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Blue tac, runner cut to size, clothes pegs, yoghurt pots... A different improvised solution for every painted part!

I was convinced it was for the semaphore indicators 😆 No idea what the mirror could be for though...

@IanF661 - posts in the chat forum don't count towards the 100 qualifying posts, so get active in the actual modelling areas! You'll be at 100 in no time. Good luck with selling your books etc. Brian

That's an interesting idea. I'm looking forward to hearing more about its progress.

That is the cause of many of the world's problems... (Successfully quoted and formatted on a small-screen smartphone in about 25 seconds)

Hi Billy, That likes like an excellent trip. While I can't help with any specific recommendations, I can offer one piece of advice - take your time and enjoy it 👍

Sorry - no idea. But it may help the mods to know that it's not greyed out for me using an Android phone (Pixel 3 Android 10) running Chrome browser - it's still displaying and working as normal.

Close! Gertrude Shilling was a milliner - Beatrice Shilling was the engineer and racing driver. I don't think they were related.

Probably the result of a heavy landing by an inexperienced pilot 😉. At least, that'd me my justification 😁

Same for me. Probably the much-discussed 20/20 vision bug 🤣

At 1/24 they would be very good but at 1/43 they are excellent. How on earth did you have the eyesight, patience and skill to manage those windscreen wipers 🙌

I'm sorry you feel that. I find Pinterest a great way of storing, cataloguing and looking for visual references. Back on topic, is that gummed paper tape being used for the masking?

Which Microfibre Cloth sounds like the ultimate niche consumer product magazine! I really don't think it matters who makes them. They all seem to do pretty much the same job. For final polishing I tend to use the finer weave ones. When they get dirty I just wash them. I only stop using them after they have become a series of holes joined by narrow threads of cloth...

Just a thought - would Gaspatch Models single-ended turnbuckles be of use? They do resin or plastic at 1/32 and 1/48. The Bounty is looking splendid!

I thought the requirement was for 100 non-chat posts. What's the "100 word post rule"?

That really is excellent. 10/10 and Gold Star!

Indeed. Many years ago I worked on a project to tell the story of Big Pit and the adjacent iron foundry in Blaenavon, Wales. I discovered that if a child was killed at work, no action need be taken. However, if a pit pony was injured or killed, the relevant worker would be fined and have to replace the animal at his own expense. As an aside, in the foundry the molten iron was poured into a mould made from wet sand to form ingots (called 'pigs' as the arrangement of channels and ingots looked (a bit) like a sow feeding piglets). The wet sand would frequently crumble during the pour, so the most nimble children (typically 5 to 8 years old) were given shovels and had to push the sand back into place, trying to only stand on the raised sand. Unsurprisingly, accidents were almost a daily occurrence. Oh those Victorian values certain politicians yearn for...

That 010 Swallow is quite something. That Barnes-Wallis was a versatile chap - I wonder if he acted as a consultant for Gerry Anderson?

No! The wool thread is the single most important instrument in any sailplane!

Is someone playing Back To The Future bingo?

The volume of rage created would probably cause the Académie française to explode. The average person on the street would almost certainly just shrug...

Superb! It needs a couple of worn tyres to hold the ring down when parked! I have many happy memories of flying in the K13 and K8. I was always reluctant to fly out of sight of the airfield in the K8 though 🤔

Simply fantastic!

@Black Knight seems to have understood the op's question and given an informative answer. It's certainly helped me - so thank you!

Just to add to @limeypilot's comment: the modelling is superb, and it's matched by your talent for creating and telling a story. This thread has educated, informed and entertained me. Would you like a job running the BBC?