Which scale model...?

[stona]

Hi Graham


I'm a bit of a historian on the side, my model building led to an interest in the machines, men and events contemporary with the aircraft, models of which I was putting together. The model building is now almost secondary to my interest in the history and I always research my builds as much as I can.


Bomber Command has been a field of interest and research for me over the last two or three years, partly in response to a rather nasty revisionism I have seen creeping into some accounts of the combined offensive carried out with the USAAF. Your father joined that offensive as it reached its peak. His name must have popped up somewhere, probably in connection with the Path Finder Force, maybe as he flew as master bomber on some raids I was looking at. He was obviously a remarkable man, not just for his service with the RAF, and the type we were lucky to have on our side.


Luckily the forecast here is a little more within my design parameters! Temperatures in the low 20s forecast, however, I'm off to Germany tomorrow where it is predicted to be somewhat warmer


Cheers


Steve

[tanktrack]

I'd LOVE to get my hands on a 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing in racing white, but the biggest I can find is a pissy little 5 inches long!

welcome Graham I too love the gull wing but cant fid a decent size in 1 , I would like to do mine as so

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[Guest]

welcome Graham I too love the gull wing but cant fid a decent size in 1 , I would like to do mine as so

Wow! Is that in your back yard? I'm green with envy...


That's a restoration project WELL worth the candle. A car like that properly done up could make a great deal of money.


Thanks for sharing it. It's a wonderful photograph.


Regards,


Graham.

[Guest]

Hi Graham
I'm a bit of a historian on the side, my model building led to an interest in the machines, men and events contemporary with the aircraft, models of which I was putting together. The model building is now almost secondary to my interest in the history and I always research my builds as much as I can.


Bomber Command has been a field of interest and research for me over the last two or three years, partly in response to a rather nasty revisionism I have seen creeping into some accounts of the combined offensive carried out with the USAAF. Your father joined that offensive as it reached its peak. His name must have popped up somewhere, probably in connection with the Path Finder Force, maybe as he flew as master bomber on some raids I was looking at. He was obviously a remarkable man, not just for his service with the RAF, and the type we were lucky to have on our side.


Luckily the forecast here is a little more within my design parameters! Temperatures in the low 20s forecast, however, I'm off to Germany tomorrow where it is predicted to be somewhat warmer


Cheers


Steve

You've got an amazing memory for names then!


Morning Steve,


It may have been the Dresden raids which I'm sure you will have researched where you came across his name. On the first (I think) of these, he fulfilled the role of Master Bomber and, needless to say, the aftereffects stayed with him for the rest of his life...


Can I ask you a modelling question? Presumably, just like anything else one paints, models require painting first with a primer coat? If so, what colour is ideal? A mid-grey?


I've ordered my Bentley locally, which should be with me in a couple of days. Can't wait!


Kind regards,


Graham.