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Large logo all day. Anything is else is like spraying poster paint on a Picasso

Think I prefer the black one. They should make it gloss black

The sprint qualifying in the wet was the most interesting bit of this weeks circus

Dunno how high Concorde went . I think both U2 and the blackbird could manage that high ?

I like the 350 design , it’s like a slightly melted 787 ;) you can tell all these things come off similar design aerodynamic cad whatnots …they all look fairly similar , wasn’t the case years ago .. I’ve just purchased this mug in recognition of my time on the plastic jet …it’s an engine mug ..Boeing do some good merch

I think the question I’d ask with rails is , “ show me the photo of that loco looking like that “. There’s a fair percentage of imaginary weathering going on ….what people think weathering looks like rather than the reality . Should always be based on the real loco I feel

They are start and taxiable or I believe to teach the airmen and women ground handling techniques

You won’t find much flying in there . the runway is only about 1400m which precludes routine ops of all the heavy or pointy stuff . theyve got a load of jaguars there they run for technical training . I wonder if these were flown in somehow ? Like slam it down and brake like stink / drag chute etc

I wouldn’t swap my pre new version blue box ones - ima cgually still happy with my 47035 from about 2005 ! That did take hacking around the bodies to change the obvious class 57 bits though , but my more recent one is also good. If I got anymore it’d be the new Bachmann , but have to be well below £200 and the blue ones seem to consistently stay above that

Maybe if the NHS is funding them but you can’t impose that if they are paying their own way through training

And unlike most blue diesels the yellow has square corners

From Dave’s vid for those who haven’t seen it. he also pointed out there’s no backing to the exhaust so you can see straight in to the PCB. The TMC weathered version was better as it hid some of the mistakes !

In which case it’ll be modelled inch perfect to look like a 47 ;)

Seeing as I’m actually building a West Country plank just for this model and the accurascale HST, id better go ahead and order one really !

That’s a great photo , but he may want to call that “ September 1998” , 1999 is a year in service and it was decidedly browny to the underside as they all became