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I suppose I could ask the obvious question: "what happened to the molds for the Contrail strut sections"...? Remember the packs; multiple sections in one pack for 1/144 and 1/72 models, another pack a size larger for 1/72 and 1/48 models and then the packs of 'same size' in about five (or so) different widths/thicknesses..? I have a very closly guarded stash of all of these, slowly dwindling down but surely it cannot be that difficult to produce in this day-and-age..? What about resin printing..? Now, there's a thought...! The lengths of most 1/48 bipe wings would surely be capable of being printed..? Just me thinking and wishing back to the 'good 'ol days'.....

Hi Duckwizard, All that you need for reference is on my website www.seawings.co.uk Go to Enter Site/Flying Boat Manuals/Supermarine Walrus/scroll down past the photo gallery to the very bottom/click download for Maintenance Manual/scroll through the pages to around number 270 and there you will find the actual dimensions of each wire, their exact placement positions and a massive amount of other info. I hope that helps you,

Hi Alan, sorry to hear about the health issues, been a hell of a year 'up here' too, be glad to see the back of it next month..! You have done a cracking job so far and am following from 'afar' as you go on. That's the beauty of scale modelling, it acts as a 'break' from everything else as one can indulge when you want to and go back to it when life gets in the way, as it's always there waiting for you. I sincerely hope all works out for you in due course, my friend. You know where to find me if you want a chat on flying boats at any time..!

Tony, can you email me off-board please and we'll check what you have together and see what I can add to it. You can get through through the CONTACT icon on the SEAWINGS website - just go to 'Enter Site Here' and scroll down the page. Doing it this way keeps it from chocking up this forum with our discussion! Cheers,

Hello Baron, I've just stumbled upon this build and you are doing a cracking job. You mention in the beginning that you purchased a manual (?). I have in my SEAWINGS archive an extensive set of Do-18 manuals and other reference material that might be of use to you. If that's the case, let me know and I'll set up a DrpBox folder for you. Cheers,

Hi All, After a marathon 7 hours of computer work, I have just finished up-loading vitually all I have from the SEAWINGS archive onto the website concerning the Supermarine Walrus; Plans, Maintenance Manual, Photo Gallery, more additions to the Walk-Rounds, Colour Profiles - you name it and it's 'up-there' somewhere, ready for Airfix in 2017...! All we need now is the kit!

Hi All, Well, as you would imagine, the Airfix 1/48 Walrus news is just fantastic - for me! It comes just as last month I started to up-date my website SEAWINGS again (www.seawings.co.uk) and I randomly chose to up-load all that I have in my archive for the Walrus - now that's fate for you! That said, it means that by the time the kit is released, all the reference material one could possibly need for the build will be there waiting for you. That includes photo-walk-rounds of each of the three surviving 'boats, plans, colour profiles, Maintenance manual drawings and images, shed-loads of stuff for it! In ther meantime, I'll keep an eye on the project and up-date my site accordingly. Cheers,

Hello all, I'm looking for something I know nothing about (!) so bear with me...... A good friend and scale armour modeler of mine wants to scratch build a British Army 1/35 scale MAN Kat truck fitted with a container side-loader. We cannot find that many decent photo's or any walk-rounds and certainly no scale drawings have come to light after evenings of searching by him, so he came to see me and this plea is the result. Anybody have access to any of this info? Or, indeed anything at all.....reference books, walk-rounds, plans, drawings....anything. Thanks for reading.

Guy, As you know, I - along with everyone else here - have followed your work on this kit since the very beginning. The 1/32 scale WNW Felixstowe F.2A kit is pretty awesome in itself as a manufactured item, but what you have done to it has taken it well beyond a 'finished plastic model kit'. What you have built - and with the way you have built it - you have created something very special, an absolutely flawless beautiful museum quality rendition of a flying boat that carries so much in the way of detail, requiring a real talent to bring it all together in the way that you have. It is about as perfect as it's possible to achieve in my humble opinion. Regardless of it being a flying boat, it is in anyone's book a 'showstopper' of a build the like of which one doesn't see all that often executed to this level of paint and detail finish. Even the finished model photographs are not the usual 'here it is' offering, they are superbly shot as well. In recognition of your talent as a scale modeler and for the fact that you have taken one of my all-time favourite flying boats and completed it to such a staggeringly high standard, you are indeed the worthly recipient of the SEAWINGS Gold Medal Model Award 2015. It won't change your life(!) but it will go with the permanent article planned for the site so that all the build notes and tips can be preserved for others in the future. Very well done, Guy. PS: What are you planning next?

Nuff said...........absolutely first-class build. Well done, Guy

Hi Guy, Can you drop me an email through the contact icon on the SEAWINGS website please? Go to the Index Page and scroll down to find the 'Contact SEAWINGS' icon. Many thanks...........

Hi Guy, Of all the builds of this kit I have seen so far, this is fantastic workmanship and is going to finish a real show stopper! Very, very well done. Question: It's so good I'd very much like to feature it on my SEAWINGS website - may I ask permission to 'borrow' the images and the descriptive text and turn it into an article for all to see and enjoy? Keep up the great work....

Hi All, For anyone building - or thinking of building - the Airfix 1/24th scale Hawker Typhoon Mk.Ib today I visited the IWM Duxford, England and shot a detailed walk-round of the world's only remaining original Mk.Ib cockpit. If you would like these images email me off-board at: bryan(dot)ribbans@btinternet(dot)com and I will DropBox them to you. Cheers,

Nick, Just had the same with your other blog: American A/C for the RAF. Can't get in. Can you kindly do the same for this one please? Many thanks,

Hello Nick, Sorry to bother you here but I have been logging onto your Aviation of Japan site for years now (it seems) but just gone to it today and it seems I cannot login as usual. It's telling me I don't have permission. Can you email me off-board (via SEAWINGS) and get me back in their again, please? It is a fantastic resource and I'm getting the shakes missing it.....! Cheers,