Recent content by paddy

I am glad us younger guys get a mention as well :-)

Great pictures and thanks for sharing. The TSR2 was basically our F111. Ironically it was destroyed by the same party thats still working hard to destroy our defence industry today. I guess the Porsche 917 is Meng or Protar which i think is Panini ? My choice would be the Mustang going round the...

amazing the undercarriage down indicators are still there :-)

Ok, looking at these pictures of my last go at this kit my thoughts are.,, A/ The 4 holes in the engine cover on the RHS are air inlets for the carbs so they need a filter or some sort of streamline shroud. B/ 4x cycle fenders on the wheels. C/ A bright colour, i am leaning...

Looks like a duck gun sometimes called a punt gun :-)

At the risk of being repetitive and becoming boring my plan here is to continue my "alternative version" theme. The problem was I never kept any of my models so now I have retired and closed my motorcycle business , I have some space which I never had before. I would like to replace some of my...

Lots of pictures :) https://www.classicwarbirds.co.uk/articles/the-history-of-the-raf-roundel.php

So here we are a day later and i have 2 front and 2 slightly larger rear mudguards. i dont know if i can use these but its been a valuable learning experience :) I could probably remove the brass bits now the sides are on as they should hold the shape but the brass does at rigidity and...

Ha ha yes the average phone camera is so bad they have to install a very sophisticated program to fix the image before you even see it. But look at the lens with its 10x magnification ? Truth is its not 10x magnifying anything, its selecting a bit of the image and digitally enhancing it to...

You are taking this in an interesting direction Bob , i am not up on roundels but i supose the white and yellow bands were added for easier recognition.

Incidentally for those who do photography the nose to tail shots above, pic 1 and 4 were F32 and 22 second exposures :-)

Yea i use to build gliders as a kid, i remember my dad and i built a keil kraft topper which was a 40" free flight thing. i took us ages and was my first big build. Anyway , long story short we launched it of the side of a local hill and it went up and up until it was a spec and disappeared last...

Saw this today which explains everything https://www.standard.co.uk/news/environment/southampton-matt-jones-hampshire-andrew-matthews-lincolnshire-b1273642.html

I saw this advertised yesterday, its a 1/24 balsa based kit with a metal skin.....Now those are rivets 🤣 This looks an absolute nightmare to build look at all those individual metal panels....that dont fit :-)

I haven't used heat Bob, that might be more of a complication given my limited knowledge than an advantage , you are right though i need a jig which might take more effort than the mudguard itself :-)