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5 minutes ago, Metr0Land said:

 

Shortly after this Ivo visited the Bala Lake Railway

 

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He's grown....

 

Rob. 

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Some may remember the 1/8th scale r/c Mustang that a friend and I have been working on during the last year:

 

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Now that the servos are all in place, and we know where things will fit, the fuselage has returned to me for fitting out of the cockpit.

 

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I found a nice, square-on image of a P51 instrument panel which my wife printed at various sizes until we had a good fit. I backed it onto plastic and glued it in place.

 

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I scratchbuilt the gyro gunsight with reference to photos and the Tamiya 1/32nd kit. My first attempt was too small and this one is still a bit undersized, but I feel it'll do once painted. The seat, control stick and  bullet-proof screen were made up from plastic, foamcore and Milliput. It doesn't weigh much and nor does the pilot so shouldn't cause any difficulties.

 

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Behind the pilot I plan to mock up a suggestion of the radio equipment.

 

 

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56 minutes ago, Philou said:

@NHY 581 Is that a photo (just above) of your motor? I suspect it's not you with your back to the camera - or is it?

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

 

Regretably, no, Philip. 

 

Its Ivo Peters former steed now owned by Julian Birley who I understand has links to the Bala Lake line. 

 

Rob. 

 

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4 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Regretably, no, Philip. 

 

Its Ivo Peters former steed now owned by Julian Birley who I understand has links to the Bala Lake line. 

 

Rob. 

 

:offtopic:  @Philou.   He owns Alice and is a Director. I had the pleasure of riding the line when he was testing the Slate Wagons he had restored, I was in the Yellow Directors Saloon and felt every Sleeper.

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An unusual visitor to Mid-Wales. This 'Crompton' worked a military special from Marchwood to Llanddewi as far as Newport, where the booked W.R. loco had failed, so the S.R. crew were prevailed upon to conduct the W.R. crew as far as Capel Bethesda, from where an MoD loco took the train on up the light railway to Llanddewi.

 

The 'Crompton' rests in the yard, whilst the crew have a well-earned break, prior to returning light engine and van to the Southern Region:

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39 minutes ago, KNP said:

A picture that I was reminded of by a comment on my layout thread, it was taken in Nov 2017 for the first cakebox challenge.

 

Duncan Bisketts walking down the lane in Long Walk Home...

 

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Just lovely Kevin, really lovely.

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15 hours ago, KNP said:

A picture that I was reminded of by a comment on my layout thread, it was taken in Nov 2017 for the first cakebox challenge.

 

Duncan Bisketts walking down the lane in Long Walk Home...

 

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Just superb, Kevin.  Lovely imaginative modelling

Derek

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