[Hobby Boss - 'RAF Gladiator' Easy Assembly Authentic Kit, Times Two - 1/72 - Both Finished!]

On 1/9/2024 at 8:56 PM, Alan P said:

Ah, while you are very kind, I did mean tortuous rather than torturous 🤓 it may be demanding to read but doesn't inflict pain!

That depends on whether you're a former English teacher or not.

[Mitsubishi F-1 Hasegawa 1/72]

Very cool!

[interesting tail colour on rcaf P-40]

Purely guesswork, but since they all seem to have the leading edges of the wings painted I'd go for yellow if they're in an OTU.

 

DennisTheBear

[What's your latest purchase?]

A rather nice gentleman realized that since he wasn't going to live to the ripe old age 653 he had better do some stash clearence and I snagged these from Evilbay.

Novo (ex-Frog) 1/72 Bristol Beaufort

Hasegawa 1/72 NA F-86D 'USAFE'

3 Airwaves detail sets:

AC72190 Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota

AC7295 F-102A Delta Dagger

AC72108 TBF Avenger

 

Since he doesn't live too far away and offered local pick-up I even saved on the postage.

 

DennisTheBear

[Sandwood Bay Spitfire]

Oh, well done. Do you know if Michael Kilburn's family is still extant? If they are I'm sure they would be most appreciative of your efforts to ensure rememberance.

 

DennisTheBear

[Transformations - Weird innit?]

This is what happens when one commits to the One True Scale.

 

DennisTheBear

[Hello from Spain...]

Hello from Australia, and welcome to BM! You will find lots of very knowledgable and very helpful people here.

 

DennisTheBear

["Passion Wagon" - Captain Charles Weaver's P51D Mustang in 1:72]

I'm not offended by the nose art. Very cool looking Mustang!

[FOUR the love of ......]

houses for sale before

[1/35 NRL diorama for my mate's 60th]

Haha, love it! Now to really wind him up you should do one with the period appropriate Dragons mascot being punched by the Steelers mascot (my hero Stanley the Steel Avenger!)

 

DennisTheIllawarraBear

[Up on the North Norfolk Coast]

Hi @terryc from the magical land of Oz. If you were able to wire all BMers together you'd have the answer to every question ever asked since the first atom bumped into its neighbour. Collective wisdom does not do it justice.

Welcome back to the fold!

 

DennisTheBear

[A non recognized airplane on a footage from Spanish Civil War]

The fabled Farley Fruitbat prototype?🤣🤣🤣

 

I'll get my coat.

Exit stage left.

 

DennisTheBear

[Spitfire Vb Normandy - Non-standard camouflage scheme]

2 hours ago, Mark Postlethwaite said:

I think what we're seeing here is a new grey panel where an erk was charged with painting the green section and carefully lined up his edges with the upper cowling and then roughly made up the rest from memory!

That would make a great dio. Spit with cowls of, two erks arguing over the correct I attern to make.😂

[P51D AMI 6 Stormo]

Not a scheme you see every day on a Mustang. Well done!

 

DennisTheBear

[Avro 504К (Sk 3) (model 1914) (Airfix 1:72 old set)]

Absolutely superb, and in the One True Scale!

 

DeenisTheBear

[1:72 ESCI RF-5A]

Nice.

 

DennisTheBear

[What music are you playing VIII.]

Japanese rock and pop-punk.

[Heller 1:72 Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation]

19 hours ago, Hoverboy01 said:

south of Sydney Australia at the HARS Aviation Museum

(Shaking head sadly) Sydneysiders! It's in Wollongong.

Yeah, it looks OK I spose (grumble grumble, bloody Sydneysiders grumble grumble).

 

Almost not quite joking aside you've done a stirling job on that one.

 

DennisTheGrumpyIllawarraBear

[Greetings from Canada]

On 3/2/2023 at 4:29 AM, Mike said:

 Britmodellers know things

Whether the rest of humanity wants, or needs, us to know those things.

 

Welcome from Brisbane in the magical land of Oz!

 

DennisTheBear

[Missing/Gone Forums?]

".....but they'll never take our BRITMODELLER!!"

 

DennisTheBear

[1/72 Hobbyboss Corsair easy -kit.]

Noice! I love the HobbyBoss Easy Kits.

 

DennisTheBear

[Absolute frustration - rigging!]

7 hours ago, Patrik said:

In worst case, you may try my rather heretic approach. 23 years of happy 1/72 biplane modelling, and - despite all well-meant advices of fellow Britmodellers, Modelforumers, and all other -ers - still cheerfully ignoring all temptation to add the rigging.😃

 

Ditto

 

DennisTheBear

[We're here FOUR the money!]

that your pigeons are

 

DennisTheBear

[Sorry to be out of touch...]

At least it was only a small explosion in your computer. The big explosions can be right startling.

[Moorabbin Air Museum]

Last week my family and I went to Melbourne. While this was our first chance in 9 years to have a holiday as a family my wife and daughter were hell bent on shopping and graciously allowed me 2 days (more or less) to go off alone to "see my things".

On the first of those two days I trundled off to Metro Hobbies and snagged a Takom 1/350 P Class airship and an Avis 1/72 Hawker Cygnet. 

But on the second of my days I trained and bussed to the Moorabbin Air Museum. I have to say that the experience I had there was nothing short of superb!

When paying my AU$10 entry fee I asked the ladies at the counter if it would be possible to see some of the restoration that the museum is constantly undertaking. To my absolute delight I got a guided tour of the smaller workshop and storage yard at the main museum area, and the large workshop about a hundred and fifty metres up the road.

To give just two highlights of my day I plastered myself up against a Douglas DC-2 that is waiting for restoration, and got to go inside a DC-3 under restoration.

I highly recommend visiting the museum and talking to the wonderful staff.

 

DennisTheBear