Robert Stuart

Hello, It looks as though Les Français d'Outré Mer is doing well in the poll, and (barring a massive upset) will go ahead. L'Egyptienne, Frégate de 24, 1799 I'm thinking of building the frigate L'Egyptienne (launched in 1799) or, at least, a partial build, plank on bulkhead, without rigging. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_frigate_Égyptienne_(1799). You can see more of her story at that link.

Done that 😋

I've been thinking about a Pitcairn Island related build for a little while now. May I put down for that?

OK, click through on some of those links. Alamy : https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/l118-light-gun.html?sortBy=relevant The fourth image (Edinburgh) looks interesting, showing what can be different. It seems (from the photos here) that the breech and muzzle break can be green or silver. Metal that slides on metal is unpainted (steel) - parts of the breech and recoil mechanisms. The Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L118_light_gun Note the 1 o'clock gun (second image) is a bit different (Edinburgh again) Recoil springs may or may not be covered. Cover colours will be selected for local conditions - white for the 1 o'clock gun, camouflage (or oil stains) for an Aussie gun, green/khaki for others. There may be red detailing, especially in British use.

Did you try googling images? Click https://www.google.com/search?q=L118+105mm+Light+Field+Gun Then click images My first image linked to the wikipedia page, and the second to the Royal Artillery Museum

Is this a strictly aviation build? This was made with sticks & string: Both the original, and the kit were wood and string... Just asking

Sounds like a fun project, afew years back, I built a Freelancer from the game Star Citizen

Don't know why I missed this before, yes, a great idea! Seeing as how nice the kits are, I'll look out for an AFV Club Churchill

This sounds like a well-founded idea. OK, I'm in

Just ordered a Border Miniatures Crusader Mk III from the Tank Museum shop, which has a reasonable supply of the later mark. Mk ll's are in limited supply there. Link: https://tankmuseumshop.org/search?type=product%2Carticle&options[prefix]=last&q=crusader

Sounds interesting, OK, sign me up

Thanks Rob, I pinched the idea from the Panzerserra's blog (https://panzerserra.blogspot.com/search/label/Churchill Mk III AVRE - S.B.G. (Small Box Girder) assault bridge about 1/2 way down that page), swapping in a two part epoxy for dental acrylic. You are welcome :). There are a number of Churchill AVRE bridge layers on that linked page. One thing you may want to look out for, most SBG tanks carried a small fascine to smooth the entry to deployed bridges.

Glad to be of help, though I wasn't aware that you collected comic books too. I used to buy British reprints of Marvel comics, think my mother was glad top see me reading anything.

I used ScaleModelShop, Jadlam, Wildcat and the Tank Museum Shop (sometimes the cheapest source) to find stuff for this build.

Sounds like a fun build. Have you thought about opening it up to include wingie things like (say) a C47 or floatie stuff, a Liberty ship for example?