I help to moderate a Spitfire group on Facebook – I say help, I basically badgered the administrator of the group into making me an admin after it seemed an inordinate amount of spammers were infiltrating and posting all manner of crap on there, and everyone was getting sick of it.

While it is in itself a useful resource at times, it’s also a bit of a bind when people who “know” about Spitfires come in and post all manner of nonsense, cluttering up the feed. I had to eject one member who had built a stunning model of a Spitfire, but basically began to throw insults when I pointed out one tiny flaw (which, it turns out, I was correct about).

And the Messerschmitt 109 group is almost as bad for idiots!! Having said that, I came across one chap in Germany who has an interesting couple of projects that he posts updates about from time to time.

Swings and roundabouts, really! Facebook has its uses, but I find that if I want hard-core expertise, especially where Spitfires are concerned, I’ll end up coming back here.