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@Redstaff, Thanks for that. Yes, I did find it awkward, but ultimately more fun than awkward. I have noticed a humungous seam under the headlight that I totally missed when building the kit, but I am probably going to leave it as it would be - you guessed - awkward to deal with!

I'm going on the Saturday only, I've seen that among the scale modelling clubs going are the West Mids Police and Gloucester, some familiar faces no doubt!

Thanks for this. Yes, I agree - the detail in these bike kits is remarkable.

Keith, Thanks for those kind words. the colour choices are per the instructions. One thing I haven't done is put a coat of gloss varnish on. The decals don't seem to have silvered, so I left it. As for the Tamiya tape, glad to give you a heads up!!😄

Justin Hawkins - ummmm, don’t know about that.

A really nice model there! I particularly like the mottling, it looks very good. One question if I may, the red/brown on the propellor, is that a specific paint colour or is it your own mix?

A real swerve from 1/72 aircraft, I picked this Tamiya bike kit up from Hobbycraft a couple of years ago with another Tamiya 1/12 bike, a Honda CB 750F, for £20 each, I think, Here's the box art for those unfamiliar with the kit. This kit has shown me that I've a lot to learn still about model making - who knew, for instance that tamiya tape will peel the chrome plating off a part? You all did? And no one told me? Guess how I found out! If you know the kit, then I suspect you'll be familiar with what I perceived as flaws. Instructions that were somewhat vague. Chrome plating that was too susceptible to tamiya tape. Vinyl tubing - aka electrical leads - started off somewhere, couldn't always find where they ended. Some very tricky elements of construction that needed 3 hands when using one to glue something together. Some poor decision making by Tamiya making the front mudguard and fuel tank - moulded in two halves and hence seams - compared to the rear mudguard a single piece moulding, and no seam. I couldn't see why each of the front mudguard and fuel tank had to be moulded in two halves, and they were some very difficult seams to remove, both front mudguard and fuel tank. You're thinking "aah, he didn't like this kit at all" Actually, no, I quite enjoyed making it, especially as the kit did tend to come together pretty nicely. Just those few tricky bits. Which I did manage to overcome, even if it looks a bit ropy. Although OOB, I did use bare metal foil (chrome) in a few places. This was a 7/10 kit for build fun, a 4/10 for my work - and here are some photos. Thanks for looking.

You’ve reminded me that I saw the Feeling supporting the Pretenders a few years ago, and thinking “these are going to go places” - except they haven’t, really. A shame, because their performance I saw was really good, and their debut album had a number of excellent tracks on it. And I also saw the Darkness supporting Def Leppard before they hit the big time - and I thought then t”these guys are going to be huge” because they almost blew Def Leppard off the stage. However, I think we all know that The Darkness couldn’t sustain that first album and killer live shows.

It was, and as I recall, she was very good. In fact I think I might prefer her in Fotheringay to Fairport Convention.

We had Steeleye Span at our university Summer Ball in 1970 or 1971 and they were excellent. As I recall, through the mists of time, there was a lot of jolly behaviour by the band and it was a laugh as well as a concert. We also had Fotheringay around the same time, and while more folky, still pretty good and again, through the mists of time, I think there were some humorous moments.

I’ve seen them at I think 10 of the TCT shows they’ve done, a couple very near the front row, but most of my front row experiences were back between 1968 - 1971. I have seen them from front row at several shows between 2000 and 2015. I would have liked to have seen the 1969 shows too!

@Irish 251, thanks for that information. Much appreciated!

Saw this little gem in Kidderminster's Tesco's car park a couple of weeks ago. It's actually in pretty good condition for a car made in 1957. Funny thing is it lives quite near me, but this was the first time I was able to take a photo of it!

I was on a bus in Birmingham recently going through the Stratford Road area, when I spotted this, and managed to take a photo through the bus' windscreen; I'm pretty sure it's outside the entrance to a SCC or SCI Science park. Has anyone else seen this, or knows how it got there?

@Neil.C, was that one of the more recent TCT shows, or the 1969 show?