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Brilliant to hear that. Thanks Tim.

Thanks all, it was fun to do something so different for a change. Ha ha Hubert, I think it's just a reminder that it's time I bought a new cutting mat. 😁

Did this as a quick change of pace after the Viggen. Never done anything like this before but it's been a fun build with a few new things tried. Kit goes together very well although the orange coloured plastic is very brittle. Majority of the weathering has been done with chalks. I quite like the effect but if I was doing it again I'd mix colours more, this feels a little monochrome.

Calling this done. Will post some more pics in the completed section.

Function before looks.... Well, I think that was the FAA's excuse! 😉

I was just looking for inspiration trawling through old threads and I just wondered how Harv was doing? I'm not on Farcebook, so can't keep up there. Just wondered if any of you who keep in touch with him had any updates? Hope he's getting back on his feet.

Congratulations to you both. That's a cool looking RV but it wouldn't fit down too many of the wee roads around the west of Scotland. 😁

Looking good Ralph. Nice to see you back.

Hadn't seen that Guy. Interesting idea but I don't build anywhere near fast enough to have something built by the end of the month!

It would certainly be useful in rush hour traffic!

Nice looking machine Rob. I've been on the decaf coffee as well for about 18 months now to try and stay off blood pressure medication. So far it's working and thankfully haven't missed the caffeine at all.

I remember vividly the Eliminator album coming out. The line in Legs about 'She's got hair, down to her fanny' caused much amusement amongst myself and my immature group of young teenage friends as fanny is slang for something rather different in the UK.

Yes, nitroglycerine is a powerful vasodilator and routinely used as a treatment for angina. A large dose of that would not be pleasant. It's also about 15 times more explosive than TNT

Just stunning work Peter. The weathering is wonderful as it's a proper metal surface underneath where the wear occurs.

Making a bit more progress on the Zaxis excavator. Everything has had a wash and flat coat and a bit of dry brushing where required. Next up is assembly and then weathering to get everything muddy and dusty which I'm planning to do with chalks as per the discussion in the GB thread. The ejector pin marks in the bucket are a pain as I missed them completely but I'm hoping the weathering will hide them. Most difficult bit I think is going to be trying to make the rubber band tracks look decent. Given the real machine actually comes with a rubber or steel tracks option, why Hasegawa decided to make their rubber band tracks resemble the steel tracks is one of the great mysteries of life!

The Fleet Air Arm specialised in fuggly - Fairey Gannet was the perfect example.

I knew there were height restrictions for fast jet pilots due to the ejector seat constraints but never thought about waist restrictions! Goering wasn't gonna fit in there. 😆

Wow, that is a tight cockpit. Would suit my mum as she drives her car with her nose on top of the steering wheel! 😁

Doubt she'll come back - that's bound to be warmer than Loch Ness. Always amazes me that Loch Ness contains more water than all the freshwater bodies in England combined!

Looking really good. The fella at the front in the 3rd picture looks like he's lost his trombone. 😄

Shouldn't have been standing there when he fired. It's taken their heads clean off.....

Brings back memories. What would 18p get you now???

I hope you enjoy figure painting!

Got the main body of the digger painted and chipped. Again two layers with a white then orange over the rust base. Decals are next then weathering.

Yeah, not cheap but I'd lost too many brain cells trying to colour match the Swedish colours so I bit the bullet!