Kenneth ONeill

Plastic (no need for heavy metal) tool boxes. Visit a local DIY store and have a look.

I think the 1:450 scale Vanguard was one of the Frog/Hasegawa co-productions.

OK, I was over-optimistic with my list, but surely the Va and the I(a) have the same 8 x Browning 0.303" gun wing? After all, that's why Douglas Bader preferred the Va to the Vb.

I think you could also get II, III, Va and maybe Vc models out of the Vb based on Ratch's comment.

What's your favourite aeroplane? Good, there's probably a 1/72 scale kit of that available from the larger mail order suppliers.

@null_null98 and not forgetting a copy of "The Sea Shall Not Have Them" as essential reference material?

Or to a charity shop.

Or some genuinely local model shops will carry a range of different size and pre-varnished bases. I've had everything from circular bases only big enough for a single 54mm figure up to rectangular bases easily big enough for a 1/48 scale WW2 heavy bomber.

1 minute in Google later I have a company selling Methyl Ethyl Ketone - Slater's Plastikard - Mek-Pak (slatersplastikard.com)

I couldn't find this car, but lots of the Airfix/MRRC cars were sold as kits rather than ready to run. It also appears that more than one motor was available for the range.

Yes you did; well you quoted Sailorman's post which does have a photo in it, and quoting a photo counts as posting it.

Easy peasy - It's a Gulf/John Wyer Racing slot car version of a Porsche 917. File:2006FOS 1970Porsche917KGulf.jpg - Wikipedia

"can Humbrol clear been thinned with water?" Yes, but it needs to be well-stirred to get a smooth consistency. Your photo actually looks like the red is oily, which stops any form of acrylic paint covering it smoothly.

Thanks for getting back to us (forum) with the resolution.

I can guess - Alpha Bravo Sierra cement?

Er, you actually need a solvent glue to get a good bond on styrene. On that basis, your best bet for a "solvent free environment" will be a Fume hood - Wikipedia so that you can work in it, and blow the solvent fumes out of the building. With the note that I've never tried it, Gorilla Glue PVA gets a good reputation in some circles.

Something like that. You need one base tool (small tank and fin) for the F1, F1a, F2 and another (large tank and fin) for the F2A, F3, F6, F51 and F53. You now need another 2 tools for the T4 and T5, and for the T52 and T54. This is all on Wikipedia.

F4F-4 Wildcat Fighting 8, USS Hornet (CV-8), Battle of Midway, June 4th 1942.Mitsubishi A6M2B-21 'Zero' (Zeke) Carrier Soryu, Battle of Midway, June 4th 1942 Well, an individual machine's actual geographic location during an engagement was what it was. You've probably got more chance of identifying the carriers/airbases machines operated from than the location where a Tally-Ho call was made/received. As for the pilots, unless they were unit commanders, you almost certainly find that several pilots in a fighter unit shared a pool of aircraft between them, so you'd need personal logs to establish that BuNo 99999942 was flown by 2nd Lt P PPrune on 04/04/42.

OK, I've never build this specific kit, but the 1/72 scale Blenheims will all have steps M-N for undercarriage extended, and then O-P for undercarriage retracted (or vice versa for retraction state). Either way, there will be text like "for u/c extended follow steps M-N, then skip to step Q. For retracted skip steps M-N and follow steps from O".

Mibbae aye, mibbae nae. But I have done it.

My biggest complaint about QuickBuild kits is the unstated 1:"fit the box" scale. The Bugatti Veyron is about 1:24 scale as close as I can measure.

If it's of any help/interest, Look at Life (film series) - Wikipedia (volume 2 disc 2) includes a feature on HMS Vanguard's decommissioning.

Point taken. If I do that, it's finger trouble on my part and not impatience.

You could try second hand furniture shops and antique fairs. Take physical money, and ask something like "What's the absolute death for cash in hand?"

Which version? Airfix have done both an MR2 (outline and bomb bay), and an AEW2 (outline and control desks). Both have an accurate cockpit. Also Llever have done an MR3 (tricycle undercarriage).