CJS wrote: ↑

Mon 06 Jul 2020, 1:24 pm

Is that the full set Derek? They look fab

Imagine seeing an aerobatics team flying the F-4

The Blue Angels also flew the mighty Phantom. Imagine a flypast of both....

Alpha Delta 210 wrote: ↑

Sun 05 Jul 2020, 10:21 am

Beautiful result. I hope your brother was delighted with the model.

Thank you! He absolutely was. You should have heard him explaining to his seven year old son the consequences of touching it rather than looking at it.... in the interests of safety maybe I'd better make Max a 1:72 one!

Great theme for the competition! https://live.staticflickr.com/3669/9297234908_8a6b5de4b0_b.jpg Flying_Legends_2013 (1)_Lets_Go_To_Work by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/8811/27891833544_16761ab905_b.jpg 20160710 (51)_PV202_Supermarine_Spitfire_T9 by John Dixon , on Flickr http...

Some years ago my brother was fortunate enough to fly with 100 Squadron in XX194 and recently decided he would like a model of the aircraft to memorialise the event. I offered to provide the kit (Revell 1:32 Red Arrows Hawk) and some aftermarket (Xtradecal sheets for the specific aircraft and a mill...

Nice! I missed all but the 25/6 one, for which I must have been within 30 yards of you when it took off: I was up on the bank above the canal by the benches.

The Oil spill 727 displaying at Farnborough - a fine effort from this ancient airliner!

20180712 (9)_G-OSRB_Boeing_727-2S2F by John Dixon, on Flickr

The Extra Dark Sea Grey/Dark Slate Grey look terrific colours and the finish is excellent. Nice crisp little model too.

Is there a walkway around each space to allow you to the facilities, or do you have to walk through other spaces thereby potentially contaminating them or being contaminated, or are the facilities closed? Therefore you have to bring a bottle/bucket/nappy or cross your legs for up to 9 hours. The we...

44-13779 did receive the fillet later as the picture in the link shows... http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/19219 Peter Thank you for finding this! I remember reading that a lot of early aircraft were modified "in the field". I find it remarkable that so many photos exist of this Mustang at...

Two ships: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49280424386_b703b99c11_b.jpg 20191223 (17)_HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_and_Prince_of_Wales by John Dixon , on Flickr Two ship: https://live.staticflickr.com/3882/15320617351_0e385c5a2b_b.jpg 2014_09_21 (22)_Lancasters (Explore) by John Dixon , on Flickr

If you want to be really picky, the original looks like an unfilleted P51D. It would be unwise to make the modern representation fly less well just for verisimilitude though!

Visited the Australian War Memorial’s magnificent collection a few times these pic’s taken 26/6/16 The War Memorial have a number of aeroplanes in their original markings Australian War memorial’s Mk II Spitfire https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50042633648_d4c510166a_b.jpg An interesing trivia t...

I really don't do enough of this, but here goes: Low approach at Lakenheath.

20170531 (66)_97222_McDonnell_Douglas_F15E_Eagle by John Dixon, on Flickr

In Colorado and Wyoming (bear and cougar country) people go fishing with a forty-five openly on their hip. Age didn't seem to be a factor. Make of that what you will - my schoolteacher friend on the same birding trip was outraged, but it made sense to me. In some states in the Countryside if out du...

The information I want to see at the moment is where the thousand or so new daily infections are being picked up. Is it supermarkets by respiration or touch, DIY stores, garden centres, hospitals and so on? From track and trace there must be some indicators to help people self risk assess. Just as ...

Hi Chris, I liked your post, but it's taken me this long to sort some pictures of the model. You may have noticed I have a thing for Mosquitos and 633 Squadron: it goes back all the way to school when I used to amuse friends with my own stories of the squadron reconstituted as a Reserve unit with a ...

They're meant to be on the move, did I read that right? wbirdnut - I'm not sure that 109 has moved anywhere for a few years! Haven't heard about the 109 moving, there are big plans for the Australian War Memorial they have a lot of great stuff not on display in storage. The story behind the 109 in ...

Great new category and nice to see even more of everyone's photos. https://live.staticflickr.com/3783/8755379678_dd29c78ab4_b.jpg 2013_05_16_Run1_Lancaster (10) by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/3835/14212555720_d42943539e_b.jpg 2014_06_10_Brown_Hare_RAF Fairford by John Dixon ...

Zoom wrote: ↑

Tue 16 Jun 2020, 7:15 pm

It's a ship is it? Union Jacks are only found flying from masts.

so presumably it can't be pressed into military service if required with such a loud livery?

Its a new form of stealth: it will genuinely be unbelievable.

As a birder you won't often see me mourn a cat, but some are special:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/s ... -ntp-feeds

The mists are clearing.... I see a flypast with the Red Arrows at RIAT 2021....

I clocked this from my garden... I just left the garden - on foot, socially distanced - when I realised it was landing. The Kent Surrey Sussex boys deserve the shout out. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49933166676_a5b430a3e9_b.jpg 20200520 (15)_G-KSST_AgustaWestland_AW169 by John Dixon , on Fli...

The metal bits have that "been around a while" look that is critical to credibility of the model. Fair play on the decals too, big decals put me off schemes. Great job!

Plenty of people, me included, saw being part of the EU as a part of their identity. But that's changing. I don't like it, but I'll accept it and move on. Now that's an interesting comment and goes some way to explain why the camps were so polarised. As for guns in the USA, perhaps the only way to ...

I had a fairly close eye on ADSB Exchange on 10 June. First off I caught the two Apaches that had gone North-east the previous day coming back after overnighting away, perhaps at Wattisham. A Chinook was next in the worst weather of a generally pretty miserable day. Late on, a pair of Apaches that h...