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Cool, I haven't seen that picture of years. It was in an old Medical Physics textbook that we used to recommend to students.

Nice idea for the base Rob. Should look great as the drone is an imposing size.

One of my favourite F1 cars ever, please do a WIP. Still remember Villeneuve's lap at Zandvoort with 3 wheels. Perfect example of his unique mix of genius and lunacy.

Yes, it's been a pleasant build so far and the fit quality is very good.

It is an odd hybrid with a relatively 'modern' looking fuselage with a pair of WW2 wings attached.

Great to see you back Peter. I hope all the results come back positively for both of you.

Thankfully the fill and sand loop is done for the main fuselage I think, although primer will be the final arbiter of that! Anyway the next thing was to add the front windshield and then the wings. Both fit pretty well although there is a bit of a step between the rear of the wing and the fillet but should be fixed with some sanding and then filler. It's a surprisingly big airframe now the wings are on. Plan is to get the wings sorted and then throw some primer at all the joints to check for further work before adding the tail fins.

That'll be the Fred Flintstone limited edition then! 😉

I built the 1/32 one a good while back and it was similar. BUT the metal wheelgear gave up the ghost after about 18 months sitting in the cabinet. I'm not sure it's all Trumpy's fault as it is a bizarre arrangement which would be hard to make robust in any material.

Hope you have a good one Peter and as Hubert says, hope you're both back on an even keel.

Midway through the first iteration of the sand and fill loop, so nothing much to show. Hopefully, it looks like it won't take too many trips around the loop to get everything smooth. Unfortunately, that is then followed by rescribing which is definitely not my favourite pastime.

Nice patchwork finish on the metal surface. Remember 111 Sqn from Leuchars Airshows in the 70s but they were flying the FGR2 by then.

Hi Hubert, yes I did a double take myself when I uploaded that picture. I think because everything is black the rail on the right isn't very visible, certainly not in my usual half-baked pictures. 😁

Yes, it does look someone's cut'n'shut the front of a Jet Provost onto a Hunter.

Bit of significant progress today. Got the cockpit floor and instrument panel glued in and dropped the splitter plates in. They are unglued and centre themselves when the fuselage is glued together. Thankfully then remembered to glue the tail wheel well in before I joined the fuselage. Would have been a bugger to fit after the fact as it's wider than the hole in the rear of the fuselage and would have meant trying to burst the epoxy joints. Just some tape to keep things tight while the epoxy cures fully but everything fitted in nice and snug and there's only going to be a little bit of filler and sanding needed which is a relief.