[Keeping up with the Rattlers' & Deltas']

~S~ GK,

I remember building that exact same kit when I was in Singapore, aged 8, (that would be 1969 !! LOL).

I had just been taken to see "The Battle of Britain" by my step dad so it had to be done.

Funny thing is, (as with alot of the Airfix kits), they used the same box/packet art for over 30 years !!

Happy building M8 !!

~S~ Timeless.

[I know you guys will appreciate this.]

~S~ BG,

you do realise if 9/11 had occurred in London we would undoubtedly have been on "bloody annoyed" for at least six months !!

~S~ Painless

[Duxford American Air Day]

~S~ Rog,

thats going to be EVEN harder to get past Siobhan than the min £5000 for my PPL !!

[Duxford American Air Day]

~S~ Rog, WOOOOOOOW just seen this post M8.

OK, so, the USAAF were wussies right ? LOL

The HumVee wouldn't start right ?

That should provoke a response !!! HE HE HE

[A true and amusing story.]

~S~ Chaps,

Just a little known fact of interest M8s....You know the Spits Merlin was hampered during the Battle of Britain by its SU carburettors starving the engine of fuel when going through any -ve G manoeuvre right.

Well a female engineer called Miss Shilling came up with a stop gap solution......

[Cdn War Museum and Aviation Museum - more pics added]

~S~, Merlins everywhere !! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Merlins !!

Nice pics indeed

[Cdn War Museum and Aviation Museum - more pics added]

~S~ JP , looks like a great place to visit, (maybe one day soon )

~S~ Painless

[Another sad day for Warbirds and those who fly them...]

~S~ Pete, breaks your heart M8.

Hope the guys in a better place.

~S~ Mick.

[Hyperlobby - Debrief]

~S~ Chaps,

Crash, I understand your outrage M8 !!! LMAO

Tonar sir, its like calling an American a Canadian or vice versa, but NOT as bad as calling a New Zealander an Australian !! LOL

Bbloke, excellent post,didn't Know half of that stuff !! Thanks.

Looks like a regular K9s adventure on HL is a go then , excellent !

~S~ Painless

[So are any of these guys DD's?]

~S~

[Hyperlobby - Debrief]

~S~ Frior M8, yup I reckon it was pretty much a big success.

I really enjoyed winging with you a couple of times even though I'm not sure you realised that was what we were doing !! LMAO

As Delta said , when we went in as a group with good comms we did alot better .

The majority of the boyz were on the same side for the majority of the time and when anyone fancied a change it was no problem to swap because the side balance allowed it no problem !

It was also cool ,(for those of us who rarely visit Hyperlobby), to not rely on the "crutch" of long icons.

Men of the match .....Klinger and Rattler, (over 1000 points each) wahoo

What say you chaps....make it e regular feature of our week ??

~S~ Painless

PS. it was GREAT to see Quazi join us again

[Skinners of the squad I need your help]

~S~ Chaps, you know it always makes my spirits soar to see just how helpful you guys are to each other. What a great squad !

If only the rest of the world were half as decent !!

(Sorry , was feeling a little philosophical this morning)

[My latest model....]

~S~ Dave , looks great M8.

Have you considered a silk varnish to give a scale shine ?

Remember that 1/48th Spit I did a while ago ? That was brush painted but was finished with a small aerosol silk varnish which gave it an airbrushed quality final coat. Can was about £5.00 I think.

~S~ Painless

[man with almost no brain]

~S~ LMAO !!! :)

~S~ Ribless

[My latest model....]

~S~ Dave, VERY nice indeed M8 .

Maybe a few scale 20mm holes in the wings for realism !! LOL

~S~ Painintheass.

[My latest model....]

~S~ chaps, getting decals to "suck down" onto surfaces is a bitch. That micro sol twin pack is very good normally but a little trick I used to use, (when I had an air brush!) was to varnish the whole plane, post painting, with gloss varnish and let it dry for 48 hrs.

This does two things, it prevents the colours "smudging" when touched and gives e very smooth surface to apply decals to.

Once done the weathering can be applied followed by an all over coat of silk varnish to give a good "scale effect"

If, like me, you don't have an airbrush at the moment you can still use the same method with a brush, but NOT with thinned down varnish because it may well remove the paint !!

Canopy parts stay in the box untill the rest of the kit is completely finnished if possible

[Shooting sucks]

~S~ Chaps, Nice post Delta (the B and Z one ), agreed with every dam word of it M8 !

@ Mobius , hey no worries M8, everyone should always talk about the good times AND the bad because we are a tight nit squad and close enough to express ourselves freely and with respect right !

Sunday night it seemed that I could hardly put a foot wrong , gunnery was spot on.....points to a ping of "0" being a good thing right !! LOL

~S~ Painless

[Shooting sucks]

~S~ Chaps, Last Sunday was just a short notice fill in and my first real go at hosting.

I would have to agree that the reds did have an advantage in plane set.

This was greatly exaggerated by the fact that ALL of the fighting was low level Turn and Burn !!

As you know I put in the warclouds icon settings just for a change .I am really sorry for those who did not enjoy them

As far as the lag and warp is concerned, GK sent me a message saying that he noticed that all of the Euro pilots had good pings but some of our cousins across the pond had massive pings ??

Chaps, if I host again I will try to please the majority as best I can .

Ideally, replicating all of the SEOW settings would be great if thats what is requested.

Once again sorry to those who had problems M8s, I'll try and get it right next time.

I noticed that the dogfight map was in use until about 11.45pm GMT so that was over 4 hours of dogfighting !!!

[An opportunity to give thanks for SEOW]

~S~ 4shades. thank you indeed for many hours of intense fun sir !

~S~ DD_Painless

[I'm Hurting Bad, Now!]

~S~ DT, why not get an understanding colleague to chase you around with HIS/HER arms outstretched............or is that likely to happen anyway ?? LMAO

I know what you mean M8, I missed the sessions immediately before and after Duxford due to tech probs and started to get a "little bit jumpy"

Hell I'm not even sure I want to go to Holland for a week as planned in August because I won't be able to fly !!

How sad is that ??

~S~ Painintheass

[Happy Birthday Psycho]

~S~ Psycho M8, may the fruit of your loins grow ever more potent M8 !!! LOL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

~S~ Painless

[UK Battle of Britain Petition]

~S~ Rog, Done M8

~S~ Painless

[Bloody computer has gone wrong !]

~S~ Colin

[Bloody computer has gone wrong !]

~S~ Chaps, well my M8 "hawkeyepierce" came round, took the side off , wiggled a couple of things and now it bloody works fine

Fingers crossed it was just a bit of "thermal creep !" LOL

Will fill the case full of concrete if that doesn't cure it !

Thanks for your help Dogz ~S~

[Bloody computer has gone wrong !]

~S~,

Chris, no m8, no bleep at all, no screen except for a "no signal" box if I physically turn monitor on.

Dave, yes its still under warranty.(but what a pain setting everything up again !!)

Rog, CMOS reset, ah I think thats what Haweyepierce is going to try tonight. He said he would bring a disc which would boot my BIOS (or something like that)

Mike, dam right cucking fomputers M8 !!!

~S~ Brainless.