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Point of order m'lud 'materials that grew rather than manufactured' A great deal of the plastic we use is oil-based which means that 50 million years ago it was trees I would submit a greener use than burning the stuff........ SIG144 - saving the planet! That said unbounded respect for our members w...

For what my two-penn'orth is worth I always try to go for clear canopies. Some kits - especially resins - have solid mouldings intended to be painted. Clear parts in our scale are often too thick. If they are irretrievable as clear items they should be painted on the outside as internal refraction w...

Wow indeed - two 8m tables....we can only dream......!!!

Fabulous display, looks like a great venue too. My regards to Wolfgang and congratulations to you all - good to see so many 1/144 in one place.

Hi Malcolm I didn't know that faller water texture was still about - I'll seek some out. Lovely job! Re the NeOmega HDML it was at Telford - it looks stunning and I would have got one except that British Phantoms had somewhat blown the budget! I know at least one member of the 'Yacht Club' was unabl...

Well....what a show !! This year felt much more like the old days with a buzz and positivity that was palpable, under the new system we paid for extra tables but this brought certainty to planning (it was essentially a lottery before)and you all rose to the occasion magnificently. We tried to vary t...

The SIG had a great day out at Lincoln yesterday, lovely Autumn sunshine and a friendly venue The two Davids, Hart and Ferrari Emma, Tim and YT found ourselves with a super 12' double depth table in a sunny hall. The low sun resulted in some squinting during set up (and at one moment some concern wh...

Definitely a Neptune in the background..........

A worthy cause deserving of support - very soft spot for Invicta - there was a time when they were my local airline. Of course it will have to be restored as a fully inter-active experience for the visitors with virtual tours hosted by a cute CGI character who will explain all parts of the giant pla...

That gives a whole new meaning to 'surface detail sanded off and replaced with finer' ! As a mere assembler of kits it never ceases to amaze me what you scratchbuilders achieve - lovely !!

Lovely job on the camo scheme too (I was going to say 'spot on' but a pun too far methinks). if it had been applied today they would call it 'digital' - then it was 'labour-intensive sailors with brushes'.
nice one sir !