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Well, the kit ones probably scale out to be the size of drain pipes 🙂 Tim

Hello from Harwell (well Rutherford, so I assume the same site?). Tim

'ere, you looking at me?

Plastic from the kit. seam lines take a bit of care to tidy up, but not to bad. Tim

You could buy this and the "normal" version, put the interior from the normal into the bulldog and just do a closed up normal? Tad expensive though Tim

Thanks for the reply, very useful as my knowledge of this area is rather lacking. Tim

This was one of those builds where things just didn't go right. I even managed to loose the exhaust somehow. Just replaced it with some plastic tube bent to about the right shape. Could do with a figure to go with it, but not found one yet. Did Bronco ever bring out their modern British figures? Tim

Oh, that's sad. well executed though 🙂 Tim

Thanks for the comments all. Rick, yes the problem with the cowling has been discussed here. A quick search will show the conversations. There is a resin replacement if you need one. Tim

makes me want to go and build one, damn-it.

Well it had to be done. Everyone else has one. Don't you? Have to fish out the typhoon and tempest out the roof sometime for a family portrait. Just need a MkII tempest and I'd be a very happy camper. Enough has been said about the Airfix Sea Fury, so I wont repeat details. I enlarged the cowling by putting a 15 thou plastic card shim on each side. That just about makes it fit. I added a gun sight from an Eduard Spitfire that I had spare (not that you can really see it). The decals are from an AeroMaster sheet as I wanted one with the black and white stripes. The photos show a couple of areas I need to touch up. Oh well. Its not like I have other kits to build 😉 Enough waffle, on with the pics. Tim

Trust you to go for the red light district 😋 Tim

I had considered the Yugoslav Gnat. They only had three (or so) for trials, but i haven’t totally ruled it out 🙂 Tim

This is the last of the F1's I'll be doing for now. I'm sure some will argue if its an F1 or an Ajeet, but as this was built out the box, I'm not to fussed. It looks right to me. A simple little kit to do, and takes up little space on the shelf 🙂 Tim

If you look at this image then you will see that the markings on the tail of PS-U are different to the rest (apart from PS-Z!). Probably pre-war colours? lets not open that can of worms 🙂 Tim

spoil sport

Its jolly descent of you to lead the way on this one, will save me some heart-ache when I finally start mine 😉 Tim

https://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ethbib.bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_LBS_SR01-01416_230396.html https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/248120260704687270/?lp=true https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/how-was-this-inline-aircraft-engine-cooled.58197/ if you have not already found these. None really help. Tim

Oh, you know me to well, but a modicum of surprise would have been appreciated ;-) I was about to offer you my “Fiona” decals, but then realised that was the one I was going to do (in camo). Sorry. take care both. tim

What flavour is it? Well you are ahead of me, I've not not got further than trying to tape the fuselage together. I have the interior set too. Adds a bit to the look. Are you going to go anything to the shape of the rear of the engine nacelles? Tim (does it come on a stick? (or was that a different sketch)?)?

Ah, I see what you mean. I'll have to break out the sandpaper.................... Or live with it :-) Tim

not quite mirrored, but not as fared in as the real thing as far as I can tell from the photos - A bit of reshaping may be required on the top wing Tim

Better price here - http://www.oxoniansplasticfantastic.com/valom-172-model-kit-72129-de-havilland-dh91-albatross-raf-7038-p.asp Tim

good thinking that man, but then that requires forward planning, or planning of any type, something that is lacking in my psyche! Yeh, OK I'm just a lazy bugger ;-) Tim

With mine I found that putting a shim of 15 thou plastic card along one edge of the cowling where the fasteners are makes everything fit just about perfectly. I'll post a photo if I remember to take one. Tim