7YXWm_mJelZyCDPWloxlOisiXnxUg3lJxG7y1t0M872LO6UNX__A4se8BYlHu3PAKBJ2YLMrztK8ZK9qJmd3p9XgIzUEXm6cp02SdqHCYvs1cIAOStClw3zoObyOd4CE.K47rCzGQve3WdNWwExNslXw22-ATbzXLS4tB10q_MtU&dib_tag=se&keywords=emperor+maximilian+mexico&qid=1764628988&s=books&sprefix=emporer+maxillianmexico%2Cstripbooks%2C111&sr=1-1 Nothing too academic but a solid read. Any recommendations folk? Pete

And decals for it here https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X48075?result-token=IsA0W

Most of us probably don't knowthe name, but we know the photo https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/obituaries/robert-stirm-dead.html R.I.P.

The Salmson, OBVIOUSLY 🥰

Enzo Bunfight and the Aftermaths............

And the latest boxing of Airfix's 1/48 P-40 has a Tomahawk from 1686 Fighter Affiliation Flight. That's three GB's in one - Bomber Command, P-40 and Not Your Usual Colour Scheme (at a pinch). Actually,asking for a friend, is such group build drift permisable or discouraged?

To the best of my knowledge, Beauforts were Coastal Command and Royal Navy only. Pete

Happy to assit with co hosting if you finf yourself in a jam Pete

I think my firstship ever was Airfix's HMS Suffolk when I was a nipper. I do remember some of their kits being pretty crude, but some of their later ones - HMS Amazon, Prinz Eugen and Moskva - being quite nice. Can't speak for accuracy however. Moskva may well have been the last ship I built and that was when it was newish.......