Doctor Frog

Il 28 beagle, but accidentally get the scale wrong and do 1/48 instead....

Great modelling and photography - just the inspiration I needed to summon the courage to put up my own first efforts. I would be pleased to make something half as well! May I ask what camera and settings you used to take such fine pictures please?

Yep, the 'weird place on the A11' (hope the owner doesn't sue for defamation) is just by the racetrack at Snetterton...it's the Mary Celeste of model shops, stuff for sale but never anyone there....to be honest it's always worth a look on passing because sometimes there are some interesting and diverse kits there. Other times not much. But bring a warm coat whatever time of year, it's like a morgue in there...

Goodbye to the Cambridge MZ - whatever the overall view of the MZ brand and stock, I can say that it kept me and the kids occupied on many spare moments, looking at all the kits, die-cast and RC on offer...though we only ever bought the former! Left for the last time with the 1/32 Tamiya Mustang at a very reasonable price as well as a star trek kit as my first soldering and lighting project...something for the winter months... The staff in the Cambridge store were friendly and helpful, and I was pleased to hear they've all got jobs too. Best of luck to them... Found that the Hobbycraft store in Cambridge has an expanding collection, and there are some small oases of kits dotted around...Duxford, Biggleswade, Barretts in St. Neots, and further afield there's always Langleys in Norwich (where I bought my first kits decades ago...) and that weird place on the A11...I'm optimistic that there's still a space on the high street for a model store, maybe it just needs to be helped along by other craft products rather than RC toys to get critical mass of overall sales.