My 8 year old is getting hooked on this…

Like all boys, he has a short attention span at the moment, we lurch from dinosaurs, to Dr Who, with a brief flirtation with Power Rangers. But he has taken my BoB DVD with him on a few trips to stay with grandad and when we watch TV, its often a movie of choice. My work here is done I think, and when we were at the Legends show in July, after watching one of the Spits land, he looked at me and said “You can teach, Monkies to fly better than that” – a bit harsh on the display pilot but I was chuffed!

F-14

I keep hearing rumours that Duxford declined,:eek: the RN Fleet Airm Museum said it wasn’t relevent, Cosford would have been a good home for it.

I’m with you on the Fury

couldn’t wait to get mine. I also love the Corgi Swordfish and Gladiator. Not sure what I’ll do on the Halifax. The Desert airforce version looks also to be slightly in error, I can’t find a photo but my Osprey book on the Halifax says that it had 4 bladed props outboard due to different mark Merlins? But then again, who is to say that the aircraft never flew in the paint scheme with 3 blades on all engines? In terms of what I just picked up :

http://www.flyingmule.com/products/HM-HA1023

I also have a couple of century wings (A-6 and an F-14) that are good, A-7 planned next. I need to change my user ID, I’m at work and this posting won’t go down well !:mad:

will be interesting to see how Corgi pan out…

I’ve had a moan about them on here with the faff up on the “Grey” vampire but they were the first ones I started getting in, but Hobby Master have caught them up in quality and cost, Gemeni are good as well, if with a limited 1/72 range. IXO are just weird in what they do. Check out the Hobby Master F-104 in the subdued japanese markings with sharkface, check that out and tell me that its not an object of beauty….!;)

actually, we should keep this quiet….

You just know that some PC control freak 😡 will find somebody or a group that are offended by the BBMF and our “beloved” leaders will suddenly decide that we should be ashamed of them and hide them away. Or am I a premature “Grumpy”…..?;)

I’ve seen images in 2 tone green/grey

Reading all this bought back memories of reading a comic, must been late 70’s early 80’s. It was a “Victor” or “Warlord” (anybody else my age!?) anyhow, there was a write up on how a global crisis could unfold. Concorde would have been (according to the comic) impressed into service as SST courier planes flying diplomats around the world. They had one painted up in the grey/green wrap around similar to V-bombers of the time.

617 I think

they sent 4 aircraft ona tour in 1959, XH498 undershot the runway at Wellington and crash landed at Ohakea. It was repaired and flown out 7 months later (quick check in the Robert Jackson Vulcan book)