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Tim, David H and myself attended the Sword and Lance show at the Darlington Football Stadium last Saturday. Although the show has an emphasis on figures, there were plenty of models on display in other genres from the local clubs. There was also a good range of traders at the event. There was plenty ...

It's a long drive so a night at The Nook campsite was in order on Friday. The campsite overlooks the western end of RAF Mildenhall. E-3 'SHUCK81' took off noisily at 2250 which was very gratifying.
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Terry and I had two tables on the stage. The show, which is free to enter, takes place ...

It’s not a straight-forward build but I’m enjoying it. Such a nice aeroplane if a fiddly kit! One day I hope to get to the USAF Museum at Dayton, Ohio where there is an example similar to the one in the kit.

Undercarriage on. What a nightmare that was!

It’s a badly executed rendition of a bad kit, but it’s been decorating my classroom this week (we were doing Space in science).

Ready for Lincoln. It appears to be frowning: doesn’t look like that in real life.
Lovely colour scheme: even my wife says so!

Well done you three. Looks like a nice event.

The Hastings / Stratocruiser / 707s caught my eye too.

Decals tomorrow hopefully

And here’s an overview of the SIG’s tables. Huw’s new P-3 is at the far end.

Just a bit of touching up to do. For a 1983 kit it’s really nice to build and sturdy too.