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Hi all, Doing a bit of research on the Parnall Peto that was used on the M2 submarine (sadly now sitting on the sea floor off the Dorset coast) when I came across some brief information in the April 1931 issue of 'Flying' magazine. It wasn't that which caught my eye however but the Jules Verne-ish report on the page below it about automated aircraft. Have a read for yourselves: No source for this is given however - perhaps tellingly in this instance. I wondered had the writer been pillaging H.G. Wells, but The Shape of Things to Come wasn't published until a couple of years later....
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Hi, As a surprise build (not my scale or subject) I built this alongside the F-14D. Not my usual 'thing', my interest was piqued by a Tucano job-lot sale and the rest, as they say, is history. I fancied something uncomplicated (yeah right!) and with a monochrome scheme that I could whip together in under a week and make with no reference other than the boxed instructions. There was a nasty bubble in the canopy that set me back a few days while I waited for Airfix to send me a replacement (excellent service BTW, I received it in two days). I used Humbrol enamels and used Klear to help stick and blend the canopy det cord decals. I decided not to use the white decal canopy surrounds as they didn't seem to match the canopy size. Anyone reading this and contemplating building one - you need a LOT of weight in the nose to prevent this from being a tail sitter. I'd recommend drilling out the backs of the exhausts to fill with lead, fill the nose cavity as much as possible, fill the nose gear bay, put lead in the leading edge of the wings - ANYWHERE! With a light puff of air this still falls back on the tail! Oh, and the decals stick like nobody's business. I added a tiny drop of Fairy dish wash liquid to the decal water to break down the surface tension and this seemed to help. On to the pics - I've included the extra seat detail as you just can't make it out through the glistening canopy. Added some extra belts from thinly cut pre-painted Tamiya tape. You can just make out a sneaky ball bearing peering out of the nose gear bay
