Always forget about the Beau cockpit Bruce. Been upstairs she doesnt always spring to mind when discussing things like this. But yes your quite right regarding that item. I think youll find thats part of the reason the whole section sits behind a nice thick pain of glass. And to stop bits been stolen of coarse.

I think it comes down to managed risk at the end of the day and making a proper assesment and making a decsion based upon that.

I think at that tender age as long as it goes together not not badly its happy days. Either as a play thing or hang from the ceiling item a kid is gonna be happy.

The earliest kits I rememebr my dad helping me with are a Heller Hurricane & Tempest, Matchbox Lysander.Marauder, Gladiator and Jet Provost. Im sure there was more but they were the ones that spring to mind.

Funny you mention the Hunter trainer XN923. Ive got one on the modelling table at the minute alongside a Revell 1/72nd Hunter I am converting to represent G-HUNT for a possible forthcoming magazine article. G-HUNT looks lovely at the minute in her all red colour scheme.

I actually im on about a diff Rob. Ignore my comment about his crap photog. JUst realised. Oooops

Your quite right Eric the Rapide is ex heller. But they ad the foresite to re-release the kit and look what happened. A good seller. Well from what I saw anyway. So backing up my point I may not have made to clear previous that good kits can be sellers even reboxed old ones. Old Dogs will not be and just deter further sales.

Maybe I was unlucky then Damien. All of my Buccaneers were warped in a big way. But saying that rightly or wrongly it has got a reputation for being like a bannnana. Saying that though looks stunning once completed.

Ive not started my TSR2 eeither. waiting for some nice resin and etched sets to arrive before I commence production.