Thanks guys. Alan, the models, apart from the Vulcan, are all weathered. The Lightning is very realistic. The silver paint used on it should have a lacquer over it – to protect it from dirt. So, any dirt stains stick to the paint. The Vulcan is very new and has taken quite a long time to build. This year its planned to fly it in the white finish then repaint it at the end of 2013 into the colour we’re used to seeing XH558 in.

Happy New Year to all,
Neil

Hi All,

Harriers! I love aircraft that have lumps and bumps on their airframe (with the exception of the Mosquito – best looking aeroplane ever, in my book!) – the Harrier fits the bill perfectly. Cottesmore is only 25 minutes down the road, so I have plenty of Harrier pics. We’re now up to the Canon 7D days.

Happy New Year to all,
Neil

Hi Ant,

Thanks, mate – good to see some of the old lags are still here:)

Re: the Wellington’s colour scheme. If you cast your mind back to the Tempest repaint – that was put back into its last squadron colours. At the time the IWM said this would be future policy – whether it still is………..I hope not!

Happy New Year to all,
Neil

Anon – in a word – No!

Thanks guys for the comments – always appreciated.

I have a lot of catching up to do, so I thought I’d post some pictures from a few years ago up to the present day. The quality of the older pictures isn’t that good as my camera kit then wasn’t a good as it is now.

Really dark conditions – a bit to much for the old Canon 50D to handle well – but it was an awesome afternoon. One which I’ll never forget – an F-15 going past and less than 50ft away – exhilerating is a word that comes to mind!


Burners lit – don’t know how many car and house alarms they set off – quite a few!!!


Best Hurricane display I’ve ever seen – Victory Show 2009.

One of these days I might re-visit some of these old pictures and see if I can do a better job now, with CS6. If you guys get bored with these old pictures please let me know.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

TTFN,
Neil

Ooops, The Hangar spelling was total brainfade – apologies:o

Hi Francisco,

Thanks for the link – the colour plates are really good. There are a couple I quite like. Still not 100% decided, but got plenty of time for that. Sometimes I decide on which aircraft to build almost straight away, but I think this one might take sometime.

TTFN,
Neil