Alain Gadbois

…flying my MiG-21!

Purple haze is in my brain…

You take the Orange metro line North (Montmorency direction) to Cartier station and then bus on Boul des Laurentides North to Renaud Street. 9 min walk to store. Checking on Google maps, it seems like quite a few bus lines are going in this direction from the station: 17, 31, 43, 74, 74. I don’t know if they are running all day, or their their schedules but you could ask at the station. Hope this helps!

Try JacHobby, lots of various kits (aviation, armor, cars, shops) and supplies. Also trains! But it’s in Laval, north of Montréal. 270 Renaud Street W, Laval. The well known shops like Hobby Junction and Udisco are now long gone.

So is the flying Fairey Swordfish loaded with a live torpedo ready to strike at any naval threat to the UK? Wouldn’t that be something in 2025!

Looking good! Excellent masking job!

What an interesting build to follow! The scale allows so many realistic details that are harder to replicate in 1/35. A sort of miniature demonstration model.

https://imgur.com/a/QLovv3m A possibility for the GB! Strange think with Imgur, as the copy post link doesn’t show the image in this post as it did a short while ago without any problems…

That Typhoon must have been produced at the Border factory!

And the winner is: I normally have my little cutting mat clear to work on…And I never loose anything except my glasses!

Here’s a picture of Red 4 showing the particular shape of the propeller blade. I cropped the picture, but on the complete one the upper wing gun bulges are visible. The better photos of this type of prop. are of the captured Ta-152 in the US.

This is certainly Red 4, as we can observe the same burn marks below the windscreen, as in other photos.

Looks very good! You know, I’m sure that the D-11 and D-13 had different propellers. And both were also used on the Ta-152.

I remember the ominous feeling I felt watching The Empire Strikes Back (in 1980), when they first appeared in the distance! This is a pretty accurate toy by a company called Jazwares, in the Micro Galaxy Squadron collection. I am adding some missing details and hiding the more visible screws, before giving it a new paint job based on the filming models.

Hi all! In this special day I would like to present you with our new pet at home. He’s a cute little AT-AT we called Marvin. Marvin is quite playful and he loves the Star Wars Lego we have, and keeps moving the little Stormtroopers all around the house! I presented him my little Revell Snowspeeder but that didn’t work out so well as he kept trying to stomp it for some reason. The little AT-AT has his caracter! Like any other pets he has his own menu but we buy it at the local hardware store… Like dogs, he needs to go out, but his pace is quite slow, but that’s normal we are told. He does his business in his own way of course! We wondered what our cat would think of a new pet in the house, but apart from an initial cold shoulder, they now get along nicely! I hope you enjoyed this silly post! May the Force be with you!

The implacable rigor (mortis) of bureaucracy!

Happy birthday Max, a bit late also, but when you enjoy life like you do, I’m certain that every day can be great like your birthday!

I’m probably clueless, but just to read that an aircraft carrier has to maneuver (hard enough to throw a plane overboard!) to evade Houti fire strikes me as being quite a last ditch action after all the layered defenses have failed?

I’d say this editing is « disastarous »! And more importantly, the firewalls seems very light in colour in these photos, bare metal even?

I’d say directly on top of that poor Tyhpoon!

Actually there are two typos in that caption!

Hi Max, Here are a couple photos that may help or maybe sow more confusion? From a French modeling book with good photos: « Hawker Typhoon » by Mister kit and C. H. Thomas, Atlas Editions, Paris, 1981. The caption says: Gloster workers putting a final touch on the installation of a Sabre engine on a Typhoon. And from « Typhoon and Tempest at War » by Arthur Reed and Roland Beamont, Charles Scribner’s and Sons, NY, 1974. Here’s the caption corresponding to the photo: And see if you can find the typo!

Interesting! And along this line, the armoiries (don’t know how to say it in English) of Great Britain have the text in French only! Honi soit qui mal y pense Dieu et mon droit And good luck for the next 41 years! 1000 years without invasions will certainly be something to celebrate!

Rafale, please!

In spite of the opinion often heard, it looks like the Italeri spinner is close to the real thing! Thanks for the research snd comparison Thunnus!