30 days to go Laddies!
beginning pre-flight check now..engines...check
elevators...check...

Magic. Don't forget to ship the fenders, we can't be taking off with our dingly danglys hanging out.

lol...a daily event in my life, Laddie!

Well I have the WMW 1:48 Gloster VI ("Golden Arrow") and am also about to order the Techmod 1:48 Friedrichshafen FF 33e . This is the WWI two seater float plane that was assigned to the German raider "Wolf".

The Techmod Freidrichshaffen..I thought that kit was mythical!......could you please post a contact for this kit so I could look into possibly getting one for myself? thanks

I have two on preorder as of yesterday. they will be available 10.15.09 I am told. There is a bit of something over here.

thank you Stephen

count me in been looking to build this one for a while its a big kit and looks like a lot of fun think im going with the black cats version

Oh I'm getting quite excited about this GB. Have to clear the decks of three builds in the next month to commit fully to it.
In the meantime here are snaps of the cockpit work that was done on the Sunderland I picked up. And one of the aeroclub engines
nestled in the cowling. These are really nice thanks Jim for donating them. As you can see I'll need to be extra careful to keep up with
the work already done.

I overexposed the head-on shot so you can see the radio operators table.



PS Fear not the other control column is broken but in the box.

She sure is a beuty!
Im quite excited to see her in non combat colours too...

looking good jp you got alot of work done

Hi all. I'll take this opportunity for my first campaign!
Not sure what plane yet, but I have my finger on several at various web sites.

It was all done for me. The guy who started it has shuffled off this
mortal coil. I hope I can continue half as good as he set out.
It is lovely work though isn't it? Got some photos mailed to me
from an aircraft collection with G-AGER in camo and in BOAC
trim. It lets me see how the lettering was done for these wartime
civvy Sundies. I wonder why they flew internees from Portugal
to Ireland? I guess two neutral countries doesn't seem like they
are shipping them back to fight/fly again.

This campaign starts literally the day after a major model show up here in the Great White North, so Im pleased as punch! Ill have alot of these darn projects cleared off my bench and my head cleared out nicely for this campaign..BTW we had snow yesterday...bleah..

Getting close to the start date, and still can't decide what I'll be doing.
Now which one?
Sopwith Baby
Macchi Mc.72
Fairey Swordfish
or
Hansa Brandenberg W.29

Being drawn to the Hansa.

dont know how much longer i can keep my hands out of the box

check out me banner took me a while to get it there

I've got MPM's 1:72 Arado Ar 95A on the way.
Anyone have any feedback on this kit?

(GROAN)...Just a couple of weeks to go, and I've changed my mind about a half dozen times already. I'm really glad this Campaign is 10 months long...I think the only solution is...Multiple builds !!

Cheers,
Mike

Sitting on an Airfix Arado 196, if I don't find something else in Hannants tomorrow

I pulled my RoG Bv138 out of the stash last night ... ready to put to sea

Building like mad here...Ajax is coming fast ..polishing off my entries and Ill be ready to tackle this campaign..Starting with the Stranraer and well see if I have time for my 1:72 Jake or 1:48 Pete

Don't know to laugh or cry.
Those engines are wasps not pegasuses (pegasii?)
two banks of seven not one bank of nine. Doh!

Wasp
http://www.enginehistory.org/G&jJBrossett/R-1830%20Twin%20Wasp.JPG

Pegasus
http://www.enginehistory.org/G&jJBrossett/Bristol%20Hercules%20XVIII%20side.JPG

Not installed until post war. They look so much better than the nasty
kit versions so either my plan of scheme will change, I can't really modify
the engines to look like a pegasus

Sorry Jim for your trouble, but I either find pegasus or make four.
Also that means I'll have to find a liberator or couple of dakotas to use the wasps in
If you want them back at anytime before that they'll be here for you.

I do have a Shvestov m-62 I could modify to look like a pegasus.

Nah sod it I'll just order some from aeroclub they make great stuff. Done!
Cheap delivery to UK too.

There that wasn't so hard. Just blew my monthly modelling budget of £10.
It'll be worth it.

sorry JP...thats what I get for assuming. I bought the kit at a show a year ago, and it came with the engines in the box..I ASSUMED they were the right engines ...dohhh....
Also check out Engines & Things ...they make great resin castings...s'wot i use now
pick them up from ROLL MODELS in the USA (ENG72023) @ $3.98 each