GusMac

Hope the house build goes well. Having done one, the winter weather can be a pain.

Some good shouts there Rog. A Wellington would be brilliant. I inherited a wooden one which was built for my dad by his uncle, who was a carpenter, just after the war but it's long since gone. The geodesic structure gives lots of textural options as well.

Very neat work on the PE Jeroen. I guess you're soldering it looking at the neatness?

Holy crap that's a lot of dials! Don't screw your eyes Ernie!

That's a great shout Harv. I'd forgotten all about Cockle Shell Heroes but it was a great film and story

Well Dale, I'd go a Saab Viggen just because I love the double delta, the splinter cammo and they just look totally functional, no 'fancy bits'! In terms of manufacturer I'd say Tamiya for quality and engineering but that ain't ever happening, so I'll go Fly as they're doing the Tunan and this might almost be a possibility.

Nice work with the brass Danny. Looks a lot better as you say,

Good to see you back Maru, we've missed you around here. Sorry for the thread creep

I've seen diorama bases that looked like they had more flavour than those Melba Toasts Carl. Look like they would need a big drink to wash down. Glad to hear they're gonna set you free soon.

I'll go 633 Squadron Heroes of Telemark Tora Tora Tora Battle of the River Plate The Cruel Sea Just remind me of childhood Saturday evenings at my grandparents back in the 70s when there seemed to be a war movie on every week

Have a good one Ron and many more to come

Great news Carl, glad to hear all went well.

Good one Drdave. Very realistic heart but the patient looks a bit 'armless

All the best Carl, hope it all goes to plan.

All the snow ploughs in Scotland are GPS equipped and trackable on a website or app. They even held a poll to get kids to suggest names for them all. So we have Sir Andy Flurry, Gritty Gritty Bang Bang, Luke Snowalker, Gritty Gonzalez, etc!

Stay positive Carl. Bypass surgery is 'no walk in the park' but at the same time it's also 'no big deal' nowadays, if that makes sense. We see many post-op patients at work and the vast majority thrive afterwards. The rehab can be tedious but if you keep it up the results are worthwhile. A pretty young physio always helps!

Think it's all been said above Ernie but don't fret about it and just do what feels 'right'. If that's American Woman as loud as you can, good on ya.

Nice work Ron. The thin card probably conforms better to the curves than the PE sometimes does.

Sorry to hear that Carl and I hope they get it resolved quickly. Hopefully anything will be 'stentable' during the angio. Don't know about over there but here they do most angios now via the arteries in the wrist rather than the groin and it's a whole lot better. Stay strong!

Spot on Ernie. When you think of where they operated from in the Falklands at Goose Green, etc, you'd have thought they might have sold well in Africa with all the guerrilla conflicts going on there in the 80s.

I'd jump for that as well Ernie, such cool lines. It'd be interesting to see how you'd get enough weight in that 'itsy bitsy' nose to keep the tail up. Nice big resin cockpit would help especially with that nice big greenhouse.

That's another beauty Danny. There must be a lot of polystyrene torsos in Belgium missing their heads!

Meant to add that I wish someone would produce a decent 1/32 Sea Harrier and Etendard so I could do something from the Falklands.

Similar to crazypoet for me, it's often the story. Examples on here include the Syrian Mig-23 and the Israeli F-15C which shot it down over the Bekaa valley during Operation Mole Cricket 19 back in 1982. That one stuck in my head as it was just after the end of the Falkland's conflict and I was in my mid-teens and airplane daft. I'll also build stuff where I think the painting or weathering will challenge my skills and introduce new techniques and (hopefully) improve my abilities. Examples here include the Tamiya Spitfire MkXVIe and the current Greek A-7E as most of them look like they've been rescued from the scrap heap. Haven't built much armour since I returned to the hobby, and none since I got an airbrush, so the M911 C-HET I just started is another 'challenge'.

There's an Aussie themed bar near us that serves VB and I get where you're coming from Rog. Not the pleasantest beverage I've ever consumed and Scotland is the home of Tennent's lager- the nastiest alcopop on the planet. You can clean yer drains with that stuff!