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  1. I have shelved the 1:48 Nieuport for the present (although Robert's link showing Albert Ball's Nieuport 16 has given me new hope to finish it).

    I wanted to do a smaller, easier kit. So, I'm making up the R.E.8 (although there seems to ba a fair amount of rigging).

    Here is the box shot and the first update. I've got a lot further with this over three days than I have on the Nieuport in two months!

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    The only changes I have made is to use part of a paperclip to create the housing for the rear Lewis gun. The kit one was too round and too thick.

    Cheers

    Deacon

  2. Gary, more pics please (you can never have too many of a Mossie :winkgrin: ).

    On the issue of whether you will get the kit finished in time, I would say, if you don't mind, just enjoy the build mate.

    A lot of GB's are put together to give us modellers some focus on what to build next and to share a particular interest within the hobby.

    A lot of us have been where you about the possibility of not finishing a build in time and I for one have made a kit a chore rather than a pleasure.

    I've actually gone over the top with GB's this year and now realise I won't be able to complete them all, but that's fine so long as I focus on enjoying the hobby.

    From the sounds of it, with the interior stuff all together to be painted over the weekend, you're doing fine anyway.

    Look forward to your next update.

    Deacon

  3. For a while now I have thought that I wanted to theme my 'modelling' but not make it too narrow.

    As a consequence I have decided that 99% of my builds will be of British aircraft or aircraft flown by RAF squadrons.

    So the Nieuport has been shelved and will be replaced by a British aircraft.

    Cheers

    Deacon

  4. When this GB was proposed I said I would be building an Arado Ar 240C-2 NF.

    Since then I have decided I would like to something British (and hopefully simpler) so here is my entry, Matchbox's 1:72 Gloster Meteor NF14.

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    I'm pretty sure this conforms to the GB rules, let me know if it doesn't.

    Cheers

    Deacon

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