Recent content by paddy

Good head wind, it was one of the good things about mounting them on the Turret as they could be easily turned into wind. Actually it was far more usual for them to be towed on a lighter behind a fast destroyer or cruiser and launched from that. Minimum take off speed for a camel was...

Sad to see the promised Merc SSK 1/12 has been removed from their 2026 line up and no longer shows in the new releases . I was keen to see what a completely new Italeri vintage car was like as all of those up till now have been Protar re issues. I wonder what went wrong ? Problems with using...

I was surprised to see that a lot of these camels were ditched next to the ship and recovered including the one in the Imperial war museum, some were badly damaged but others survived.

Remember your build when we talked about wing ribs showing through. the camel on the turret shown from the underside looks like it has transparent wings :)

Thanks James , the 1/72 is supposed to be a bit of a pig being the old Matchbox issue , apparently very so9ft on detail. You are right its quite hard to find 2 flower class the same , some have a completely different hull and certainly different super structure. The first type had the main...

Probably sending the wrong sentiment as often happens on line :) I am a bit cross with myself because i cant do what i want to do and frustrated once again at the limits of PE . I bought some magnets of ebay to hold the PE so could solder it. they looked idea but now they have arrived they are...

I seem to be spending hours trying to solve problems thrown up by a lot of the PE rather than actually benefiting from it. There are 32 depth charge storage holders They are made up of 1 part folded 5 times to form a concerteener that is then squashed flat. the problem is these bends are 180...

I vote for the ships Camel, it could offer some really good options for weathering . Your problem might be as they were not recoverable after launch they would have all been as new in appearance....

I did start to convert the kit winch using some of the Potus parts but TBH it was taking a lifetime and unlikely to be as good as the 3D but it could be done

I have a PE one to build, the kit one to alter or a 3d one on order.....spoilt for choice :rotf I ordered one in 3D because i had ordered the anchor winch and these things are so cheap i wanted to make the order a reasonable amount...ie: more than the postage from Belgium. one of the things...

That really is pretty exceptional Bob. I have looked hard and i can't fault it :-). The rigging stands out as does the underside weathering. The Potus kit for my ship came with miles of this elastic thread, its not something i have come across before but having now seen it i can see why you are...

Thats as far as i can go now with assembling sub sections. back to PE and superstructure now. At least it looks like it will turn out quite well. I had to admit defeat on the anchor winch and a few other details so i have ordered a small amount of 3D print from Swordfish. Individually the...

Bit bored with PE so stuck some bits on deck last night..

Wow that turned out pretty dam good for an old sea dog :-) is there no end to your brilliance ? not content with little fockers on a school bus he's got one on his shelf now. I hope my gate crashing your boat thread turns out as well as this :)

Pochers have become a victim of the E-bay rip off scam where the values artificially increased over time. People see a £200 item listed at £400 and assume theirs is worth £400 so they list it at £450. its a spiral upwards with each new listing. We saw it with Wingnut wings .We still see it with...