TallBlondJohn

"...and will be nicknamed Moggy" I'm sure it will, but if you decide it in advance its not really a nickname is it?

Enjoy it, that's what counts. We now know the hull wasn't red!

Not for some years I'm afraid, got to get retired first. But it is in the (large) 'definitely do' stash, not the (very large) 'maybe' stash. It is Hood after all - my great-grandfather knew some of the men who built the 1:1.

Lovely job Arnold. I have 2 Hoods in my 1/600 stash, I plan a 1932/Mediterranean fleet and a what-if 1942 with the same 'rules' as yours - no aftermaket, scratchbuilt extras only. Though I do find cheap Belfasts are a great source of better parts. Can't face a 1/600 1941, already got one in 1/700 and a 1/350 in the Stash - how may Hoods is too many?

Just a quick note to say my cryptic clue was just meant to be a change for those who like that sort of thing, but then the Exupery answer came up - at last, one I knew - and its all I've got right now. I appreciate it might not suit non-English speakers, so if anybody wants to chip in with a more traditional offering, go ahead. Shame I came out too fast with the Warburton connection, could have used that.

Thanks! Ok for my question I'll repost my cryptic clue above: My first is my first. My second was the one before me. The first was my third. My fourth was one of my contemporaries My fifth was a cat's cat and another cat. My sixth stands for what I am For full points you have to get each. Hint - two aren't aviation related, just wordplay.

What is the connection between the 2558 metres high mountain in the middle and a very famous pilot? Pilot/author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Saint Exupery in Argentina, named after him. Small bit of trivia: both Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and Adrian Warburton both disappeared on reconnaissance missions in P-38s (F-5B variant) in 1944.

If I may, I have something easy but different? My first is my first. My second was the one before me. The first was my third. My fourth was one of my contemporaries My fifth was a cat's cat and another cat. My sixth stands for what I am For full points you have to get each. Hint - two aren't aviation related, just wordplay.

Apparently one of the crew was dumb enough to post a photo of his girlfriend standing in front of it - with the street visible out of the window, enabling geo-location. At least that's the story going around the DIY geo-location community, I suspect Ukraine didn't have too much trouble tracking this thing.

11 Darn it. Not one of my guesses were right, but there were 3 I 'knew' but too rusty to recall.

Prinz was radioactive after the Able and Baker tests and was towed to Kwajalein Atoll, where she developed a leak, capsized and sank,. She's still there upside down in shallow water and a popular scuba diving site. One of her screws has been removed and returned to Germany as a naval memorial.

Just look at the leather on that seat. I think I need to go and have a lie down.

beautiful build, I have this is the stash due to build about 2040. Is there a registration issue with the top wing roundels or is that just the light?

Beautiful. Great choice of scheme

Beautiful work