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    Advice on poss upgrades

    Hi chaps and chapesses At the weekend went with the good lady to the local garden centre antiques etc, was told to go wander blah blah and came across a treasure trove of old stuff ( antiques and brick o brack. Saw a 1/48 Airfix Grumman prowler E6 ( £5 ) and a ESci STarfighter...
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    A compressor died what's a good cheap replacement

    Hi there guys and gals I've been off the modelling for a number of months after taking a series of strokes but gladly I'm on the road to a full recovery Well I thought I'd tidy up a bit in the man cave and well thought I'd give my A/b a good clean ( not that it's that dirty. (Iwata Eclipse...
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    Revell A10 Thunderbolt 2 ( terminator Salvation)

    Well here goes nothing. Still recovering from my stroke and thought well look in the for sale and found this. Revell 1/48 A10 Thunderbolt. Looked online to think of upgrades to the cockpit and pe sets etc but only paid £10 for the kit so thought an extra £30 plus for a fictitious aircraft...
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    a-10 thunderbolt 2 revell 1/48 upgrades?

    Hi there chaps, After having two mini strokes I'm trying to get back into the modelling mojo. I recently purchased a 1/48 revell A10 from for sale here and think it may need a new cockpit seat etc and looking around I saw the aires set for hobby boss. Looks to be well detailed and correct...
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    Bogus emails

    Hi chaps While recuperating at home I got an email alert all cosher looking etc from HMRC saying I had a rebate due of £265:64 wow I thought not bad Anf told the wife ( it asks to click the link below which is Www. Gov HMRC.co.uk ) Do not open this whatsoever I went onto HMRC website and...
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    Fun to see. But can you guess what they are

    hi chaps For my birthday the wife took me to east fortune air museum in East Lothian and seeing just out of hospital from a mini stroke she took all the pics etc and I thought of the forum. She suggested I put a few pics on to see if the boys knew what was what Just for a bit of fun
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    Can anyone tell me what this is??

    Hi chaps and chappesses Went to a museum today and snapped away with the pics but came across an aircraft that I have not the scooby of what it is other than old and well used can anyone help Pics Below and all comments welcome
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    My week of hell

    Hi guys Thought I'd let you in on a week from hell of mine. Past few weeks I've been having the odd headache sometimes more sever than others. So the boss tells me go see the Dr which I hesitantly do. Gets a few standard questions and the very next day ( Friday I go for blood tests but have...
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    1/35 maps ( useful link

    Hi chaps Thought I'd share with you a few pics and a company that does scale ww2 maps for dios you may find useful. Got me a set today and very reasonable price ( cheap) Hope this is of help for you Kind regards Robert
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    World war 2 ambulance

    Hi guys and gals Does anyone know any kit producer that do the ambulance featured in the film ice cold in Alex It's for an idea I have for a dio,but I can't find one in 1/35 I know airfix do the 1/76 Air rescue set. Can anyone help our there Robert
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    John does it again

    Thankyou to john again with his excellent service on bought items. Got my paints ordered Vallejo and got quick release for airbrush which i never had before so this is a good deal Thanks again John Robert
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    Iwata Eclipse HP- CS

    :eek:hi guys Just wanted to share my views and thoughts on my new Iwata Eclipse HP- CS. It arrived through the post from John at SMS. I took it to pieces to see what was what and reassembled perfectly. The weight is a little heavy for an airbrush compared some other makes, it is a good...
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    What's the best brushed

    I would like people's input on s decent set of detail brushes. I know there are hundreds out there to choose ( I prob have about 60/100 differant brushes of varying size. I use the A/b but figures they have to be painted by hand. I've had various sets from humbrol, tamiya , Windsor etc etc...
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    Tiger talk

    Hi chaps everyone seems to like the tiger tank on here ( generally ) so thought why not have a post ( positive or negative ) all talk about the tiger from development etc What's you all think Robert
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    Churchill 1/35 tamiya

    Hi chaps Started this one last night as the wife let me get a kit as it was our anniversary. Well kit looks ok although I believe it's an old kit from what I have been told on here 1977 mould but seems ok. Very little flash if any but a few seam lines to clean up. Not sure how to achieve this...
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    Churchill divisions 1944 Normandy

    hi chaos and gals Need some help here, it's my wedding anni today and got me a Churchill ( tamiya 1/35 ) ive got the plan in mind of what I want to do with it but I need the div marks for France 44 say around Caen or where ever the churchills fought in this theatre Regards Robert
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    British Infantry Vallejo paints Europe 1945

    Hi chaps and chapeses I'm looking for correct Vallejo paints for British infantry as the thread says. Can anyone point me in the right direction of colours so I can place an order with John at SMS. I have the tamiya set of British infantry on patrol but it's all tamiya paint ref and my...
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    Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in Russia

    Hi chaps Finished this one today and calling it complete. P-47-D.27RE Vasenga-1 1945 Little is known of the operations flown by the 203 P-47Ds that were supplied to the Soviet Union during World War Two. The aircraft were ferried to Abadan, Iran where they were handed over to Soviet Pilots...
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    Avro Lancaster " special " Dambusters 1/72

    Hi chaps I finished this in Feb 2015 jusf before joining scale model forum. I did it as P for Popsie as I thought Guy Gibsons has been done many a time. The kit was not hard to complete mainly oob and weathering was done with tamiya weathering pastels. I hope you like it all comments...
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    German signposts 1/35

    Hi chaps Looking for 1/35 German signposts ie it's for a future project with Cromwell Iv and MPs and a few infantry. The MPs and motorcycle I have but its of Normandy area the signposts depict. Just thought some of you may know as searches don't give any I can find. Robert
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