The Smythemeister's 1/48 Dr.I

[Guest]

all quite close really, easy to see how things can get confused!:rolling:

That’s always the problem with languages you don’t speak well — too easy to get confused by words that sound and/or look similar. You native English-speakers have an additional handicap there because your pronunciation of many vowels is so odd.

[The Smythe Meister]

....."You native English-speakers "....

HA... Az I'm Cummin frum this bit uv Englund,sum people would beg to differ!!

[The Smythe Meister]

.... So then, here's some pics of the final stages of the build....


Top wing on,then some tiny bits,also I'm trying to sort the undercarriage... Dave was right... It's incredibly fragile!

..... TBC.....

[colin m]

A bit of a catchup here, but very nice work Andy. Excellent work on the 'used' look.

[The Smythe Meister]

A bit of a catchup here, but very nice work Andy. Excellent work on the 'used' look.

Thanks Colin,nice to see you pop in:thumb2:,if the undercarriage stands up, the "finished" pics should be up tomorrow :hugging-face:

[Guest]

HA... Az I'm Cummin frum this bit uv Englund,sum people would beg to differ!!

Speaking a dialect other than the standard/prestige one does not make you any less of a native speaker, though

[The Smythe Meister]

Speaking a dialect other than the standard/prestige one does not make you any less of a native speaker, though :smiling3:

..... Very true mate... However, there's a certain kind of "snobbery" where accents are concerned in the U.K. ... for example, people who talk like I do,tend to be looked upon as stupid... How little doth the so called intelligencia know!! :thumb2:

[Dave Ward]

Dave was right... It's incredibly fragile! :sad:

I think I broke it for the first time during assembly, repaired it several times & finally cobbled it together, just to take pictures! When it broke after that it went for landfill...................
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

..... Very true mate... However, there's a certain kind of "snobbery" where accents are concerned in the U.K. ... for example, people who talk like I do,tend to be looked upon as stupid... How little doth the so called intelligencia know!! :thumb2:

I used to use my broad Wiltshire accent as an arsehole detector in meetings……it was a great way to blindside the arrogant.

[Waspie]

Nice one Andy. Like Allen, I've been playing ketchup!!! Damn - he's got me doing it now!! Seriously, a very nice build mate. He said in his poshest Geordie accent!!! Cos I is posh. (They tell me when I gan yem). That's 'go home' in Geordie.

[JR]

Late to join Andy. Sorry about that.
Coming on well, one of the first planes I built way back it the mists of time. Must have been an Airfix from Woolies.
Like you love the Flory wash , easy to work with . Great ability to add or remove .
See you've been allowed to work in the house ! Was that so Cohan could watch from his lair :smiling3:
Love to Rach

[Guest]

there's a certain kind of "snobbery" where accents are concerned in the U.K.

Not just in the UK, that happens everywhere. There is usually one or a small number of prestige dialects — turn on the national TV news and listen to how the presenters talk, that’ll give a very good indication of what that is — and everyone speaking a clearly local dialect will get looked down on as uneducated or stupid. Which doesn’t stop me at all from speaking my local dialect to all and sundry here, except for obvious visitors from far reaches of the country. But if you live around here, my thoughts are that it’s not my problem if you think you the local dialect is hard to understand.

(That said, hardly anybody more than a few years younger than me even speaks local dialect at all anymore. Kids these days all speak what I refer to as “TV Dutch” with its horrible pronunciation of certain sounds )

[The Smythe Meister]

I think I broke it for the first time during assembly, repaired it several times & finally cobbled it together, just to take pictures! When it broke after that it went for landfill...................
Dave

Certainly have to treat it with kid gloves Dave, luckily though,it ain't broke yet!!:hugging-face:

Nice one Andy. Like Allen, I've been playing ketchup!!! Damn - he's got me doing it now!! Seriously, a very nice build mate. He said in his poshest Geordie accent!!! Cos I is posh. (They tell me when I gan yem). That's 'go home' in Geordie.

Hi Doug, thanks,and welcome along:thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

Late to join Andy. Sorry about that.
Coming on well, one of the first planes I built way back it the mists of time. Must have been an Airfix from Woolies.
Like you love the Flory wash , easy to work with . Great ability to add or remove .
See you've been allowed to work in the house ! Was that so Cohan could watch from his lair :smiling3:
Love to Rach

Good to see you John,it is a bit of a classic plane isn't it? I think most of us must have done one as a youngster.Cohan has had a front row seat this week!!:tears-of-joy:

[scottie3158]

Hello mate,
Sorry I have completely missed this up till now. That is a great result something completely different from the normal finishes.