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This just arrived via Royal Mail - vastly earlier than expected (last time this happened there was a star in the East...) It's part of a project that only became feasible last week. Someone in another thread mentioned in passing a source of bodyshells for a Riley Elf (amongst other rare British cars) and on further investigation found they were made to fit this particular kit. Having owned an Elf back in my teens the idea that I could actually build a car I'd once owned started to germinate. Having ordered the 'shell I went hunting for a donor kit and was horrified by the ridiculous prices being demanded on the 'Bay. The start point seemed to be £50 and some were asking up to £100 and there was no way I was going to fork out that sort of money. Then I found one for £30 but accepting offers, so I bunged in an offer of £24 and landed it! It's in great condition, open box but sealed bags. All I have to do now is wait for the Elf 'shell to arrive and my next project is decided. Watch this space...

Cheers Col!

...and, the interest from the police officers north 38 parallel was because it was their staff car, as several 1000s where imported to North Korea.

I need a straw

Many thanks my friends! Now getting back to where this detour started in the first place, the decals. I applied all the essential CAT4 sheet decals that are unique to this plane. This includes the "USS SARATOGA/NAVY/VF-32" letterings, which are all part of the same decal. I also used the wing alphanumerics, nose numbers, and intake stripes. I used warm water (not hot) and conventional Micro Set/Sol. The experience with all of these felt...dicey. They do not move well on the surfaces, and a couple of them tore in places that were fortunately fixable. The carrier film was also prone to folding on the edges, which needed to be teased out with forceps. One of the intake stripes did completely tear, but an odd aspect of the CAT4 sheets is some of the numbers and markings have extras, so this was recoverable. All in all, I feel a little lucky I got these down without more incident. From here on, almost all the decals I will apply to this plane will be from the Cartograph-printed Furball MiG Masters sheet. This particular jet is a future MiG Killer, and therefore was featured on that sheet, so I can use the BuNo. decals along with the national insignia and stencils. Having gotten past the most questionable part of the decal phase, I'm looking forward to a relaxing session with my all-time favorite sheet.

Thanks Gents!

Your guess is good as mine, but it'd be interesting to find out

Hi Frank, if you have contact with him, could you ask if there is any possibility of a re-release of the Blackburn Beverley kit in the not too distant future?. I'm 77 and wouldn't want to wait too long though! cheers, Mike

That is just stunning. Fantastic work. Cheers Nick

New limited edition release, 500 packages with a collector's coin: https://uk.airfix.com/products/handley-page-victor-k2sr2-plus-collectors-coin-bundlea90

Nice to see her up on her pins, Mark. Apologies we didn't manage to do more than a passing hello at Telford, I seemed to be running around like a blue-bottomed fly all weekend James

Some nice progress there, Dennis, I really like that camera fairing James

Is that the tail(plane) gently spiraling down or the wing - I see no engines, but that may be the perspective. RIP.

I have the Takom Apache and there are no colour call outs at all 🤣

A new priest at his first mass was so nervous he could hardly speak. After mass he asked the monsignor how he had done. The monsignor replied, “When I am worried about getting nervous on the pulpit, I put a glass of vodka next to the water glass. if I start to get nervous, I take a sip.” So next Sunday he took the monsignor’s advice. At the beginning of the sermon, he got nervous and took a drink. He proceeded to talk up a storm. Upon his return to his office after mass, he found the following note on the door: 1. Sip the Vodka, don’t gulp. 2. There are 10 commandments, not 12. 3. There are 12 disciples, not 10. 4. Jesus was consecrated, not constipated. 5. Jacob wagered his donkey, he did not bet his a$$. 6. We do not refer to Jesus Christ as the late J. C. 7. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are not referred to as Daddy, Junior and the Spook. 8. David slew Goliath, he did not kick the out of him. 9. When David was hit by a rock and was knocked off his donkey, don’t say he was stoned off his a$$. 10. We do not refer to the cross as the “Big T.” 11. When Jesus broke the bread at the Last Supper he said, “Take this and eat it for it is my body.” He did not say “Eat me.” 12. The Virgin Mary is not called “Mary with the Cherry.” 13. The recommended grace before a meal is not: Rub-A-Dub-Dub thanks for the grub, yeah God. 14. Next Sunday there will be a taffy pulling contest at St. Peter’s, not a Peter pulling contest at St. Taffy’s!

Thank you It was a short-lived experimental scheme, they then returned to using a pattern very close to that used by camouflaged Dutch aircraft Thanks Marcel Don't be fooled by the photos, the chaos is carefully moved out of shot when I take photos Thanks mate I'm just happy I got her finished off so you could see the result in person there James

There are a few places on the deck where there is no wood, so I'm treating it as steel. And this is the first deck house on the boat deck. According to the inscription on the deck, it is "The Engineers Smoke Room" I've added the window frames and other bits, the skylight is dry fitted, as I will be painting the flat roof grey. Jon

Unusual but no less valid subject choice boss

Very nice indeed. I am planning on doing this livery aswell, I have the Decalpool decals on stock for quite some time now.

Who can't love a Lightning!?! It's a shame Tamiya haven't been tempted to revisit the subject in a larger scale.

Cheers Graham mixing hand is fine I am right handed left arm not as uncontrollable now so use as a support for the big mixing paddle in the drill. Funny seams to be a bit of a run on DKM and RAF colours ATM must be all those new releases. Stay Safe Keith

I expect they will, people will look at the ship and its detail. They will see the crew, and their minds will flesh them out, so to speak. I do applaud you for doing all these little people, I struggle to do half a dozen. Jon

This all looks as if it's about to come together nicely

Been on a B-26 kick lately and after doing some research, I thought I'd point out to those interested that the markings are not entirely accurate for depicting the plane before mid-September 1944 since that is the point when the bomb markers were repainted red. Prior to that, they were yellow, which was standard practice in the 322nd. By the time they were repainted, the plane had flown well over 100 missions. And after the repaint....

Casting such a complex set of shapes must be right at the extreme end of the process so your results show plenty of promise.