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You beat me to it. That's exactly my thought when I see these. Not as environmentally friendly as Wall-E either!

Both looking suitably grubby Dale!

Lovely. Like the kill markings as all the Eddies from the albums up to that one - nice touch.

OK!! That's even more impressive!

Don't care what the scale is .... that's impressive PE work!

Our nearest town has a lovely memorial to Bamse, a St Bernard, who served with the Free Norwegian naval forces during WWII.

So sorry to hear your news Dale but hopefully the liver function proves to be something trivial(ish). Please, please do the TED talk as I'd love to hear your thoughts on teaching as you seem to have a natural gift especially with the kids. Best wishes!

I'll be keeping a watch Phil as I've got the one I won in the raffle and any clues on how to rig these things will be appreciated. Nice start on the instruments, etc. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle the woodgrain too!

Stay safe and look after yourself Dale. We'll be waiting when you want to return.

Bet they don't need to try too hard to get the sag on the wings!

Looks nice. Wish someone would do a similar treatment for the Lysander.

I've a number of friends in China and they are all being forced to work from home and I know a few of their companies have pulled the plug on their external servers during the closedown. I think the extended restrictions for the New Year ended last weekend so in theory people should be back but it seems to be pretty close to house arrest in many areas. I'll agree on FB as well as Zuckerberg ain't getting my custom.

You're right to love that colour. Looks stunning. It appears as though it'll change subtly with every alteration in angle and lighting which is exactly as it would be in reality. Kudos!

Did you have any hair left on your forearms Dale?!

Did wonder if it might be related to some of the quarantine issues currently imposed but I think they're based in Zhongshan so not close enough I'd have thought. Strange to go off radar completely.

Personally, I prefer building jets in 1/32 but they are large and at my rate of progress they take a long time to complete. My display case currently has F15C, F16C, A7E and Mig-23 and a solitary Spitfire XVIe. I'm only a few years younger than Dale so I also grew up on WWII movies, books, Commando comics, etc but I lived just across the water from RAF Leuchars as a kid so seeing jets everyday I think is my biggest influence. Most of my wish list are also jets, ie Viggen, Gripen.

Annealing will also change the colour of certain metals, particularly titanium. Quite often used for jewellery such as earrings. An old friend of mine was the chief jewellery technician at our local art college and told a great story of a student who came back one summer thinking he'd got a great deal on a load of cheap titanium for making stuff. Turned out it was useless as it was 'aviation grade' and was treated in some way that meant you could do what you liked to it but it wasn't going to change in any way!

I'll second Neil's vote above.

Hope life settles down a bit for you Dale!

Seems a bit extreme! Didn't look too offensive?! I'm sure you have a plan though.

Lovely job weathering a grey airframe.

Nice Eddie!

Nice finish!

With a back-end like that it'll be interesting to see how much weight it needs up front not to be a tail-sitter!

The Videoaviation stuff is lovely and as you say well worth checking out. I used their Mk 82s on my SLUF and the quality was great, nice resin and no flaws. Delivery from Italy to Scotland was very quick and reasonably priced as well.