Recent content by paddy

Didn't we have this discussion on blue or black tail band before ?

I supose i should get on and build something but we are having the best summer i can remember in my 65 years, Weeks of clear blue skies and a good liveable temp of 80-90F with a few at 95F. There's a lot of miseries , howling how we are all going to die of global warming but truth is over here...

I do wish MFH would either go back to making F1 cars or cars with roofs and give me a break dont they realise that when i retired, my wallet retired as well. Announced yesterday for pre order and delivery in Sept. I couldn't resist this having failed miserably with my Revell E-type build, a...

I am at a loss ? is Eric Estrada in one of those tin suits ?

I remember years ago going to the Duxford museum hear and being absolutely gob smacked at the size of the flying jackets in the American air museum section. Words cant describe the size of these but these were like 50% scale model jackets...except they weren't not a great picture as they...

"I was going to be 29, so I went to see the B-29. Clever, no!?" He's off to see a F117 next week :)

Well done Bob, its a great feeling when you turn out something that good :-)

Its looking great Bob and moreover its great to see you find some time to sit at your work bench :)

Looks ace Greg, anyone who can do putty is a god to me :-)

My model garage is starting to look like Jay Leno's real garage :-)

Colour was worth persevering with, looks pretty good to me, a bit of a flat coat will really give it that doped linen look

Its not released yet but i think shipping if forecast for the end of August. I haven't built one of their cars yet so i will probably start on something a bit cheaper and simpler. I bought this because the sales window is very small, just about a week this time before it sold out on pre orders.

This is looking really Good Bob, you really pulled out all the stops on this one :-)

https://www.modelfactoryhiro.com/hpgen/HPB/entries/634.html link seems to work despite the hour glass

The unfortunate thing for Bob was i got his mistake on Camera...:) I agree Paul i have a variable heat soldering iron which you can turn right down but even the small amount of heat needed will instantly melt the line if you get too close or touch it. so it still comes down to a steady hand...