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Spitfire MJ627 first entered service on 25 September 1944 and, just two days later, destroyed Messerschmitt Me 109 over Arnhem. Its all Bobs fault 🤣 new prop, engine out, check crank, few new panels... should be ready next week sir....

Its funny Bob, i have little enthusiasm for this build. I cant tell you why but suddenly i need to think of a paint scheme and print some home made decals and i am getting my enthusiasm back. I think what it is i like to think, "how can i do that" or "can i pull this off" and suddenly it get...

We have a problem houston... Got most of the paint done however the Decals in this kit are toast. No idea how many decades old they are but they are rigid and will not take any curve even after a soak in Microsol. So, looks like i have to paint some lines and things to break up the expanse...

They are just a large Tamiya kit, they dont have a motor. they are just designed to replace the real thing on display. This one is actually alloy over a wooden frame and coincidentally was on sale at the same airfield so could even be the one i saw yesterday ...

Pretty sure after a little research that the first pic is fibreglass, Anyway, these things were built to be flown. Dozens of people turn up everyday at the airfield to see these things fire up, the noise, the smell, the flypasts....i can assure you not one would turn up to look at it in a shed...

Really hard to tell these days. Once Spitfires became too expensive to leave outside RAF stations at the gate, a company started producing fiberglass replicas to take over the role of gate guardian. Meanwhile this one was real but like an idiot i set the shutter speed to high and froze the...

Took the rear sprocket to the dentist, had most of its teeth extracted and now the chain fits....dont tell anyone l

Looks like its made for one model only, likely the Africa Twin, they just dont bother to tell you that on the packet...but then being Tamiya, they dont tell you its works really well on the Italeri Fiat either 🤣

Those of you who follow my builds in all subjects will know my disdain for aftermarket rubbish. :-) This is Tamiyas 1/6 detail up chain aimed at their 1/6 motorcycle range. After many hours of trimming and cleaning up and assembly i had a chain. Problem is its the wrong pitch for...

I never thought trying to wind up a buisiness and call it a day would involve more work than trying to start a business :-) When you find you have accumulated 20 years of invoices and orders and the only safe way to dispose of them is through a shredder that over heats and stops after half a...

Suns out here Bob , got to make the most of it, this is blighty, it will rain by monday :)

So far its been all about stripping chrome....... Its an odd kit in so much as there are 3 sprues of chrome parts but i dont think there was actually any chrome on this bike at all...Its not a CB750 but its not really a CR750 either, i would call it a privateer clubmans racer built...

Would it be rude if i said how much do you want, "NOT" to send it to me :-) Seriously i get why people would like these kits but to me they are a little too close to meccano and a little to far away from actual models.

On Concord's final flight the crew placed their hats in gaps between bulkheads and instrument panel that appeared at high altitude with outside temp, pressure compared with inside. When the aircraft landed for the final time their hats were sandwiched in the gaps for prosperity and for ever...

I stripped the shiny chrome on the wheels but didnt bother with the satin chrome, the primer seems to have keyed to it, i obviously removed it where i had to glue it. I may regret not stripping it but it seems ok so far.

I turned my attention to the engine next. Like a lot of automotive subjects of the early 1970's Tamiya decided to just plate everything in bright or satin chrome. It was like they had discovered this great process and were going to get their money's worth by chroming everything :) Anyway the...

I always think its confusing that the model websites are often different from the Forums so you go to the home page and there is no builds or anything. All websites are the same, the home page is not the forum so to speak.

Always good to see a new face or a returning one. I left for a few years, got chucked off a lot of other sites that were arguing and fighting about everything except models and found modellers alliance again :) now i am the only Brit/foreigner that still likes americans in the whole world 🤣...

Sorted :)

Loads of palm trees here on the south coast but not coconut trees.