Black Knight

If that is Red 15, the nose should be the same tone of grey, On Ortho film red ends up near black in tone. So maybe Red 15 was photographed on Pan film. But either way the nose is a different tone, therefore perhaps a different colour, green or maybe even blue

and, another memory from doing this; put a piece of thin paper over the letraset paper and rub on it, not directly on the letraset paper. The sort of thick 'tissue' paper that comes covering kit decals is ideal. Rubbing directly on the letraset sheet can make the image move and distort slightly

to add; I used Pritt to stick the piece of decal paper to the granite so the paper would not move, and masking tape to hold the letraset sheet, or part of, to the granite over the decal paper. NOTHING should be able to move

1. Thanks for that list. Now copied to one of my note books 2. Clintoys does a set of figures of "Wellington's Staff". 1/32 scale, and I think they are in that funny resin figure makers now use. (They also do "Sharpe's Rifles", a set of figures based on the TV films series). Both available through Hannants 3. a note on the conversions; Historex is nominally 1/30 scale but some of their parts are quite variable in size. Legs are mostly 1/30 or even 1/28, arms vary between 1/30 and 1/32, heads vary between 1/32 and 1/28. So you need to choose the parts carefully otherwise you might get a figure with arms and legs like an orangutan (Wreck the Caddy Clyde!) 4. There are so many 1/32 resin based pre-moulded figures on the market today that I use them to supply body parts. I've also used 'Timpo' figure heads and bits from 'Britains' figures, all 1/32 (54mm, near enuf)

I did the above but I have a small square of granite and I used that under the clear decal paper and used a wide flattish metal spoon to burnish the letraset onto the decal paper. A lot of pressure and rubbing to ensure transfer

I made a start in this late last evening Most of the chassis is assembled. Part of it has a first coat of crimson enamel, Need to paint those areas before fitting other parts Not much to the coach body as lot of the parts are being left off. I'll need to skin the floor with some plastic card "Three wheels on my wagon, the Cherokees are after me, but I'm still rolling along" Three wheels scraped clean and first coat of paint. The fourth wheel had some broken spokes so they've been glued up. It'll be painted later

The main colour is crimson so I've been sorting out my crimson paints No two are the same even though they should be From the right; Humbrol 20 enamel, Humbrol 20 acrylic (old version, still available in a pot) Humbrol 20 (new version from a dropper bottle) and Humbrol Railway Colour 403 Humbrol 20 acrylic (old) and RM403 are a good match to each other, but I require a dark crimson like the enamel, but slightly redder. A search and some very good help from a chap in a Warhammer shop got me what I want Coverage; 2 coats of enamel, 3 coats of 20 acrylic (old), 6 coats of 20 acrylic (new) & 3 coats of 403, over orange gloss base, on extreme left

You could sell the ones you don't really want on here. There are a few modellers who would like them

I have a Messer 209, 309, and did have a 109 H and a T.1 and a Fw.190 2-seat trainer I gave the two 109s away and got regular i/m kits, and gave away the 190 but never replaced it

No angst, just unbelievable how snooty some 'classic' car owners can be. And there are a lot in the classic/vintage car world I could fill pages with stories about the snobbery just in clubs here

The Bugatti Chiron arrived and I also bought a Heller 1/43 Land Rover I got it cheap as the seller said the tyres were missing, but the wheels were showing in the listing photos. I think the seller thought that the tyres were separate parts but they're not. When I get a round tuit this will be done as my local RNLI 'Low Land Rescue' unit of a couple of years ago

Two of the reasons for joining such clubs are; 1. cheaper classic car insurance, only available to members of a recognised club, eg. with my Cadillac, regular insurance was £1750, as a car club member, same basic insurance + extra cover was £120 pa 2. access to special spares, usually through the car club network

Pegaus is a well known maker of unusual aircraft which the main kit makers never did, until recently They are designed for experienced modellers Short run kits of very good quality. Most have white metal parts for things such as wheels, props. The biplanes in the range usually come with a length of shaped rod for the struts which you you have to cut to size Kingkit usually has a good range of these kit. Prices range from about £9 to £19.99 afair The vac-form maker was West German and their kits were aimed at the German home market mostly and usually was only of unusual German aircraft, again, ones not made by the main kit makers

Depends on what was on the 'Log book' It would have said 'Bond' as that was the make

It could be in a museum. afaik vehicles in museums don't need to be SORNED. They have a bulk off-road system. Imagine doing all the vehicles at the Haynes Motor Museum, or Beaulieu

The pilots finally got their control yokes And it was time to fit the interior I decided to add a couple of VVIP passengers The lady may look like she's fed up, but if I've done this correctly she'll be looking out of one of the windows I can see a few bits which need paint touch-ups

afair, we just put the make of vehicle on the disc. In this case, just 'Bond' - no 'Bug' One could (illegally) transfer the disc over to another vehicle of the same make, sometimes even taking the number plates over too I knew one chap who had a business, several vans, all the same make with very similar number plates but only one tax disc Also, lemon juice would bleach out the writing so you could bleach out the registration/make and fill it in with another. Then the Post office invented a bleach-proof ink specially for tax discs

He does rather look like that art & modern languages teacher at my school Name of Thomas Bogle, aka Tatty Bog-Roll

They look good

If it weren't for that Bug kits are so rare and expensive that would be a fun one to build

A large amount of what we buy in the shops was already either in suppliers stocks or on the way before the war started. Suppliers had already paid for that stock. They need to get their investment back by us buying their stock. Very little, if any, of that money now goes back into Russia due to the sanctions imposed on the banks Not buying the current stock hits the local supplier not the Russian economy. As time goes on the pre-paid stock will be depleted

If you count owning/driving/playing with/showing vintage/true classic/PVT/modern classic cars as being hobbies; there is a shocking amount of snobbery involved eg. I own a 1930 Austin 7 Ulster, this one I'm in a vintage sports car club. I/we race, trial and compete in this car. As you can see it gets very dirty. Certain other clubs specially for the pre-war (WW2) Austin 7 wont allow me to join because I race a racing car. I can join if I stop racing I had similar snobbery when I had some American cars. Not allowed into the 'modern classics' clubs as the American cars are never 'classics', but an Austin Montego was

on Wimbledon's centre court

Airfix don't just get rid of the moulds 1. limited production run and 2. they rotate what is available. Small kits rotate about every 3 years, large kits about every 6 years

down the stash slopes