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  1. Nor did the F-14, as I recall. The images were projected onto the inside of the windscreen.
  2. The picture is the same as one on the Wikipedia page about the H-6 - which may make it real. What appears to be the pod overlapping the wheel is actually a grey patch on the tyre - similar ones are visible on the other mainwheels. So the pod is on the rear fuselage, although they could definitely have done a better job fairing it in. Some sort of data link looks about right. Hasn't the Badger changed? New radar, six missile stations, engines off the Tu-143 ... before long it'll be like Trigger's broom.
  3. Well, send him over! And he's handily placed for the Southdowns show in May, too.
  4. Our show's on - this coming weekend. Still time to blag a day away from the shopping!
  5. Something to relieve the winter blues - just after you finish the very last mince pie and just before you spot that bit of tinsel you missed on Twelfth Night. Yes, the North Surrey Show is back. It's on Saturday 3 February, 10am to 4pm, once again at the Banstead Community Hall, SM7 3AJ. For traders we have: Elan 13 Miniatures Simon McArthur HB Models Sovereign 2000 Jon Pol Guideline Publications R.M.Models And from the clubs we have: Aldershot BMSS Cambridge MAFVA East Kent Modellers Hailsham Horsham Gr
  6. Superglue (cyanoacrylate) is most people's option for resin. Small amounts of strong PVA would do it too, though they wouldn't be as permanent.
  7. Pictures on the way, I hope. They were someone else's pigeon, I was doing the competition most of the day.
  8. pigsty

    Metal Props?

    Aeroclub used to make white metal propellers, although that was a long time back; some might still be on eBay or similar. If you want weight, though, why not slip a bit of lead (or fishing weights) into the fuselage? The Beaufighter doesn't need nose weight and there's plenty of room.
  9. Two days on and I think I've just about recovered ... Thank you to all who turned up, visitors clubs and traders alike, for making this one of our best shows yet. We had record footfall and record competition entries, and a lot of happy people, and it was busy right to the end. Roll on next year!
  10. Just a couple of days to go now. As well as the show and the finest flapjacks south of the river, there's an open competition, too.
  11. It is indeed getting closer! In case you've seen our show listed in any magazines, we're definitely doing it on Saturday 4 February. You can turn up on Sunday, but you may have to do yoga instead.
  12. It's never too soon to start plugging a show ... The small but perfectly formed North Surrey coffee shop and model show will be on 4 February this year, in the usual place, Banstead Community Hall, just off the High Street in Banstead. That's SM7 3AJ for your sat-nav. Confirmed traders are: Elan 13 Miniatures Guideline Publications Tony Bareham Simon McArthur John Pol Mezzer's Minis Sovereign 2000 And confirmed clubs are: Aldershot BMSS Cambridge MAFVA East Kent Hailsham Horsham Gravesham
  13. A lot of things have to be left out of models for various reasons: they'd be too small to show up, they'd cost more to mould, they'd put off pocket-money buyers. Things like brake lines, accurate guns (not the ones that look like broom handles), wire aerials - more often than not you've to sort out your own. But as far as I'm concerned, seat belts should be standard, especially in a cockpit that's (i) easily big enough to fit them - anything in 1/48 or bigger, and (ii) full of other detail. Missing them out spoils the effect. And I don't buy the idea that you can do without if you include
  14. It's not meant to be a review. The "Pass Notes" column is a brief mickey-take of something that's in the news. It's fitfully funny but mostly just pointless snark. That's the good news. The bad news is ... reviews of model kits? In national newspapers? Fat chance!
  15. Really? There were times when the aisle in front of my stand was so packed you couldn't move, and the members' queue on Saturday went clear across the car park. Plus they estimated several hundred entries in the competition, possibly over a thousand.
  16. Well, I'd call it white. Especially if the idea is to mimic an A-7 scheme from the 1970s. Interesting that they did the radome white and not tan - but then again, that's an A-7 feature too. Back to the original question ... I plan to do exactly the same thing, and as the WHIF condition is If they'd never stopped using gull gray and white it can be applied to any Hornet. So I've got Kinetic's F/A-18C, stock code 80321. The options inside are: VFA-131 (red tails, red-white-and-blue band round the mid-fuselage, and a lot of red stencils) VFA-195 (green tails with big
  17. Two reasons. The first is: not enough speed. Your average large modern aircraft needs to be doing well over 100mph, sometimes as much as 200, to get airborne. It was less in WW2 but still good and fast. If you drop a four-ounce model from waist height it has only three feet to pick up speed before it hits the deck. It won't get anywhere near its unstick speed. Plus, you have to remember, if it's falling nose-down any lift the wings do manage to generate will act sideways, so while it might deflect slightly, it certainly won't lift the nose and start flying level. The second i
  18. It's a copyright violation only if you make copies and sell them, or if you ask another company to make you a set and pay them to do it. If you make your own copy (only one) and you use them only on your own model, you should be fine.
  19. I should take myself over to Britmodeller if I were you. There are several very helpful people on there with mountains of technical stuff, and they'll be happy to send it you or post it up.
  20. One last little reminder for you - we're on the day after tomorrow.
  21. North Surrey's small but perfectly formed show is back on (assuming nothing terrible happens in the next two weeks). We'll be at the usual venue, Banstead Community Hall, from 10 to 4 on Saturday 5 February. So far we have attending: Clubs Aldershot BMSS Cambridge MAFVA East Kent club Hailsham Scale Model Club Horsham Modellers Club IPMS Gravesham Military Modelling Society Shepway Military Modelling Society South Downs Model Club Welling Model Club Traders Elan 13 Miniatures Guideline Publications Tony Bareh
  22. That's Corrogard, of course; your spell-checker may have let you down there. Corrugated paint is what I get cos I use a brush.
  23. Plus, the sun is hardly ever directly overhead, so light will get in obliquely from front and rear. A good test to confirm whether it's because of the folded wings would be to check the undersides of aircraft in the same colour scheme. The outer panels should be even more strongly faded than the inner panels, since they'll get no shade while the inner panels are permanently shaded. Another check could be the tailplanes - in the OP's picture they do look more faded, and they never get shaded by other parts of the airframe. However (there's always a however) you also ha
  24. And now, for extra credit in your philosophy module: what do you do if you can't get that site to work?
  25. This is always handy for situations like this: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/. Funnily enough, I first found it on modelingmadness.
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