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  1. That's because the Royal Mail International mail centre which deals with stuff from Heathrow is built on the site of the old Hawker factory at Langley. All those Hurricanes, Tempests, Typhoons and Sea Furys mean it's always pretty speedy.
  2. Not whilst you keep them going Pup.
  3. X3. We need one with a hook too. The "Chillout" series on Yootoob by the French Navy has some really great aerial photography. Number 1 of about 6 or 7 so far. As cool as only the French can do...............
  4. Should rename these the "Herpes" threads mate. Just keeps on coming back............................
  5. Well, there's this one that you are reading now. Then this one: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/84655-wnws-rumor/ Then this one which is still going: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/84582-highly-disappointed/ Looks like 3 to me that are still current not including the other ones that got locked.
  6. She's just realised there are now three separate, active topics on the WNW situation all saying the same things................................again.
  7. Good advice. Keep your powder dry and the blood pressure low.
  8. The 1/24 Mosquitos were certainly produced in India and possibly the later 1/24 releases (Typhoon etc)
  9. I don't often buy books but this one was recommended to me. One of those you can't put down after you have started. Very interesting story about Fuchida's naval career and his post war conversion to Christianity and how three separate stories all link in eventually . I'm not religious at all but the fact that the day after Hiroshima he visited ground zero with a team of other military personnel. Within days they were all dead from radiation poisoning and he never had any symptoms or was affected. Good book well worth a read.
  10. Quite a bit bigger. A few years ago after one of the central London flypasts they extended out to the west of London and turned near my house going off to Brize. A C130 and one of these monsters in line astern and seeing the two together it was noticeable how much bigger the Atlas was. In the "Mach Loop"
  11. PhilB

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    Roy Cross has several books out with his artwork on Amazon Uk. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=roy+cross&i=stripbooks&crid=33SM7H5EUK5ZQ&sprefix=Roy+Cr%2Caps%2C154&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_6 I personally like Iain Wyllie who is/was a member on here. A lot of the "Aircraft of the Aces" series of books have his artwork. https://www.aviationartprints.com/artist.php?Artist=Iain_Wyllie_Aviation_Art
  12. Thanks for all the hard work over the last 10 years Kev. Time to take a well-earned rest.
  13. I had to use 0.005" card to define an engine hatch cover on a 1/24 SHAR. Very thin Ca is your friend as it doesn't melt the plastic.
  14. I saw an interview with him about making of the first movie and how many times he threw up etc. Yes, the new one is using the real deal again. Obviously he's in the back seat of a two-holer but it looks like he might be flying his (or someone else's) P51. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHt1IbuYgJo
  15. Yep, quite right too ! Your Achilles heel was letting slip you think the Javelin is good looking................................... People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...................apparently.
  16. Following on, I've always liked this documentary "Spitfire 944".
  17. Looking at my refs, there seems to be quite a difference in schemes depending on it's role. DSG upper over sky for a 235 Sdn aircraft operating over the Bay of Biscay in 1944. MSG and dark green uppers over black underneath for a 23 Sqn aircraft pressed into NF role on Malta 1943. Even a speed silver job operating in Java in November 1945. So there are variations about - best to just pick a scheme and go for it.
  18. I think you will find that's called humour/sarcasm Jennings.
  19. I know some aren't that keen but it's supposedly one of the best low-level strike aircraft ever made. I love the "gear up" on the runway on this.
  20. Is my mind playing tricks or were there pictures of the parts layout on here yesterday? Or was it another thread?
  21. I'm currently reading one of the aircraft of the aces series - Royal Navy aces of WW2 and it was definitely a case of poor/obsolete equipment at the start. But a Skua scored the first British aerial victory in WW2 when it forced down a Dornier 18 in September 1939. The Fulmar was a stop-gap aircraft as it was designed pre-war as a long range reconnaissance aircraft rather than a full-on fighter. Despite that it was pretty successful in the Mediterranean against the Italian airforce and then the Luftwaffe (slightly less-so) with pilots achieving ace with it including one who shot down 2 JU 88's in one sortie. The Barracuda was more function rather than form. In March 1944 the Tirpitz raids were particularly successful when the Barracudas scored 15 direct hits on the ship damaging it so badly it was effectively out of the war. Of course the later Lancaster raids are more famous but the Barracudas did the damage which sealed it's fate. Ugly aircraft but a good one.
  22. I think it's this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spitfire-Blu-ray/dp/B07DFRKHTP/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=spitfire&qid=1573476552&s=dvd&sr=1-2 I have the Blueray disc. Crank up the surround sound and it's brilliant.
  23. I can empathise with the disappointment amongst some but this is just a reality check. I remember the posts when the Lancaster was first announced and how it quickly went off into excitement about other WW2 subjects without any form of concrete evidence to back that up. It's a natural thing to do and when things like this topic come to light some might even feel betrayed in some way. It's all of our own making and perhaps things went too far with the dreams of other WW2 subjects. What quickly develops into a "me want" thread can be a big let down if it comes to nothing. Feet on the ground and deal with it I think is the best policy. But it's not wrong to think about what might have been.
  24. I don't have the reference to hand at the moment but I read that it was to do with the bolts and nut types/sizes. US/Whitworth/Imperial etc. I recall the US built engines used a different type so had to have different tools from the British built version. EDIT: Just found the reference as regards the Merlin 266 manufactured in the US and fitted in the MkXVI "The Packard engine was manufactured to American measurements which made it different enough from it's Rolls-Royce counterpart to require separate servicing tools and spare parts". A bit like US -v-Imperial gallons etc.
  25. Yep, oldest resurrected thread of the week award for this one. Plus, I seem to recall a big scrap about 1/35 in amore recent thread on here a week or two ago? People should think about the environment a bit more and not bring back duplicate topics. Think about the amount of paper you are all wasting.
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