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Is not the clear sprue in its own bag? at least that's normal practice nowadays. I seem to have read that kit QC is by weighing the complete boxed kit, to quite close tolerances, rather than having someone look and say looks ok to me. Not casting any nasturtiums but there was an article in the hobby press a while back called 'the dark side of the spares box' or something like that. one of the common ones was someone opening a kit box in the store or warehouse and pocketing useful bits. I'm sure this is a genuine case but there are many reasons for parts not found other than manufacturer quality.

Thanks very much Jure that's exactly what I need. I am building the 32 scale Montex Fury excellent kit but not much instructions. I found many pictures but no good drawings but it is clear from the pictures that your drawing is good, very small dihedral on upper wing and more on the lower. Thank you Bill

Thanks Jure I'm sure its a typo the upper wing is flat or very near and the lower has some dihedral maybe about 3 degrees?

Got this in progress but wondering about wing dihedral? I got no decent drawings only a very small one from the Putnam Hawker book. Seems to me a little bit of dihedral on the upper wing and a bit more on the lower? Anyone please help with the actual dihedrals in degrees? Thanks Bill

I reckon I can get a Skybolt semi submerged in a Vulcan bomb bay. It's only slightly longer than a Blue Steel and some of that would be the aerodynamic fairing at the tail, I could lose that. A three Skybolt Vulcan? Be a bit overweight but could lose some fuel, its not coming back is it. :^(

I got one Skybolt missile left over from a Vulcan/Skybolt build. Anyone suggest a suitable hypothetical carrier aircraft for it? Wont fit under a TSR2 already tried that. Thanks Bill

G ACDC is going to have to go on the back burner for a little while I sort out paint and decals want to do the original dark red. Meantime I'm going for G ANOD in all black because its real easy and keeps the momentum up. Bill

OK try again https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOuOQOVAXBc_sVJx30qaDMcSjfu2guy-ZrgXaRj

So this is where we are now... next up tweaking the windscreen to fit nice. Rest of the glazing will be in Clearfix. Bill ok ok I'm trying to put a picture in here off my phone (Samsung Android) and it wont play....help......

HI John Could I trouble you for a couple sets of your ACDC decals? Two because of my hamfistedness . I found another Tiger kit, actually your Aero72 one, so I'm shooting for both ACDC plus another scheme to be determined when I get the rest of the Moth thread bits in. Let me know please how I can pay you Thanks Bill

Well now I really messed it up, this was going to be a quick oob to go with the Hornet Moth which is now in paint.... But once I start veering off the box stuff then I start thinking get some more decals for the deeper red scheme which leads to looking at alternative schemes which leads to 60 odd quids worth of Moth kits and decals inbound now I have to buy the wife something of equivalent value. Oh well I was going to get into a 72 scale British civil series anyway so what better than a bunch of Moths. Bill

Thanks that looks about right. do you recall which Tamiya red it was? I got TS8 Italian red and TS49 Bright red, the Italian red looks closest? Next modelling day I'm going to lay down three stripes of white/silver/black then at right angles over that the three most likely reds and see what looks good. Red in particular seems quite sensitive to the under color Bill

Started in on the 72 scale Airfix Tiger Moth as G-ACDC to complement the Fox Moth a building. Got a problem with the red color, the Airfix callout is for humbrol 20 Crimson, but when I look at my tin of that looks way too dark compared to pictures of ACDC on the web. Anyone built ACDC yet or got a better suggestion for the color? Thanks Bill

After a bit of thought I decided to drill and pin (.5mm brass wire) the wing and tailplane attachments. This will let me finish the parts separately and have some wiggle room in aligning the wings. The area around the doors is a mess right now I broke the door window frames, oh well press on.... Bill

Thanks John that helps with some other issues as well, I am going to have to scratch most of the undercarriage and other struttery as the cast resin bits are too delicate for my fumble fingers. Bill

Ok got the fuselage together starting to figure out the wings looks like a little dihedral needed I got the Putnam DH book it it doesn't say.... The lower wings have a upsweep on the inboard trailing edge, at first I thought the parts were warped but the two wings have the same curve which nicely matches the fuselage so I may leave it unless some of you guys know better? Bill

Thanks for that going with the maroon leather interior. Got all the interior bits together and rough painted just noticed the 'parcel shelf' behind the seats wonder if I should do a Fortnum and Mason hamper to go there? Don't like the transparencies they are mostly clear plastic bits designed the flush fit into very thin resin frames, my chances of doing that cleanly then sanding flush and masking is in the 'too hard' basket. Going to keep the windshield and fill the rest of the openings with Clearfix. Bill

Ok thanks I think a luxury car type of interior would be appropriate Bill

I got a 144 scale vacform Vimy Commercial kit which tempts me from time to time but I'm not inspired enough to go for it yet

Just starting the Denko Hornet Moth, the color call out for the interior just says 'light blue grey' Going for 'Ariadne' can anyone help me with more detail on the interior? I found some web pictures with a nice looking maroon leather seat/door interior finish and a walnut? dashboard but don't know if this finish was that of Ariadne or some other airframe. Thanks Bill

My current project is British Airliners Imperial Airways through BOAC BEA and BA. All in 144 Now built are HP42 Short C class Empire AW Atlanta DH91 Albatross DC3 Airspeed Ambassador HP Hermes Stratocruiser Constellation Britannia Comet 707 Trident VC10 Concorde in progress Viscount 747 My original intent was to stick to aircraft of British manufacture but who can resist a Concorde or the Queen of the Skies 747

OK I'm going with red/green on the upper float makes sense if the legs are handed and you want to know which one goes where when they are being floated out Bill

Thanks that makes sense I found a few pics which seem to indicate the leg was about the same color as the airframe, the cork collars are sometimes darker sometimes not, probably the difference between wet and dry. Bill

Any of you folks got ideas on the color of the beaching gear for the C class 'Empire' flying boat? I'm working on the Welsh 144 one right now and starting the paint.. I have a suspicion from a Sunderland build long ago that it might be yellow? Thanks Bill

Hey thanks anyway but I cant even stretch a short length of round sprue with any reliability. However I don't reckon interplane struts were airfoil section generally, more like planks with rounded leading and trailing edges. I got some plastic strip about the right size I am going to have a try to soften up the edges on that. Don't want to give up I really want a 144 1930s airliner Bill