I’m not suggesting grovelling thanks after every post but something along the lines of thanks for the suggestions chaps, dudes, guys, people, whatever, after a few replies would cost nothing.
If you asked directions to somewhere, would you just drive off without saying thanks?

Well put. Back on topic: did anyone mention the Stirling Project (and if so apologies for poor memory and inability to scroll back while thinking about what I was going to write).

$1500 for one article? I need to get back into writing!

Me too: you can see the temptation to do it on the cheap…

Having set this one running, I wonder if Mr Wilkinson will return to share his thoughts.

I noted another posting on a forum by this serial thread-starter, which was basically a request for information on a subject he was ‘researching’. When I suggested a number of archives for primary source research, he replied that he couldn’t afford to do any of that sort of Research and would instead copy it from extant secondary sources such as published works and the internet. Well that will be an educational read then. It’s been an interesting discussion but don’t expect any response other than those we’ve seen from subsequent posters.

Looks like a crunchy Argosy being toasted: Manston or Catterick?

Wow – some effort must have gone into those. Sea Venom-based maybe?

It’s November 2018 and you’re telling us the January 2019 issue is out? Daft.

The dog’s name is only mentioned because it’s a ‘rude word’ and people like to snigger like schoolkids about it or get angry and pretend it’s about supposed Political Correctness without any real reason to get angry. The same sort of people who get annoyed because The Daily Mail tells them to, I’m guessing.

bug**er! He he he. Kind of like that but without the thinly-veiled racism.

However, I am wondering whether the ‘perpetrator’ of this model might not also be the source of a clever piece of forgery?

I’m beginning to think the same thing: I’m sure such a beefy, obviously well-engineered type would be well-known among us geeks of the trivia…