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Hi,I am based in Warrington in the north west of England and usualy build 1/48 scale aircraft ,generaly WW2 and coldwar so from1939 up to around 1975 (ish !),my current main interests are anything Israeli and British fleet air arm. If anyone is interested in swapping information please feel free to get in touch.
I am a 1966 vintage and work in the Chemicals industry which is boring and usualy involves keeping some pretty nasty stuff under lock and key.
I am also a biker and am into the great outdoors, and good old fashioned rock n roll,the louder the better.
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Well some of you may remember my request for help with this kit some weeks ago,but to give a quick re-cap I bought a kit second hand at a club day a couple of years ago and found in the box was also another kit ,the kit was obviously very [...]
Some of you may remember my request recently for help with this kit,just to quickly recap I bought a PR Spitfire kit (Fujimi) at a club day and found the box also contained this little oddball kit ,it appeared to be moulded from recycled [...]
Here is the second of my Revell P47n Thunderbolts,it was a fun little build though not particularly inspiring ,I improved the kit by adding True details gun barrels and wheels and an aftermarket decal set from Warbirds.Chautaugua was based [...]
O.K guys ,everyone likes to be a smarty pants ,a know it all, an expert ,so lets see if anyone can identify this aircraft, I'll give you as much information as I have. A couple of years ago I was at a club day and a guy was there selling [...]
Hi guys, I just need some info regarding the correct colour of the missiles for my Le shima based P47n "Chautaugua",the instruction sheet just says "metallic" which is a bit vague so I have gone for Mr Hobby stainless, [...]
Hi guys,well here is my latest offering it is Revell's P47n, "2 big and too heavy / Short snorter".The P47n is the one with the larger wings to accommodate internal fuel tanks.
The kit went together nicely with no real hitches, [...]
If anyone read my post about the Eduard Spitfire I posted in Egyptian markings recently you will remember my griping about the poor quality ,now it's time to eat my words because this little kit went together without a hitch.I only really [...]
The kit is very easy to assemble and quite well detailed , it makes a nice addition to any WW2 U.S. aircraft. I have seen lots of pictures of these follow me jeeps adorned with home made timber structures and saucy artwork to keep the [...]
What is there to say a superb kit of an equally superb aircraft ,the stunning Mustang. For those who don't know this is one of those kits for everyone from a total novice with his first kit to a serious competition builder, you cannot go [...]
Last year I saw the utterly dreadful "Fury" starring Brad Pitt(s) and although the movie was so awful I did like the tank and decided to have a little change from what I normaly build,I don't know if I used the correct version of [...]