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Try some of the Uschi van der Rosten products.

Early Airfix kits didn't contain hakenkreuz, in my recollection they started to appear some time in the seventies, then disappeared a few years later. It may have coincided with the takeover by General Mills/Palitoy, or it could have been to do with meeting requirements in order to display a CE marking. This debate has been done to death on modelling forums, the long and short of it is that hakenkreuz on decal sheets or box art, even where the subject is not aligned with fascist ideology is a big no, no. If you wish to add hakenkreuz to your model the solution is to go with the aftermarket.

On another forum I was advised to get hold of some Dolphin Glaze. It's brilliant, but funnily enough the first time I used it was to fix a dent I managed to put into Mrs B's car! It's a two pack filler, the bulk is the fill with a tiny amount of hardener. Once it's mixed it sets quite rapidly, so you can't hang about, but it's ready to sand after about 20-30 minutes. I think on plastic you need to be careful with how much you use in one go as it has quite a strong exothermic reaction. It's very reminiscent of David's Isopon, but with a much finer grain that results in a very smooth surface.

I Have one of the 406 kits, the decals come exactly as per the box art! Special Hobby have a penchant for Finnish subjects and are even brave enough to produce box art complete with hakenkreuz but I can't imagine them being openly on sale in many places within mainland Europe. The thing is a small outfit like Special Hobby can take a punt on something 'exotic' because they're dealing with a few thousand units, whereas Airfix, Revell etc are dealing with hundreds of thousands, that could be a big loss if they're forced to pull a product over something legal. They're not going to go there. If you want Finnish subjects you need to look to the small manufacturers and decal aftermarket. In respect of decals, Galdecal is your best bet: link

Squeamishness has nothing to do with it, the question is about where you can legally display your product for sale. The answer is not many places. I know it's possible to adapt box artwork and decals, but when it comes to putting a product package together I can imagine marketing execs muttering 'too much hassle, forget it'.

From a BBC article: As a comparison the daytime limit for Heathrow is 94 db, but technologies have changed an awful lot since 1960.

Westland acquired Fairey in 1960 and allowed development to continue until government funding dried up. By that time Westland was already heavily involved in other helicopter projects, mostly licence building Sikorsky designs.

I've read in a couple of places that the tip jet noise was a red herring thrown in by interested parties who wanted to kill the project and that the Rotodyne was no noisier than you would expect from a helicopter of similar size. It was at the time when the aerospace industry in the UK was being 'rationalised' and different companies were being given different portfolios and Westland had been given a nudge and a wink that they would have an exclusive on rotary winged aircraft if they gave up their fixed wing ambitions.

I've been doing forums for a long time, I can see the writing on the wall. Mess with forums and you will lose members, no amount of gloss will change that. The real test is not who's joining but who's posting.

People are moving on - literally. The drop off in traffic this week is noticeable. If you keep fooling around with a forum format people lose confidence in it and stop visiting. If this is a business decision I'd venture to say it's not a particularly good one.

Precisely that. For me a rip off is when the goods don't match the description, or the vendor walks away with your money without delivering. Something costing more than you're prepared to pay for is not a rip off.

The thinnest decal paper I have come across is by Bare Metal, comparable to the decal papers used for kits and aftermarket. If you're buying from a crafting supplier it's likely to be heavy duty stuff for ceramics, metal and large plastic objects. The decals shown below were printed on Bare metal decal paper and performed perfectly well.

For anybody interested in the idea of printing white, Epson do white ink for some of their desktop printers, either cartridge or Eco Tank, so it's not beyond the realm of possibility.

The Airfix pages say it comes with decals, the supplementary sheet gives you optional individual boats. I'd be happy to build with whatever Airfix supply with the kit. For sure decals are expensive to design and print. Somebody within the industry told me that decals, instructions and packaging are the most expensive parts. Tooling aside the plastic itself is cheap as chips.

Print background colour with transparent text onto white paper.