Three days from start to finish. Bet you didn’t expect that answer!

My method is that I do a detailed pencil drawing first (having done a few smaller rough sketches to get the right composition) as well as larger sketches of complicated high detail areas. I paint the background first – If I like the cloudscape on its own, then the painting continues. To transfer the drawing onto the canvas depends on the size of the painting.. One as big as the demon is drawn in basic outline freehand. The problem is that pencil is a pain in the posterior to remove from oil paint, so a very hard grade of pencil is used VERY gently. With the outline in place I start at the left and work across in full and mostly final detail.

The guys you need to speak to are ACIA – http://www.acia.co.uk

all I’ve heard of was the famous He111 in Sunderland centre, a probable Ju88 off the coast at Whitley BAy (possible wreckage visible near St Mary’s Lighthouse a couple of summers ago – wish I’d got the waders on!

ACIA will have records of whatever you’re looking for.:cool:

No manuals, but I recall it’s reasonably straight forward. Dissipate the gas pressure, then undo the locking ring where the oleo seals are.

Here’s something which could be applied to our museums –

Alnwick Gardens have an annual Teacher’s Day, which equates to free entry for teaching staff and their families. The rationale being that if the teachers have a good free day out, they are more likely to go to the (huge) trouble of organising a class visit.

Class Visit = People through the door = good!

Likewise, an advert for Ashes to Ashes (the follow on series to Life on Mars) has just been on whilst reading this. Conspiracy abounds! Does Gene Hunt actually work for NASA?………

according to Kinloss, they need 6000ft to safely land. Plus a few other criteria.

http://www.greatnorthflyin.co.uk/

Website up and running for the fly in