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  1. Airfix seem to have taken longer to sort out their swift then the damn thing was in service!

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    2. jenko

      jenko

      Swift by name, not by nature.

    3. Darby

      Darby

      They can keep it. I want the Wildcat with FAA 'stickers.'

    4. Mitch K
  2. All things considered the Airfix Defiant is the best all round kit I,ve seen in this scale 1

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    2. FalkeEins

      FalkeEins

      my two coming along nicely - canopy and turret framing a real chore though! that, and trying to get a decent finish in black..

    3. dalea

      dalea

      Just when I've got to economize

  3. Bought the Monogram Mitchell and thinking RAAF scheme for a change.

    1. Pete in Lincs

      Pete in Lincs

      Nice one, Cobber.

  4. Curse you stretched sprue!!!

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    2. gregg136

      gregg136

      Oh oh! Something might be headed bin side

    3. stevej60

      stevej60

      Gotcha!both done only two more to do!

    4. Darby

      Darby

      EZ line for me

  5. Damn it,could,nt resist the Bon Homme Richard for twenty Quid!

    1. modelling minion

      modelling minion

      Must try harder next time!

    2. stevej60

      stevej60

      What we used to call in the furniture trade a mug's eyefull,big box and big ship!

  6. Damn! could,nt manage to reach the end of 2014 without buying one more kit.

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    2. BerndM

      BerndM

      Congrats,a good fishing :-)

    3. MikeW
    4. Rick Brown

      Rick Brown

      You have no self control Steve. Rick, off to Hobbit Craft...........

  7. Fancy doing a small armour subject for a

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    2. sean

      sean

      small tank commander.

    3. sean

      sean

      Is this a Two Ronnies sketch?

    4. PlaStix

      PlaStix

      C'mon Steve - who's closest?

  8. feel like I need to build a Mig29,very strange!

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    2. CurrantBunbury

      CurrantBunbury

      How does the Monogram kit look? I've got a MiG 29 on my wish list, but haven't yet researched which kit to go for.

    3. stevej60

      stevej60

      Not bad,raised lines but monogram do them very well and cheap to buy.

    4. CurrantBunbury

      CurrantBunbury

      Useful to know. Thank you.

  9. Finally lost the marbles,building an Airfix Dauntless!

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    2. Avereda

      Avereda

      Just started one this afternoon as it happens

    3. stevej60

      stevej60

      yes Darby 11:98 typhoon,2 hurris and the dreaded Dauntles

    4. Brad

      Brad

      JACKET!!!

  10. Forget the month off,three days and the modeling box is back out!

    1. PlaStix

      PlaStix

      That's good news!

    2. stevej60

      stevej60

      Thanks Stix,day off yesterday rain and howling gales so cracked open my last two airfix spitfire,s

  11. found my phone after two days missing.ringing outside in the recycle bin!

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    2. nimrod54

      nimrod54

      That must have been one heck of a night. :)

    3. John.R

      John.R

      I bet your glad the recycle bin hadn't been taken then!

    4. stevej60

      stevej60

      it was the following morning!

  12. Got an Aircraft kit out,and put it back in the box,Mojo on vacation!

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    2. mcdonnell

      mcdonnell

      Hello,Steve- We all get that moment.Youy'll soon get your 'Fettle Factor'back.All the very best,Paul.

    3. nick32

      nick32

      My problem is energy... By the time i get some free time i've none left :(

  13. Has discovered the floor is harder than his face.

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    2. mcdonnell

      mcdonnell

      Hello,Steve - Hoping you're okay.Take care.

    3. stevej60

      stevej60

      Thanks folks been to docs,nose not broken,just a mess!

    4. Darby

      Darby

      If it's any consolation I had a nosebleed yesterday for some reason. No fingers were involved either.

  14. Has yet again kicked over that damn folding table getting up to answer the phone!

    1. MikeW

      MikeW

      Words to live by - "If it's important, they'll call back"

    2. Darby

      Darby

      At least it works. I've had to wait 3 days for mine to get connected. No tables were hurt in this reply.

    3. PlaStix

      PlaStix

      Time to get the hammer and nails out and secure the table to the floor!

  15. Hmmm I could get used to this what if malarky!

    1. Darby

      Darby

      Careful it's addictive. Every time I see an Angel Interceptor I keep think of doing another RN whiffer. I have to ignore the voices in my head.

    2. stevej60

      stevej60

      well this ones a royal navy scheme on a US aircraft and should get posted tomorrow.

    3. Mitch K

      Mitch K

      Know what you mean!

  16. How many ejector pin marks can you get on one kit?

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    2. Darby

      Darby

      If it's SH/MPM how much kit do you get with your ejector pins?

    3. Mitch K
    4. Alan P

      Alan P

      Ask Revell. I think they have their own in-house competition going.

  17. Humbrol rattle can white taste's awful!

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    2. Sgt.Squarehead

      Sgt.Squarehead

      Halfords' is just as bad.

    3. Tomoshenko

      Tomoshenko

      Try adding garlic.

    4. SleeperService

      SleeperService

      I find the matt enamel varnish quite pleasing to the palette. The slight after taste of solvent not with standing.

  18. I love the smell of Halfords appliance white in the morning!

  19. I,m rapidly loosing patience with Photobucket!

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    2. stevej60

      stevej60

      strange the whole laptop crashed yesterday and I had to re-install chrome so may not have been a photobcket issue after all.

    3. Head in the clouds.

      Head in the clouds.

      Can I join the' kick the bucket'club, I had problems uploading using Firefox but OK with IE. I have tried most things with Firefox but still no joy.If I find sucess I will drop you a line.

    4. MikeW

      MikeW

      Chrome - I have an issue with. Not an IT guy, but a system without a "Home" or a "back" button? I'm told there are ways around this, but really?

  20. I,ve found an Airfix rag wing Hurricane at the bottom of the wardrobe I did'nt know was there,i must build it now!

    1. jrlx

      jrlx

      That's great, Steve! I have one in the stash as well.

    2. Pete in Lincs

      Pete in Lincs

      Rag wing? Must be moths trying to build an escape glider.

    3. PlaStix

      PlaStix

      Good news!

  21. Is it possible to feel sorry for a Model?Theres a monogram Mitchell been sat on the shelf in my lms for years now!

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    2. mcdonnell

      mcdonnell

      Give it a go like I did,Steve.You may be happy you did! All the best,Paul.

    3. Jinxman

      Jinxman

      Put it out of its misery!

    4. stevej60

      stevej60

      Hmm never built a Mitchell since airfix's and that when it was a new release!

  22. Is still deaf in one ear!but will cheer himself up tomorrow with a new kit.

  23. Is yet again trying to move the Fletcher destroyer on to completion!

    1. TheBaron

      TheBaron

      Onwards Steve! Onwards to glory!

    2. Darby

      Darby

      Well I never!

  24. Just been given a battered old box with Esci F4 phantom black bunny inside,what a stunner of a kit,recessed lines the lot.

    1. mcdonnell

      mcdonnell

      A true Treasure Chest!!

    2. TheBaron
  25. Just looked in the new Airfix Sea King box,that,s a definite future purchase!

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