Nigel Bunker

And to think I moaned loudly when my insurance went up from £400 a year to £500 a year in November.

Wellthe new Airfix B-24H seems to be getting positive reviews. Luke from my local model club has done an online build here which will give you a chance to have a look before you splash the cash.

14th February 1977. Dinner with a nice girl at a good Italian restaurant followed by ABBA in concert at the Royal Albert Hall. A wonderful evening.

If you want to make an early F-14, then I refer you to this. Early VF-1 & VF-2 aircraft had the beaver tail with the dielectric panels fitted. Due to problems, these panels cracked and were subsequently removed. Later, the beaver tails were replaced with the final design. If you want to make an early VF-1 F-14 I suggest you find a picture of one and use that as a basis.

Interestingly he was on last night's (02/04/24) edition of QI on BBC2. Obviously a pre-recorded programme, like most these days. UK viewers should be able to watch it on BBC iPlayer.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Their website is http://www.fujimimokei.com/ . You may be able to contact them through that, though the site is in Japanese and will need translating. Alternatively an advert in the Wanted section might bring results.

Fresh baguette, butter and smoked back bacon. Heaven. And leave the condiments in the cupboard.

Our wedding day was one week before my late wife's birthday. It made March a very expensive month, always with two presents to buy.

To quote the late Frank Carson, every morning when I wake up I stretch my arms. If they don't hit the side of a coffin, it's going to be a good day.

This conversion was for an HP Halifax C.VIII, very similar but not identical to an HP Halton, but probably an easier conversion (uses bomber clear nose and no fuselage windows to be added).

I think you'll have to start building the stash, as will we all.

Only if re-engined with a jet engine.😀 Only if re-engined with a jet engine.😀 Only if re-engined with a jet engine.😀

Time to visit a medium and try to contact Edgar? I miss his Spitfire knowledge.

The issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling was Volume 5, Issue 9 (June 1983).

That was my intention, but as long as people have fun with the topic, all's good.

I seem to recall the fuselage is the wrong length on this kit, and is pretty well unfixable.

I was just thinking about how long aircraft serve for these days. F-14. First flight 21 December 1970. Still in service with IRIAF. 53 years. F-15. First flight 27 July 1972. Still in service with various air forces and still in production. 51 years. F-16. First flight 20 January 1974. Still in service with various air forces and still in production. 50 years. I can think of others but will leave it to my fellow Britmodellers to supply the facts. Have fun. (I bet the DC-3/C-47 holds the overall record for any type, prop or jet).

I think that equates to 18" in old money.

Hello Keith. Like Mark I have looked in both books & magazines, also on the internet, and it looks like you can have the canopy open or the fan lift doors open but not both. Nigel

In 1/72. Orange Hobby made (or make) a kit of the F-35C. I bought one a couple of years ago but had to buy it from BNA Models on Australia as it was a choice of buying it from there or China.

Moulds don't normally get shipped around as they are big heavy blocks of metal. What normally happens is that a company will order so many thousand sets of mouldings which are moulded by the company who own the moulds. These are bagged and shipped to the customer who adds instructions and decals then boxes them as their own product.

My apologies for raising this topic again. Every time I think of something new to discuss, people have already been there before me.

I want to build a 1/72 model of the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master. I believe it shares the same basic airframe as the Yak 130, but are there any changes that need to be made? I know the engines and avionics are different, but I don't think that these affect thew look of the aircraft. So does anybody know of the differences?

I believe it's known as natural selection.