Whilst searching through some old photographs about 18 months ago I came upon an old picture from 39 years ago of daughter Helen and I with my then new DB Mannock biplane. For those of you that may not be familiar with the initials DB, they represent the late Dave Boddington who back in the […]
Since joining the club many of you will know that I befriended John Lambert early on and he invited me one day to come and see his models as I was keen and interested by his new project of the Stearman featured here. I had a go at covering the model and John was somewhat […]
How I reshaped exhaust down pipes for my DLE120cc: Items required: Suitable flat plate (Mounting plate) Spacing plates Blow torch Two x 4mm bolts Bench vice Drill, drill bites and taps First drill and tap two holes in the centre of your mounting plate to secure the down pipe. Align spacing plates and scaffolding tube. […]
With the demise of Flair products and kits many years ago one greatly missed model from their Scout series of conventionally built models was the, Hannibal a 90-inch wingspan WW1 type shoulder wing model. Straight forward to build the model could be powered by a wide variety of powerplants including electric motors. I was delighted […]