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  • Birthday 25/01/1965

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  1. Cheers Dave, you beat me to the draw. Nice to have you along @Space Ranger. Well done for getting your hands on the conversion, it is a good one on first impressions. I believe they have done another run of them, sure I saw them somewhere.
  2. Turned out rather nice Pete, they are some meaty engines strapped on there so I reckon she can get bit of a lick on....for a freighter! The blending of the canopy worked out nicely too.
  3. That is a very nice build and superb weathering too, also, the black paint job looks very realistic so well done.
  4. Nice work indeed and one I have in the stash, it's good to know it goes together well.
  5. Seeing as you lost my last photo it just means I have to punish you all over again. This is me on the right a few years ago on a holiday in Cornwall, the lads on my right claim to be my sons.....likely story! The baseball cap and shades disguise obviously isn't workingπŸ₯Έ. My daughter is out of shot sulking as she was all holiday...πŸ˜†. We had a flight in this lovely Dragon Rapide, oddly, I seem to have a strange woman following me now! Need to upgrade the disguise..🀣 The visit was to the now defunct but superb CHAC at the old RAF St Mawgan. On the plus side we did have Tom Cruise as pilot.....
  6. No worries @woody37, there is no Herc without Erks and their stories to tell, the human element is as fascinating as the mechanical wizardry. (Other and all trades included..😁) πŸ‘ πŸ˜† At last, something I can relate to, everybody has a ' Neil' somewhere in their tool kit, we had an 'Ozzy,' there was nothing his Ball Peen hammer and sharp half metre swing couldn't sort, if there was anything left to sort was another matter 🀬, he really was our last chance saloon. God bless him.
  7. Hello @MarcNewitt. I have sat at that fence many times doing what you did, Cambridge airport affords good viewing points around the perimiter and you never know what will drop in or be sat on the test bay.
  8. Not I Amos, I stand in absolute respect for anyone whom has served and you all have my lifelong thanks for doing so. When you took the shot of 'Snoopy' while at Marshalls of Cambridge it was at the beginning of it's life as the iconic aircraft we know and love today. While working on it did you ever see the fabled Elephant with the red and white trunk that I spoke of in earlier posts?
  9. Thank you for your kind words @ColinChipmunkfan I hope I can continue to keep you entertained and suitably supplied with ideas and inspiration....and a little research material.😁 Cheers @MrB17 glad the thread is bringing back some good memories for you and it is also very welcomed when people like yourselves share those memories with us all here. While those chocks look substantial they have a bit of grow to do before reaching these monsters; I don't think these chocks will get jumped. It is hard to believe that just like cars of the day your CC130's had ashtrays in the cockpit and smoking was Ok, how times change. As for MEK, your cuts and grazes can't play hide and seek with that stuff, like you I found out the hard way...🀣 That makes sense considering the pic above, it looks like XV208 has run up onto plates like you describe. I now know what their official name was so hopefully Marshalls will have an idea of what I am talking about when I contact them...again😁. Thanks @MrB17, another mystery solved.
  10. Found it, must be that magic tea of yours....🍡, after 10 years on the forum I have finally set my notifications so I don't embarrass myself by turning up late.... Nice work as ever and what a way to use the old Rotordyne kit; push it into the future by several hundred years. I know I said it yesterday, although your builds look good on here they look even better in the flesh. Dandy work old bean!
  11. With a title such as "Mirage IIIO 1/32 scratchbuild how could I not be curious and with the author being Bandsaw Steve I thought I should pull up a chair early on into this build and support you...πŸ˜‰ As ever Steve I find your builds absolutely fascinating and no matter how much you whittle away it always seems fresh to see, the litho plate work is something new too, great work! I have had a marathon catch up and enjoyed every post but the most satisfying part is seeing that at 2 years your builds are as glacial as mine, we must be kindred spirits....πŸ€ͺ🀣 The man cave looks superb, top dollar in fact and a worthy investment. In these days of technology it is good to see that mankind's oldest building material is still kept relevant by people such as yourself in these modern times of 3D printing, PE and resin. Right, that's my grovelling done for being so tardy, crack on sir, more to do yet..😁
  12. Appreciate that @amos brierley , it does please me that others get something from my builds, even if it's a good old yawn to clear the lungs πŸ˜‰ Brass is my favourite medium, is easy to work with and looks wonderful when polished up. More people should give it a go, they may surprise themselves.
  13. They do indeed and no apologies needed, they are very good pics. The first pic is probably what Airfix saw when they visited RAF Lyneham but with the brake pack on. The third pic shows what Italeri were probably trying to achieve but had the 90 degree transition boxes sitting way too low in the MLG bay.
  14. Thank you @Sabrejet. Luckily I did not purchase them, I found them on the web when I was researching the MLG thinking they may help but did not hit the 'buy' botton. Anyway, I got so much satisfaction from making my own.
  15. Cheers Pete, the 5 hours spent on it payed off.πŸ‘ Thanks @woody37, although much of it will never be seen I do enjoy the process and knowing I have done my best within my abilities. Cheers Neil, it most certainly does and probably explains some of the mistakes on the various MLG that is out there. Interestingly, the grandad of the kits Airfix is the only one with the holes in the top of the bay to allow full retraction of the gear.
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