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Stevepd last won the day on May 14 2018

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About Stevepd

  • Birthday 06/24/1969

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    Warminster, UK
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    Boscombe Down & ETPS

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  1. I think the only bladed items are the Royal Mail top corridor. There's a few smiling knives up there. Seriously, another reason not to use them. The company my wife works for has boycotted them last year and use other means and carriers.
  2. Frome model centre is also my local. I too have been in there for paints and had a peruse when I was in. However they had hardly any paints, let alone the colours I wanted. I put it down to bad timing. So some weeks later I went again and the situation was the same. Flippin heck, so I ordered them from Scotland and they arrived the following day (perhaps lucky). As above I think their pricing is out of touch with modern day shopping and cash is king. When they've attended the Salisbury model show 2 years ago, everything was top dollar and in my circles those who visited their stall purchased nothing. I've chosen not to return anymore rather than have a disappointing visit. Order online and a "man in a van" delivers it. I too have fond memories of childhood model shops, but the hobby is unrecognisable to today's hobby. It's not only the kit quality, endless accessories and AM we could only dream of, it's not only this but how we source them has modernised. Steve.
  3. A fellow modeller asked my advice yesterday on the airfix Spitfire 1/24 scale. I told him from comments on here, it's a good kit. However I told him for roughly the same cash not to rule out the 1/32 Tamiya and Kotare offerings. I'm unsure if hrs chasing a particular mark, or just wants a Spitfire. Thoughts if you had that amount of cash, which would you go for.
  4. I grew up under the circuit pattern of Boscombe Down. Parents tell me I had my first kit at the age of 5 and none of us can remember what it was. My Dad & grandad worked at Boscombe, so perhaps that sowed the seed. I love military aviation and in particular BD aircraft. Back in the day when there was loads of different types in bright colours, roll on the school hols. I hated football and was that kid that got picked last, always in goal. I'd spend the period leaning against the post watching the aircraft in the circuit. Occasionally I'd see a ball whizzing past!. I made kits as a kid. Zooming forward. I build models to replicate memories. Evey one I have built has a memory associated with it, so I build memories.
  5. Could any of our Begium friends translate the text. There's not too much..... https://www.tracksandwings.be/post/un-alphajet-d-exception
  6. Hi folks, I'm looking at starting my 1/32 Tamiya kit and have all good intentions of doing it as a Jolly Rogers aircraft (done a millions times before, I know). However I'm looking at some of this ResKit AM stuff but I'm lost on which Sidewinder model would have been used (around 1979). I found the Aim-54 would be an A model. Any info would be greatly received. Steve.
  7. Well I've also just discovered this having no idea how I missed this. I have the Tamiya 1/32 kit and your build is inspirational (albeit I know a different kit). Ihere in the UK, I'm sat outside having coffee at about 6 degrees Celsius engrossed in the posts. My wife thinks I'm mad and making her feel cold looking at me. Having managed to get the Tamiya kit for £55 GBP, this gives me scope for AM additions. Keep the progress coming please.
  8. Could be a anti-corrosion (for the 2 different materials) solution applied after assembly. Those lines look pretty man made with those straight edges.
  9. Hi folks, I have a 1/32 Tamiya F-14 on the next to do list. If I choose to put the crew in, would I bother with a AM resin cockpit, or would it be waisted because you wouldn't see any of it.
  10. Can you put a bit of angle on the rudder, or is it self centering at rest?.
  11. I'd be interested to know who was selling the Tornado extras?.
  12. I love that tank firing and I'm not even a tank guy. Great modelling. How is that flash achieved?
  13. I won't be there either this year. My 1/32 Tamiya F-15C will be on the BDAC table as they're my local club.
  14. I'm the other way. I don't think it's worth it for me. In the times I've chosen to be an infrequent member it was fundamentally just for the extra hour you can get in to Telford. I don't belong to any IPMS clubs or have any desire to do so, finding that these forums meet my modelling needs with like minded people and the knowledge to tap into is vast. When the magazine came through its a brief read but also I don't buy modelling magazines. So without sounding too negative and for balance, it's not for me.
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