Max Headroom

with a dark secret

Yodelled for Kazakstan once

I work under the flight path for JLA and because the weather is warmish, most of the windows are open. This afternoon I heard an unfamiliar rumbling of turbo props. When I engaged my plane spotter app I found that it was a Covak Air An-12, UN-CNN. Would have been nice to see it as well as hear it. Trevor

You lot worry me

and not recyclable either

That is a nice variety I take it the Sentinal is ex RAF and what is sticking out of its nose? Trevor

Brilliant! It thought that was the real thing in the first few shots until you pulled back. Top job Trevor

Wheels and props. That’s it basically…….Must get it over the line Trevor

@SafetyDad that’s the only photo I’ve ever seen of that arrangement and can only assume it was a one-off. Quite why someone went to the time and bother of doing this in the first place is a bit of a mystery. Trevor Edit - there were definitely two styles. BoBF Lanc is a I(FE) with enlarged radiator fronts and the CWH one is an X with ‘normal’ style. Best thing to do is to find them both together and compare. Quick Googling for ‘two Lancasters’ threw up this…. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-lancaster-bombers-for-the-first-time-since-the-1950s-two-avro-lancasters-72631266.html Trevor Edit 2 Here are the York and BoB Lancaster at Duxford last year. Both have the deeper style radiator front If you look at the bottom line it seems flatter than the standard type Here are some from a similar angle on the Canadian one http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=53316 Notice how the bottom line seems to curve up. HTH Trevor

Very nicely built and the subtle weathering is very effective Trevor

Zombie thread resurrection! Just found out today that as a Sky Movies subscriber, I can get Paramount+ for no extra cost Good news for those with that package. If you’re with Virgin or BT it may be worth your while checking out if you get the same deal. so then…..Disco, Weird New Places and Below Decks. I got a lot of catching up Trevor

Zombie thread revival. Latest edition of Air Forces Monthly has a piece on this and seems to think the 149 to be the right choice. Trevor

Happy 4th July to the other side of the pond (I know you’re all still asleep atm!) Trevor

Well. That’s gone together quickly Very impressed at the buildability of the Vc kit. Trailing edges are much thinner, so that’s one gripe solved. Engraved detail is better. I think that of the three, Eduard is head and shoulders over the other two, the Vc is next and whilst the Frankenspit is in bronze position, I’m still very happy with the way it’s turned out so far. A (bad) update on the wing dihedral conundrum from before. Not very obvious, but I think Eduard and the Vc are closer to each other than to Frankie. Let’s wait until all three are on their legs before commenting further. Talking of Frankie, here is the donated canopy after grafting and with before and after blending shots Not perfect (none of my builds ever come close!)but I’m there in the ball park. My new plan is to get all three to the same build state, so that I can prime them together and then do the paint jobs Watch this space. Trevor

This is getting out of hand……. I needed a canopy for the Frankenspit and having failed to find a suitable donor part I justified the acquisition of the new Airfix Vc (it has two canopy options) I bought it off the Brazilian rain forest and accidentally opted for next day delivery (I’m not a Prime member) and that added another four quid! Still, it’s here now. I decided the III would have the closed canopy option. Lo and behold it mostly fitted, but needs filling out at the base of the windscreen. So I fixed that and the open canopy option on the Eduard kit. So now I have a spare Vc kit. Might as well build that too After this afternoon’s sesh, I have 2.5 Spitfires on the go (if you discount the ICM XVI in 1/48 that I also have too). I have decided that the ‘newbie’ won’t be finished as a Vc, (Frankenspit 1 took care of that) and instead it’ll probably end up as a Seafire II. My name is Trevor and I have a Spitfire problem…….. Trevor

It’s a Mini but not as I know it! The badge says “Gordon”. Saw it this afternoon in Heswall. It’s a left hooker, full leather interior, shortened at the back and has a tailgate. It’s tiny! A few minutes later it had gathered quite a crowd. Trevor

I think Formaplane did a vacform back in the 80’s. Usual caveat about price/availability. Trevor

Hello Just had a ‘like’ for this. I know I’ve been ignoring this build and I promise I’ll finish it. Thanks @USA Cousin Soon Trevor

Never seen one of these built up so will watch with interest Trevor

Unexpected - maybe a Tucano next? The Cranwell red is easily explained as a printing error. Look at the painting guide and you’ll only see one shade mentioned. Trevor

is a magnificent secret

A bag of non-clumping cat litter

That has turned out very nicely indeed. Cracking build. Trevor

@Troy Smith thanks for the heads up. I have plenty of spare roundels, tail flashes and serials accumulated over the years and fancy a camouflaged example but with post war ‘bright’ markings. I don’t have the Eduard kit and this is an exercise in scratching. BTW a square spade grip!!! 10 amp fuse wire sorted that out Trevor