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I will take a look , thanks!
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Thanks Guys. Much appreciated
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I have just started my s and m hastings and im wondering about the dihedral on the wings. The plans in the wrpaint book show the outer panels with slight dihedral , but all of the photos seem to show that the top surface is pretty much flat and the bottom surface tapers up to the wingtip , similar to a hurricane. Also does anyone have a good clear photo of the trainee bomb aimer interior , or underside of the cockpit floor please. I know theres a good photo in the walkaround section but anything else would be great please tia
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Doesnt look like its had much use , the front uprights/axles have nearly no wear.
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Check the connectors on the receiver etc , check Xtals match etc. I must admit if i had have seen it i would have bid on it! Ive had a few re res of the hornet and the things i noticed were no cut out in the chassis for the 7.2 hump , no cutouts in the rear screen for the resistor. The plastic quality doesnt seem to be as good as it used to either.
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Thats lovely and original. Its got the original black speedo too. The only thing i dont remember having is the metal resistor cover.. Many a blistered finger from touching the ceramic after running it indoors. The box with the radio gear is great too. I always seemed to get green xtals with mine!
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Yup did it with a couple of models in one go when i got fed up with models. A trumpeter 1/24 hurricane and a trumpeter tbm. I did feel better after!
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A-20G 43-10224 640BS 409BG 9th Airforce Help please
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Im not sure if anyone will be able to help , but im looking for any info on the above Havoc. It took off from Little Walden and collided with another plane. The Havoc crashed in a field where a Lady Named Elizabeth Anne Everitt tried to save the crew. Taken from the IWM archive Chelmsford Chronicle Friday 2/6/1944 reported: 'U.S. Airmen Honour Widow WHO GAVE LIFE TO SAVE CREW MOST of the 500 villagers of Ashdon, near Saffron Walden, attended the funeral on Wednesday of a brave woman-of the village who gave her life trying to save the crew of a blazing aircraft which, after colliding with another airplane, crashed in meadow in the She was Mrs. Elizabeth Everitt, of Puddlewharf Farm, Ashdon, 38-year-old widow of a farmer who died last October. She was milking cows at the time of the crash. Her four-year-old son Anthony was with her. Mrs. Everitt, a trained nurse, and her neighbour, Mrs. Mary Baldwin, 28, the widow of an R.A.F. pilot, ran over to the blazing wreckage. An airman staggered out. He was badly burned. " There are other chaps in the cockpit." he said. SENT FOR DOCTOR Mrs. Baldwin helped to get off his parachute while Mrs. Everitt, after giving orders to telephone for the doctor and get some bandages, prepared to dash into the cockpit, now enveloped in flames. An American staff-sergeant who had cycled up tried to dissuade her. Cannon bullets were flying about. But Mrs. Everitt went in. She was getting a man out when a terrific explosion occurred. Mrs. Everitt was killed. So were the airman and the staff-sergeant. Mrs. Baldwin said this of her brave neighbour afterwards: " How she reached the fuselage in that terrific heat I cannot imagine. And she dragged an airman out. She was a woman in a million.'' Little Anthony Everitt, now motherless as well fatherless, is being cared for by his uncle, Mr. George Everitt, who lives on a farm close by. AIRMEN'S SALUTE The Parish Church at Ashdon was filled for the funeral service, and many women sympathisers were in tears. During the service a formation of American aircraft circled over the cemetery, and as the coffin was lowered into the grave airplanes dipped in a final salute. Thirty members of the U.S.A.A.F. were among the mourners, who also included the Mayor of Saffron Walden (Cr. S. S. Wilson). The Rector, the Rev. T. P. Clark, officiated. Among the numerous wreaths was one inscribed: "In honour of very brave Englishwoman, from the Mayor and people of Saffron Walden " The Colonel Commanding the U.S bomber group to which the crashed airplane belonged, in a message to her family, spoke of Mrs. Everitt's "noble and courageous effort," and added: " Her action symbolises and strengthens the tie of unity and faith which binds English and Americans so closely as they fight together for the protection and preservation of our common faith and ideals." MEMORIAL WARD The Mayor of Saffron Walden informed The Essex Chronicle yesterday that he has opened an "Elizabeth Everitt Fund," by which he hopes to raise at least £2,000 for Saffron Walden General Hospital in memory of Mrs. Everitt. Many Americans have promised to subscribe, Mrs. Everitt was much interested in the hospital, and her husband died there last October'. Now i know enough about the story , but only just discovered it was a Havoc. Im currently building the HK models kit and would love to build this aircraft. Other than knowing it would have had a W5 on it i dont really know anything else. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Yes i needed to start selling straight away. Good to know that storage posatge etc is deductable but might be depressing when i see how much it comes to!
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This was actually the nudge i needed. As some of you know , i inherited an entire collection from a friend after he died. I have been selling this off on ebay since May 2023. I though i would check up on what i had made when i read about the new rules . and im glad i did. I have made well over the allowance so i have now registered as self employed and will fill out a tax return before next April? This also lead me to look at my postage costs since May , which again was shocking! Theres also the £130 a month storage unit cost which i think i can take off the total?
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1/32 TIE Fighter: AMT Studio Series
gunpowder17 replied to TimT's topic in Work In Progress - SF & RealSpace
I spent a fair few hours detailing the cockpit only to end up spraying the whole interior matt black! I want to go for the studio model look. Yours looks great though -
Looking fantastic. Its so good to see this getting built rather than sitting in my friends loft. Great job
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Its a lovely kit. You will need some dense nose weight. Ive used the stick on type car wheel type , and they really are not heavy enough for the space provided.. Ive ended up using tungsten putty too. TBH if i do anothe one i would just leave the weight out and use a small clear prop