That Spit’s been my wallpaper since it was posted.
I’m not tired of of it yet. Could take a long time.

OOps! Sorry DHFan. I’ll try to be a little slower off the mark next time. 😀 😀 😀

BR

Laurie

I obviously need to keep my books nearer the computer. 😀

BTW, info from Action Stations 1 & 6.

The Dodds car was actually built by Paul Jameson. John Dodds bought it unfinished as Paul Jameson was having trouble finding a gearbox to take the power.
I did actually see the beast in the flesh and on the road once. Dodds owned a garage at Locks Bottom on the A21 (? Bromley to Sevenoaks road). I called in for petrol one day and it was sitting at the pumps. There was a deal of thumping and banging as he started it up, he pulled out onto the road, a very loud growl and he was out of sight.
I think after the incident with this car, RR decreed that they would only sell replacement grilles and bumpers if damaged ones were produced first.

IIRC, Jameson was angry that Dodds always described it as having a Merlin and vowed to build a car with a real Merlin. Presumably that’s the six-wheeler.

…but my wife still thinks I’m a ten year old in a thirty-nine year old body……not far wrong!

As a mate of mine says – getting older is compulsory, growing up is optional.

Got off my backside and looked it up…

Fw190D, originally fitted wth DB603 but all production models used Junkers Jumo 213.
Still looked like radials as they had annular radiators.

Apparently not swallowed up – merged.

http://www.irvingq.co.uk/information/history.asp

My Dad built the Airfix Spitfire and Gladiator in the late 50s, first kits I ever saw. There was a Monogram DC3 too, which I bet my Mum’s still got.

My first was an American single-engined jet fighter, something like an F-100 but with a round intake. Aurora or Lindbergh I guess. That would be 1959 and in the next 10 years I built a LOT of the Airfix range.
There are just over 100 unmade kits in various cupboards around the house, ranging from a 1/144 Typhoon to an unfinished 1/8 E-type.

Although not quite as elderly as Moggy, I also started with KeilKraft early on. The first was a Pixie, chosen because unlike all the other rubber-powered models, it had a Gipsy type cowling.
The only hooliganism I recall was attaching a Jetex to a Luscombe Silvaire. As I put it above the cabin area the thrust line wasn’t ideal. Not entirely successful.