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I have been building this in the background as a wee surprise for a friend who was working at Turnhouse.
She was made redundant during the first lockdown but has grown to love Civilian Airlines and is hoping that she will get back there [...]
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A nice little kit pretty much straight out of the box other than some masking tape belts, vaping wire ejector seat loops and some white decal lines.
Primed with UMP Grey
Painted with Colourcoats Extra Dark Sea Grey, Sky Type S, [...]
This one was personal.
We used to get most of our AEF at Lossiemouth when I was in the Cadets and whilst this was mostly Chippie based, one glorious summer Sunday we got a long flight in this Grey Lady.
Still one of the most memorable [...]
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This was a holdover from 2020 as I was awaiting Euro Decals GR.4 Stencils to arrive as the kit ones were Bi-lingual in places.
The conversion kit came from Freightdog,
The Decals were Xtradecal X72216 RAF 2014 Update (I've got a [...]
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This was a bit of a longer build than normal and the scheme was decided on when I took my Nephew to the Daks over Normandy event at Prestwick last year.
He spotted road signs for Eaglesham on our way there and got very animated [...]
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This one was built for the wee fellas roof.
No nose weight and undercarriage to deal with... Yeehah.
I haven't strung the aerials yet and not sure if I will as their absence will make hanging a lot simpler.
Primed with UMP [...]
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This was picked up in Perth at the Scottish Nationals last year with the idea that it could be a test and learning build for the 3 Ebbro kits that I have lying as I want them to be as good as possible.
I built this kit in my last [...]
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I recently started rewatching MAS*H from the start with the movie and then the TV Series. (I've reached Series 5 so far) and got a hankering to try and build one of the helicopters.
Most of the research was done on a frame by [...]
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On our last visit to East Fortune Innis absolutely fell in love with the Lightning displayed there.
He listened to the audio and looked at her all round and then sat in the Vulcan Ejection seat next to her and just stared [...]
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A small diversion form building for Innis by sticking together one for myself.
Primed with Mr. Hobby Finishing Surfacer White,
Painted with Colourcoats RAF/FAA Yellow, Xtreme Metals Aluminium and Tamiya rubber Black. Finished [...]
