Grant

This is astonishing !! What an amazing project! OK, budge up on the sofa, make way for a small one, I want to watch this....

Nice ! You can't have enough decent brushes!

Me too ... I love seeing how it's done!

Oh Yes! go for it .... G.

Superb James, simply superb and gives me the incentive to work on my all metal Zero too. I can't wait for the others which must be coming surely.

Thank you kind Sir, no oak leaves, swords or diamonds though

I've enjoyed watching Adam's DVD Martin, it's certainly taken most of the mystique out of soldering for me. To those who do it regularly and competently it easy of course, but if you've never done it before it's a little daunting. I was scared witless before watching that and now I'm prepared to give it a go with a degree of confidence - of course, he makes it look easy but that's half the trick with me; if I see how it's done then I'm halfway there. If left to figure it out myself then I'm hopeless at giving myself half a chance to learn properly.

These arrived today .. for me and in an effort to make me get off my a*rse and build something this year (I thought having my own model shop would allow me to spend the day, every day, modelling .... hmm, not so!!)

1) Build Something !!

Great review Jim. I think these are the most crisply made accessories I've ever seen; GasPatch have done the most remarkable job with them. In the flesh they're equally as impressive as your superb photographs show, ALERT!! Shameless plug follows: ........ These are also stocked by and available from Arrow Wolf Scale Models albeit just the one version currently.

I'm not saying I deserved it but .......

Whilst NOT strictly a walk-around, GUY5SY has asked that post the following YouTube clip here as there is an amazing amount of footage of the Lancaster and of the Mosquito whilst in the ground and both inside and out. Then, of course, you get to see and hear 6 aircraft powered by Merlin engines flying in formation with each other :- It's glorious!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceuU1UQuwVU Enjoy it. Grant

Blimey .. that's been a while !! You're welcome.

Amazing work all round Nige .. going back to the wheel rims, that Alclad chrome looks absolutely sensational and just like what I remember the "polished" steel of a railway rim should look like. (Oh! and Jess, she's gorgeous! Only my wife could tell you how much I want a dog at the moment, certainly a wire-haired Fox Terrier or even a Jack Russell .. Nice name too, Jess!)

More cunning than a cunning fox who passed out first of his cunning class at Cunning University ??? That must have been a nasty piece of flash then Rick!

Thank Erik .... you're a superstar !!

Oh, you lucky B*gger!! I so want one of those (and to be fair, they're coming down in price quite a lot now) but need the space to put it up; there's a plan afoot to move the Global Headquarters of Arrow Wolf out of the dining room and into a "summer house" in the garden which will be a permanent office / man cave (with combination locks so 'er indoors, the enemy aka the Wife can't wander in and try to tidy up or re-arrange things ) - however, that'll take a while yet so I see no point in buying one for it to just sit, unbuilt, on a shelf somewhere. However, it IS on the list of "must haves" ... the one I'm watching is only 60 cm x 130 cm which I think is probably ample in size for most things. Meanwhile .. I did manage to get these for very little money: So I can light from overhead as well as from the side etc

Bertl, not only are you building something quite extraordinary but your explanations as to what each part is is very educational. I am utterly hopeless when it comes to engines .. I have the basic knowledge of how they work (suck, squeeze, bang, blow) but that's it! Thank you for making things clearer for me. One thing though .. in one of your photos (this one) you are using some sort of brass rod/tube template or cutting gauge, Where did this come from?? .. can you remember?? it seems to be a very useful tool for the tool box. Thanks, Grant

Thanks for the link Erik, that's going to be very useful I'm sure - I mean useful as in "Speed-dial One" I'll admit that I was slightly swayed by the 24 mp's but more so by the terrific reviews it had received in various publications and web-sites plus the apparent ease of set up for close ups etc. Anyway, once I've played with it a bit more I will read through both try and apply the hints and tips that Doogs generously shared with us in his guide. One day my D3200 will grow up to be like your new bad boy the D800 (but only if I start to understand f.stops and ISO's and all the other unintelligible terminology) Wow! You've got some serious camera power there; no wonder your "walk arounds" are so detailed. Thanks Sasho. Y'know, I looked at the Samsung cameras long and hard and liked what I read - I was really torn between the Samsung NX1000, the Canon EOS1100 and the Nikon but I opted for the DSLR because I wanted t learn about all the f.stops, ISO's and the other unintelligible terminology I mentioned above. "The proof will be in the pudding", as they say. The results had better be good! Oh! and you're going to LOVE the Eindecker E.IV by the way .. brilliant thing to find under a tree eh? Grant

Oh yeah, I've a sneaking love of these HUGE guns (Morters?) so I'm definitely pulling up a comfy chair to watch along - it's going to be fascinating. And what a treat, seeing Nige at LSM. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Grant.

This is great progress Paul, thanks. I certainly agree with the consensus in that the interior screams out for colour but not so the exterior which, if I'm reading between the lines correctly, you're going to leaving bare ( ). It's going to be a very, very sweet model Paul.

Iberico Ham!! hmmmm, lovely!

On the same theme as Doogs, My boss at Arrow Wolf kindly bought me this: I was dithering between this and the Canon EOS1100 but opted for this based on many, many, many reviews I'd read PLUS the price .. At £329 it was good value and there's a £30 cash back offer from Nikon. I also like the on-board tutorial aspect so, all in all, I'm a happy boy. Oh, and I also added a 32Gb, class 10 SD Card and a shutter remote. Hopefully, my review photos will be a LOT better from now on.

Very sweet build Jeroen! I must admit that it took me a few seconds to get used to the RAF markings on a Luftwaffe aircraft, but that was all for the better as it made me study it more closely. I love the subtle shading and scratches etc - beautifully done.

I second that Martin ... that was seriously quick work by Pheon!