Roger Newsome

Maybe, maybe not but I didn't want to take any chances.

I haven't really got room for 1/72 but I'm not letting it get in my way.

That actually crossed my mind Stuart. All I could find were the Bren Gun kits and from what I gather need a bit of work. However if anyone knows better I'd be willing to give one a try. The first of my 1/48 Typhoons will be a car door.

The stripes have turned out great. When I did mine I sprayed black as the base colour, masked it and added the white stripes. The theory being the black acts as a kind of pre-shading when spraying the white. I'm not saying my way is better, just another way to do it.

Don't we just loooooove 'em!!!!!!!!!

One little thing to add, you need to be extremely careful removing the control stick from the blu tak.

Thank you Giorgio. Cheers Jim. What you really need is one of these...

Thanks very much, I'm sure yours will be just as good judging by the effort you've put into it so far. No problem, I'll take some underside pics tomorrow. I'm feeling the same as you at the moment regarding the Tiffy, next up will be the Hasegawa 1/48 car door version. I have to wait till my birthday on 5th November, it's here somewhere but my wife's hidden it.

Thanks Paul. Very little chance I'm afraid, I'll be at sea.... building more Typhoons.

Sorry Steve, I shouldn't really have laughed at that but I couldn't help it.

That sounds like a very good gadget to have in the armoury.

Thanks very much Dennis.

Thanks very much Steve. Two down three to go.... unless I buy more, which is entirely possible.

This is my second one and I also broke the antenna on my first, come to think of it the legs were a bit warped too. I agree it does build into a nice model, my first one was only let down by my painting, the reason why I'm giving it a second try... and perhaps a third as I have another one.

I keep getting an awful feeling I should have kept quiet about my minor triumph... disaster no doubt lurks around the corner.