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Very nice indeed!

The searchlight looks fantastic!

Looking forward to seeing it at a show before too long.

Another enjoyable build which will be ready for Keighley, hopefully.
The grey is XF-80 which I have used for RAF aircraft before now.
The white is Halfords matt white from a rattle can.

Summer holidays have been and gone ....
This one is really fighting me with the masking tape pulling off some off the aluminium. I won't tell you where!

HU-16 bad paint job.jpg

Amazingly, while away in Shropshire a real-life Albatross flew over the house! It was N98TP from Oxford Kidlington to a ...

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One for the summer holidays I think.

Hopefully ready for Keighley.

Looking good!

Searchlight - there is a build of the Welsh Models resin P-2 on the internet. The builder saws off the solid end of the tip tank where the searchlight should be and uses it to make a cast which he then fills with clear resin. Clever!

https://thelittleaviationmuseum.au/lockheed-sp-2h ...

It’s gone to Morayvia.

Very nice. Looking forward to seeing that some day.

Mike: don’t tell me that the Cosford example has been scrapped? Please, no!

It was a great show and what a display the SIG put out!

Collective noun for Orions? How about an 'AMARG'?

Slowly building up a coat of Halfords matt white from a rattle can.