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If its any help these are from the Hendon SE5A hate to say it but not a turn buckle in sight :( - probably to late in the War

Not sure what to say but you are inspiring me to take up ship building which would be a first so very well done.

I ordered some 3d printed ones as well but decided against as they are very weak and i though they might just snap when i tension the wire.. In the end i made my own, they were not technically correct but they made all the right noises :rotf to the casual observer.

They are amazingly strong, you need pliers and some effort to snap them, think piano wire strong

Bit of info that might be helpful, i fitted a buckle slightly crooked on my DH9 and i tried to bend it and it snapped so get them lined up when you blue them

I seem to have taken up residence in the help pages........actually i feel at home here :rotf So this is my first attempt and if things keep going well it could be my only attempt I got quite an edge with the masking tape but it sanded off The pin stripe is just some cut up decals, its...

Wow......:-)

Yea looks like an underside RAF Grey

~Its getting a good design on one side that is beating me :) i cant do what the reference bike has as that has a central filler and it looks odd with a shape going through the filler and the tank decal badges are large so they need to be on an all silver or all blue back ground. I would still...

Some straight lines would be good -), my problem is getting the design to look symmetrical as the tank isnt,...... the filler is offset and the tank has indentations which mean you get a good curve from one angle and it looks awful from another. there isn't one straight line on theis tank for...

Nothing nice about the french cheese eating surrender monkeys.

F35D ?

How am i going to do that pin strip ? PS its a much older bike but the factory colours are the same

"I recall the support given behind the scenes to both parties." The US helped us out with AIM Sidewinders for the harriers :) ..................and France supplied Argentina with Exocet anti ship missiles that sank 4 of our ships. :(

If you played that over here you would be lynched.. its a hugely emotive subject, 1000 people died including 250 British forces. We lost 2 Frigates, 2 destroyers a landing ship and a landing craft to a tin pot dictator but thats a price worth paying to defend sovereignty and ensure the...