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  • in reply to: Aircraft Carriers (not the sea-going variety) #1433145
    Andy in Beds
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    These two are close to being my favourite bits of aviation.
    USS Macon.

    I actually think these pictures came from the Official USN website.
    Somone sent them to me via about 300 others.
    Cheers
    Andy

    in reply to: FLY TO NORTH WEALD SUNDAY 6 MARCH! #1433356
    Andy in Beds
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    Janie
    Like Nick says,
    if you can get some of the forms over to Popham for next Saturday. I think you might find a small but like minded group of individuals down there who would be happy to sign a few for you.
    Let me know
    Andy

    in reply to: For the Diary, June 4 Dunsfold #1433375
    Andy in Beds
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    We are hoping for a good day. As well as the fly-in and show elements there will be some motoring stuff too. We should be running the Napier Railton so you get to hear a Napier Lion aero engine too.
    M

    I might decide to grace your torrid little event with my presence.
    Are any of your naval acquaintances joining you? πŸ™‚ πŸ˜‰ πŸ™‚

    in reply to: Airbrushing models… #1433381
    Andy in Beds
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    The brush I knackered with oil based paint was an Aztec. Mate (who is speaking to me now) says oil based paints are fine with the Badger. Problem with the Aztec is to clean it all out, you need to take it apart to clean the fiddly bits, and that affects the warranty. With the Badger it’s not such a problem.

    I’ve a couple of badger brushes.
    The model 200EX I have is over twenty years old. I always strip it down to clean it.
    I use Badger aerosol Air-brush cleaner–It’s really offensive stuff.
    It dries your skin like you’ve got Eczema, it’s got a vapour issue and it stripped the colour out of Mrs AiB’s favourite table cloth in no time at all.
    It does clean all sorts of stuff out of an air-brush though.

    I also have a model 100 ultra fine line. I only ever spray the cleaner through that. I’ve also never stripped it down. I used acrylic through the 200 only once. It was Aeromaster and it gummed up the works so badly that I thought I’d junked the brush–never again.
    Cheers
    Andy

    in reply to: Biggin Hill 86 Photos inc. 1st Blenheim & Mossie RS712 #1433455
    Andy in Beds
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    Seafury Fan
    Was that Brendan O’Brian landing on the truck?
    I always thought that act looked a bit dodgy but I loved it.
    Is that a cub?
    Anyone?
    Andy

    in reply to: General Discussion #373347
    Andy in Beds
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    I know that programmes should not be judged just on their value but in entertaining terms too, but is there any worth in this sort of thing? Who benefits – other than the suppliers?

    Flood

    Flood
    well presumably the makers make money, while the rest of us gain nothing other than another piece of cr*p that goes into the growing pile of cr*p that will eventually stiffle all independant thought beneath a blanket of ignorance.
    Of course that goes for almost everything that I’ve seen of satelite/cable TV.
    Cheap poorly made pap that can be spoon fed to the masses to keep them quiet.
    Later
    A…

    in reply to: Airbrushing models… #1433897
    Andy in Beds
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    Ok, I haven’t built a kit for years but I do have a cheapy airbrush (one of the ones that use canned propellant).

    I also have a compressor with an 8 litre tank (used for nail guns, air tools etc). Will the 2 work together, or will I end up with an exploding airbrush and the walls covered in Matt Olive Drab?

    Something I’d rather know now, rather than post explosion…

    JC

    John I think the maximum you’d be looking at for airbrushing is 40 psi.
    Rather lower than an air chisel will require.
    A…

    in reply to: General Discussion #373502
    Andy in Beds
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    Don’t be a sirry breeder that’s Scrotish.

    in reply to: General Discussion #373506
    Andy in Beds
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    Though normally via politics, sprout curry and chavs… πŸ˜‰

    That’s what makes it so much fun??? :confused: :confused:

    in reply to: Marham's Canberras #1433958
    Andy in Beds
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    I like the first one.
    Thanks for posting
    Andy

    in reply to: General Discussion #373518
    Andy in Beds
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    Blook here, Don’t get cheeky Birthday Boy πŸ˜‰ πŸ˜‰ Anna πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€

    Blook, that’s a bloke in Norfolk. πŸ™‚

    in reply to: General Discussion #373550
    Andy in Beds
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    I’d go for the Eng-er-lish pronunciation personally, though I dare say it’s in no way a hard and fast rule… πŸ˜€

    That’s what I love about this forum.
    A thread starts with something none of us like and ends up in English pronunciation.

    in reply to: General Discussion #373571
    Andy in Beds
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    Pronunciation? The French “trarn-charn” or English “trench-ant”? πŸ˜‰

    Good question.
    this has sparked some debate here in the offices of the Government quango where I’m employed.
    I always thought with my conventional 1970’s British education that trench-ant was in use but the younger among my colleagues tend towards the French.
    What do you think?
    Andy.

    in reply to: General Discussion #373581
    Andy in Beds
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    Trenchant? Trenchant? Make a note of it Darling, I like it, and want to use it in conversation…

    From Webster’s Dictionary on line.

    Main Entry: trenΒ·chant
    Function: adjective
    Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of trenchier
    1 : KEEN, SHARP
    2 : vigorously effective and articulate ; also : CAUSTIC
    3 a : sharply perceptive : PENETRATING b : CLEAR-CUT, DISTINCT
    – trenΒ·chantΒ·ly adverb

    Enjoy.
    A…

    in reply to: General Discussion #373608
    Andy in Beds
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    Thats so sweet Andy πŸ˜‰ πŸ™‚

    And true too πŸ™‚

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