Recent content by paddy

Thanks Chris :-) its got 2 wheels and an engine....I'm not fussy :)

The door swings out at the top and not the bottom, i think people maybe trying to get it to open parallel, which would be a problem. Anyway glad to have this one out the way. :-)

Bit of an odd build this, the instructions are useless, i dont say that lightly, all stages only show one side of the model so anything on the other side is a guess. For someone into choppers this would be a great base for a detail build as there is so much more you could add. The canopy is not...

when i used that .3mm brass tube i bought a length of .3mm piano wire. put it in the tube before i rolled the tube on the scalpel blade to cut it then pull the wire out when its cut the tube stays round and easier to get the thread through. ie the wire stops the tube collapsing under the scalpel...

I have to say i am surprised at the criticism of the Krome. ? I love mine :-) I dont have a huge experience as all i had before was a paushe and that was awful. https://sites.google.com/site/donsairbrushtips/badger-krome I guess its what we in the Uk call a bit Marmite :-)

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Welcome to retirement land :-) I have been here since April and i went to great lengths to stock up on nice kits before i retired.......hasn't stopped me buying a few more though :-)

An hour well spent yesterday :-)

I dont want to interfere with your build but do make sure you get the right plug leads on the right cylinders while you are at it..

ha ha yes i wasnt suggesting you fit stainless exhaust valves :-), just mentioned it as it was a coincidence that one of the first uses was for this aircraft .

hoping to get an hour on this today, never been so busy in my life now i am retired :-) We have the makings of an engine . I have remade most of the frame work around it using 0.8mm plastic rod as its easier than trying to piece together all the broken bits in the bag :-) The rotor head is...

Yes dont forget we are used to Bight Stainless/polished or bright drawn as we call it but in its natural form its a dull Grey. One of its very first uses coincidentally was by sopwith in the tripe engine exhaust valves, it was invented by mistake in 1913 by a guy trying to make an alloy for...

I have a renegade Krome Bob, its all i use, love it :)

I have entered a new phase for me of modelling where i buy a kit because i love the kit in its kit form and just enjoy owning it. Makes no sense to me and i am wondering if its the onset of some form of Alzheimer's ? This is the latest offering on pre order for MFH. Its stupidly expensive...

Funny thing is its not till steve and babydoc said "That's a beauty, Paddy" that i realised that i was looking at the one i built a couple of years ago. :)