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Lesser known now but they were everywhere at the time and they were the benchmark as you say @stevej60. Essentially they were my introduction to 1/48. I think I bought most of them although I don't remember buying an FW190. That's a near perfect build of the FW190. My particular favourite was the F4U Corsair.

I concur that it's 382. I downloaded the photo and using the very basic enhancements available on my phone. Still not perfect but the e only option is 382.

Jumping Jacques served with the 5th air force so it's not in any of the Ethell books. But look what I found. https://m.facebook.com/FlightJournal/ Scroll down. I'm imagine you'll need Facebook

Just watching Clapton now, with Phil Collins on drums having flown over on Concorde after his gig in Wembley. Impossible today, no Concorde and imagine the criticism from the social media bugs about the waste. Pointing out that Concorde would have departed with or without him would have been pointless.

Watching the live aid replay on the beeb tonight. Classic music in 1985. It was a warm day like today. We watched it non stop. Our parents had no chance with four teenage girls in the family. The best music ever. Not my words but my teenage sons who love the music I loved back in the eighties and nineties. One told me that most kids playlists are full of music made before they were born. There's something right with the kids these days. 👶

Yes, 🤣 I haven't seen it in years but it did create an impression on me. 'The Day The Earth Froze It's Backside Off'? Wasn't that 2012?

That's interesting Colin, I think it's true that people that people struggle at times with simple home cooked meals and that cooking programmes don't always help. MasterChef would be one. But simple home cooked meals really are that simple. One of my sisters was a good cook. I asked her secret, 'Follow the recipe' was her advice. I asked because I found myself in my fifties as a househusband with two small boys to feed and a house to keep from falling down. So much for the boy who wanted to be a fighter pilot. 🤣 Processed food was out unless you think fish fingers are processed. Mary Berry came to the rescue and I used a lot of her recipes. Every time I tried something chefy, it didn't work. Besides the boys were like the critics on MasterChef and exoriated any mistakes. But I got better and can rustle up something edible from whatever is in the fridge. But my best find was the official bolognese sauce recipe. Yes we all love spag boll. But it's an abomination compared to the real thing. Throw your shop bought jar in the bin. The real thing doesn't use spaghetti and the actual recipe bears no resemblance to what we're used to, plus it's actually simple. I think a lot of the modern issues of obesity etc is caused by the take away culture. I believe it's been said that the poorer and less well educated you are the more likely you are to fat and unhealthy. The reverse of previous centuries.

Yes the weather is a perennial topic. Particularly at the moment. I noticed Sky News had a photo of women queuing at a standpipe in 1976 and questioning whether this could recur. I remember that heatwave quite we and because I was only 16, really quite enjoyed it. Probably my long hair and flared trousers kept me cool. 🤣 I note hosepipe bans have already started in Britain but here in Ireland not so much. It's warm but we had quite a bit of rain last week. Particularly in the west where I live. But there's no chance of a water shortage around here because we draw our water from the second biggest lough in Ireland. If that dries up we're all in trouble. 🌎 So as far as I'm concerned keep the sun shining. 🌟🌞☀️☀️

Coincidentally I just had some vegetarian sausages which my wife had bought for some recipe she was going to cook but never did. 'Bursting with flavour' extolled the packaging. I like a bit of flavour. Well the 'sausages' had fused into a block, they might just as well made into a slab like something seen in science fiction. They tasted OK but the texture was wrong. Now I'm sitting here feeling the regret I always feel when I eat junk food. Because of course that's what it was. Processed in every way. Although meat sausages are very much processed food. Not that I object to processed food. It was a luxury for us growing up. I'm no vegetarian but I don't have any objections to it or being vegan. I think it's a good thing. But I'm dubious about the current fad for veganism amongst some people. On of my nieces decided to become vegan. When I asked her Mother how she was getting on, she rolled her eyes and said it was easy to be vegan when your parents can afford the very expensive processed food. In the end she reverted, possibly because she trained as a sports nutritionist. I saw an article recently saying that food companies have cut back on vegan products because frankly the sales have slowed. I for one would like to cook more vegetarian meals. I do most of the cooking in my house and would like a bit more variety from the typical meat and two veg. With two teenage boys that can be tricky. 😋

Not relevant I know but the original DST had the passenger door on the starboard side. Which might make the A-Model Li-2 useful. I always feel the DC3/C47 is the aviation equivalent of the Sherman tank. So many variations.

I agree. I went to Vietnam for my honeymoon. It's a wonderful country. At Hanoi airport the man in the queue behind me was an American veteran. He told me he, that his was a bit deaf from the mortar round that nearly killed him the last time he'd been there. Our guide told us he many veterans come back to exorcise their ghosts. So no surprise Cunningham was given a warm welcome.

Probably the angle. Being idle at the moment, I did a little bit of research. Aden Airways was quite interesting. There's even a book about it, 'Red Sea Caravan'. I daresay there might be interior shots. But C47s were and are often flown in a mixed cargo/passenger combination. My wife flew in one in South America along with various bits of cargo, chickens and a goat! Try modelling that. 😀

That's a 'speedbird' logo on the nose which implies BOAC. Which implies the blue is the classic BOAC blue. Was there a connection to BOAC? The rest looks like dull natural aluminium to me. Typical of C47s in civil use. Edit: A quick online search reveals it certainly was indeed a BOAC subsidiary.

Well it looks like a Typhoon. Certainly brought back memories. I remember buying one of them from the local corner shop for three shillings. That would have been circa 1970 because decimalisation came in February 1971 and it would be fifteen pence. I remember thinking the rockets were cool. Great job on a very basic kit.