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Doesn't the set up of the Bristol 138 qualify more as an auxiliary supercharger rather than a two stage design. The Pegasus had its normal supercharger plus a shaft driven blower mounted on the bulkhead. Semantics I know 😂

A quick scan of Google seems to show that Bristol were keen on Turbochargers much more so than RR who had a quick look and decided it wasn't for them. About the time Bristol were struggling with large scale production of sleeve valves the turbo seemed to get forgotten about. I wonder if supercharger design had been pushed down the priority list because turbos are going to be the next big thing.

I have read plenty of times about Bristol supercharger design being behind RR supercharger design. I have never been able to find out what the problem was though or whether it was a fundamental design flaw or Bristol just needed to tweak one aspect of the design. Only thing that comes to my mind did the sleeve valves come into it did they prevent high boost.

Not so I noticed but you have me worried 😂 I will have to double check.

I had a similar problem with some letters from a 1/72 special Hobby kit. I found spraying water (from an old disinfect trigger spray bottle) on the surface to get it quite wet before laying the decal down made it easier to move it about. Only downside the decal took overnight before it was dry.

Winsor and Newton Sceptre Gold are my current favourite. I have a no 000, a no 0, a no 8 flat and an no 0 rigger and so far they have worked well with all my acrylics plus an occasional use with enamel. No bristles have come out yet but I managed to bend a few of the bristles out of shape on the no 0 by being clumsy. A quick dunk in very hot water then reshaping the bristles and dunking in very cold water seems to have sorted that out.

I have been using Alchohol hand wipes that come in small packets they do a good job. They arent so big you risk removing all the delicate parts but be careful they can damage Acrylic paint. Also some types can be quite a harsh texture so I avoid wiping clear parts just in case, I use a cotton bub dipped in Isopropanol for that.

My local hobby shop sells 4 brands of paint, Humbrol, Tamiya, Citadel and some very sparkly paints for RC cars. All the 4 racks are virtually empty and the shop owner doesnt know when stocks will be coming in. The Internet order place I order my Vallejo paints from the drop down list is about half greyed out because of no stock. Paint manufacturers like so many have been caught out by the crazy times and I bet when it comes to shall we make 250,000 litres of house decorating paint or shall we make 50 litres of model paint I bet I know which product gets made first.

I sold the airbrush on evilbay and got a really good price so for once I didn't lose out too much. I bought one of the cheap Chinese Iwata rip offs for £13 to use when nothing but an airbrush will do. It's a bit crude but after I stripped it down cleaned it and lubed it it can certainly lay down some paint. Cleaning seems a lot easier as well though I don't think the seals will last long the nozzle seal is already replaced.

If you ever fancy dabbling in 1/72 I would love a Fairey Hendon. I think a 1/48 version might break your size limits.

I haven't read Firing Now for a while, unfortunately it's in the loft but I will get it out and have a look. Is there anything you specifically want.

My personal preference is for synthetic brushes I use Vallejo acrylics and Citadel acrylics. My favourite brushes are Humbrol flat brushes Humbrol Brushes they arent too expensive and last about a year before the bristles start to spread if looked after.

I believe there are only about 130 Challengers in service anyway. The rest are in storage many missing useful parts like engines and guns because they are slowly being stripped to keep in service tanks running. Are spare guns, engines and ammo even being made any more.

MMP books no 4120 Firing Now by Dick Taylor This book explores the fascinating history of, tank and self propelled artillery ammunition used by the British and Americans in WW2.

Forgot to say needs to be multi speed and have a motor with a decent bit of oomph

My cordless Dremel battery has died after nearly 18 years. Dremel don't make the battery anymore so looking for a new Dremel style corded or cordless. I can't stretch to Dremel prices at the moment so which of the dozens of different knock off designs do you guys recommend. British based suggestions please. Just looking for the tool got plenty of accessories.

I modded mine to make them comfier. I dunked the sidearms in nearly boiling water pushed the arms back then dunked them in cold water. They now fit my oversized nut except my sister has temporarily (also known as permanently) borrowed them.

I glued myself to a bookshelf once and the debonder was just out of reach had to wait till someone came to rescue me🤣

Right I used 3 glues to build the kit. Five minute epoxy to glue the fuselage and boy am I glad I didn't use Cyano. Getting it aligned properly was not easy it was a case of it ending up slightly misaligned everywhere rather than a mm out in one place and five mm out at the tail. I think the castings were slightly twisted. Wings, undercarriage and tail feathers glued with Cyano flexible gel plus plenty of 0.7mm brass pins to give plenty of knock resistance. All the little bits glued with thin Cyano that was wicked into the joints. I did manage to get the right hand undercarriage slightly out of line but it's so well built it's not coming out so I will live with it. Who would have thought a resin kit wouldn't be perfect 🤪

It does look a bit dark to me ☹️ as I understand it US olive drab was a brownish green. Yours looks a bit too green. I wouldn't panic yet as said above given some Matt varnish it might take the tone down a notch. Then you could weather it with light greys and light browns. Another couple of coats of Matt and it should go another tone lighter. Or leave it in bright sunlight for a year it will soon tone down 😜

@JWM love this model. I am just starting a resin 1/72 kit of the little Breda and I was just wondering what colour you painted the cockpit. I have scanned Google images but can't find any cockpit colour scheme. I am a bit worried about the rigging I have always left the rigging out on models but I am determined to have a go this time.

It must be marvelous to be so good that everything you do is perfect first time. I on the other hand possess no skills and very little experience. I thought I would ask before getting something wrong but obviously I should know better.

I am going to build a resin aeroplane kit and I was wondering what is the best adhesive. The kit instructions say to use Cyano but I find that sometimes I need to wiggle a part into position and Cyano even the thick stuff just doesn't give enough time. Am I okay to use 5 minute epoxy. Or is there a slow setting Cyano that will give me a minute or so of wiggle time.

I thought the panel lines on the Airfix were very good, visible but not deep or wide. Do you mean the old Airfix kit because that was pretty bad typical 1960s details.

Have you factored in import duties. I have ordered bicycle parts and tools from Japan and paid duties 4 out of 6 times.