GusMac

Sorry to hear this Jeff. Our two Jack Russells are still pretty young, 8 & 6 yrs, so hopefully got a good bit of time with them but I'm not looking forward to losing them. We've lost 6 cats down the years and they seem to hurt more as we age ourselves. Last one went just over a year ago and I almost filled the hole with tears when I was burying her in the garden. Had to be a deep hole too, otherwise the bl***y dogs would dig her up again!

Joint looks pretty good. Hope the front is glued on well. I've cracked joints like that before trying to scribe over them!

This is just laugh out loud insanely good.

Been called a lot worse!

Lovely work with the counterweight Cees. As others have said, I can't criticise, only drool!

I suppose the hope was that nothing from 't'other side' ever got close enough to have a good look and notice the mistake!

Very funny Martin. Surprised there wasn't a PS saying 'no more of the terrible music either please'.

Nice Martin. I'd say you can never have too much of the Ammo stuff. The Oilbrushers are great. I got the bulk set for my birthday from the missus and have been playing about with them and they are very easy to use and work well with the odourless thinners.

Great progress Trigger. Love the pics before and after the gloss coat on the cowl. Great physics lesson in the difference between diffuse and specular reflection. (Sorry, I know it's sad, but I'm a physicist and I can't help it! Forgive me!)

Thanks for the explanation Ernie. Love that it was just simple cock-up and they left it!

Nice Ernie. Never seen the stars'n'bars with the star segmented like that. Does it represent something specific?

So cool that they built and flew them. Plan seems to be to fly back down via many of the countries they missed on the way 'up'.

Brilliant Cees. You do have some interesting items in your living room!?

Looking great Cees. Love the wear on the floor.

Great looking result. As has been said the weathering is lovely and subtle.

Nice Rob, the 'Smoke of Scotland' is one of the nicer whisky cocktails. It definitely needs a 'heavy' Highland malt like the Lagavulin, just don't think it would work with something light like a Speyside Balvenie. The rust primer looks cool as well!

Yep, Mr Levelling and Vallejo are not a good mix, a bit like Gaz's Glenfiddich and Coke mentioned elsewhere. (Apologies for thread creep) Looks like a good recovery though Rob.

Yeah, most find single malts an acquired taste, including many Scots it has to be said. If you're struggling with those you definitely don't want to try any of the really heavy Islay malts such as Laphroaig or Bunnahabhain. Bloody hard to say and worse to drink if you're not a fan. They have a very iodine like, seaweed flavour and smell much like TCP disinfectant, if you know what that is.

Gaz, don't ever come to Scotland and admit you put Coke in the Glenfiddich, someone will chin you!

Just astonishing. I can't believe how well you make those joints disappear.

Love the guy diving in there. Do wonder if the carpet monster claimed the upper torso and that was the fix?!

Looking lovely and worn there Jeroen.

Wow, looks stunning with the rivetting.

I know they were struggling for resources by the end of the war but the quality of that timber and it's treatment is pretty remarkable. I've seen timber constructions a fraction of the age of that which have deteriorated far more rapidly. The Germans always could do 'build quality'.

Best nose job I've seen in a while Ernie. You could earn a fortune in Hollywood doing those....