I think “cliques” is a rather strong, and derogatory term. I see it that there are definite groups of friends on here – it’s like being in a crowded boozer, if you want to get served and be heard, you need to elbow your way to the bar!

I find some posters relavent and knowlagable and some closed minded and ignorant – a sort of microcosim of the world in fact.

I cherish my closed-minded ignorance!

For my twopenn’th, opinions are what make forums such as these worth reading – yes we come to look at nice photographs, and to gossip about the latest Historic news, but a bit of opinion never did any harm. Maybe Snapper’s “pub” anology in General Discussion is a lot more apposite than he realises – forums like these are a bit like a pub. Except they don’t tend to serve frothy pints of Adnams. Like a pub there are pub bores; there are people shouting off their opinions to all who’ll listen, and there are people gradually sliding under the table. There are young people and old(er) people, people with money and without money. Generally we all tend to get along, and the moderators are like the landlord – able to chuck out and bar anyone who ruins the status quo!

Awesome. Excellent. Brilliant flying, albeit virtual!

My confidence in the project hasn’t been helped by continual rehashing of what amounts to the same press release on the TVOC website. Evasive wooly statements do little to persuade me to dig deep.

Robbo – you’ve hit the nail squarely on the head. How many times have we had “XH558 gets the green light to fly” press releases, which amount to little more than the same begging letter rehashed.

Two simple questions which need two simple answers – Do the have the money? Do they have it now?.

An awful lot of enthusiasts I know are sick of the whole thing – but it will be great IF and when she returns to the air!

From my experience Academy/Minicraft kits are right up there in the Hasegawa/Tamiya ballpark. Lovely precision-moulded kits, and the decals are spot-on too. In my opinion Academy kits are Hasegawa quality for Airfix money.

Building this one at the moment. Academy do lovely 1/72nd scale kits. Cheap as chips as well.

Amnesty international was an organisation which had my sympathy until they started campaigning for the release of convicted terrorists at which point the MOD banned members of HM forces from becomming members of Amnesty international. They may have done some good but I fear it was very little in fact they , like most bleeding heart groups probably did more harm than good. I’ll now get off my soap box. Sorry but I’m afraid I can’t feel sorry for him. With any luck the organisation will fade into well deserved obscurity.

You’re bang on the money here Mike. Fully agree with you. Any organisation that campaigns for the rights of terrorists deserves utter contempt. Amnesty is nowt but a left-wing rabble-rousing soapbox organisation. They’d have us all wearing hair shirts and whistling the Red Flag in Albanian, given half a chance.