I love it when a plane comes together!

[Feck]

This morning while lying in bed, I reached over for the pile of instruction leaflets belonging to kits that are not yet finished.

Conclusion? There are about 70 kits that I really, really, really ought to finish. And another 25-30 that are more problematic.

After that, I lay in bed for another hour, contemplating the meaning of life ...

I think the glue fumes are going to your head .

[klr]

This morning while lying in bed, I reached over for the pile of instruction leaflets belonging to kits that are not yet finished.

Conclusion? There are about 70 kits that I really, really, really ought to finish. And another 25-30 that are more problematic.

After that, I lay in bed for another hour, contemplating the meaning of life ...

I think the glue fumes are going to your head .

I think the problem is I'm not getting the glue out enough. Too much procrastinating.

And TBH, the paint smells worse than the glue, and the thinners and turpentine worse of all ...

[Thinking Aloud]

I had loads of kit-built planes as a teenager, but rather sadly disposed of them when I realised a) my parents didn't want them and I was not going to be living with them again, and b) the house I was living in was of insufficient capacity to house them and me. I kept a couple of helicopters, and a few months ago treated myself to a plane kit (first one for 20 years) that I will get on with as soon as I've decided what colour to paint it and found a suitable match - anyone know what the Humbrol number would be for the shade of grey used on RAF Tristars? (I'm not one to follow instructions on that score.) Mrs TA is by far the more prolific builder-of-kits these days.

[Clinton Huxley]

Would it be heresy to mention Meccano?

[klr]

I had loads of kit-built planes as a teenager, but rather sadly disposed of them when I realised a) my parents didn't want them and I was not going to be living with them again, and b) the house I was living in was of insufficient capacity to house them and me.

I know you mentioned this before, but my reaction is still .... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I kept a couple of helicopters, and a few months ago treated myself to a plane kit (first one for 20 years) that I will get on with as soon as I've decided what colour to paint it and found a suitable match - anyone know what the Humbrol number would be for the shade of grey used on RAF Tristars? (I'm not one to follow instructions on that score.) Mrs TA is by far the more prolific builder-of-kits these days.

RAF Tristar ... who makes the kit?

Looking at pictures of the actual aircraft, I would guess Hu 166 (matches 627 RAF Light Aircraft Grey) or else Hu 167 (BS 4800:18-B-21 Barley Grey, aka 626 Camouflage Grey). It's almost certainly one or the other.

EDIT: I'm assuming it's the current tanker version, if not, we go back to the starting blocks ...

These colour charts from the IPMS Stochholm site are indispensable (if only creating additional confusion at times):

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... charts.asp (colours for major air forces)

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... arts_2.asp (cross-reference charts for model paint manufacturers)

Would it be heresy to mention Meccano?

Yes. Yes it would, even though Airfix owned Meccano at one point many years ago.

[Thinking Aloud]

I kept a couple of helicopters, and a few months ago treated myself to a plane kit (first one for 20 years) that I will get on with as soon as I've decided what colour to paint it and found a suitable match - anyone know what the Humbrol number would be for the shade of grey used on RAF Tristars? (I'm not one to follow instructions on that score.) Mrs TA is by far the more prolific builder-of-kits these days.

RAF Tristar ... who makes the kit?

Looking at pictures of the actual aircraft, I would guess Hu 166 (matches 627 RAF Light Aircraft Grey) or else Hu 167 (BS 4800:18-B-21 Barley Grey, aka 626 Camouflage Grey). It's almost certainly one or the other.

EDIT: I'm assuming it's the current tanker version, if not, we go back to the starting blocks ...

These colour charts from the IPMS Stochholm site are indispensable (if only creating additional confusion at times):

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... charts.asp (colours for major air forces)

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... arts_2.asp (cross-reference charts for model paint manufacturers)

Oooh! Excellent - thanks.

I don't have a Tristar kit - I just need the colour for the bird I'm intending to paint in that scheme...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Kev, use "imgfit" when possible, please.

Your lucky I don't post the originals.

Go ahead, I'm back on the 23" monitor.

[Pappa]

I've been gluing 40 or so of these plastic things together. Does that count?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I had a B-25 model with a 16" wingspan that snapped together, no glue needed. You could do the whole thing in under an hour.

[Clinton Huxley]

I've been gluing 40 or so of these plastic things together. Does that count?

Friend of mine used to paint those figures, semi-pro. Warhammer?

[Pappa]

I've been gluing 40 or so of these plastic things together. Does that count?

Friend of mine used to paint those figures, semi-pro. Warhammer?

Yup.... Warhammer 40,000. Felix has recently become interested in it, so I decided to pick it up as a hobby again so we can do something together more enjoyable than talking about Ben 10 cartoons.

[klr]

Kev, use "imgfit" when possible, please.

Your lucky I don't post the originals.

Go ahead, I'm back on the 23" monitor.

"Later ...". I'm at work right now, or something like that.

I had a B-25 model with a 16" wingspan that snapped together, no glue needed. You could do the whole thing in under an hour.

Hell ... on Christmas day 1978, I built the following Matchbox kits:

F-4 Phantom (RAF/RN version)
B-25 Mitchell
Heinkel He 111
DH 98 Mosquito

... and 3 more kits by the following afternoon. I've slowed down a bit since then.

I've been gluing 40 or so of these plastic things together. Does that count?

Hell, if you have to build it, it counts.

[klr]

I kept a couple of helicopters, and a few months ago treated myself to a plane kit (first one for 20 years) that I will get on with as soon as I've decided what colour to paint it and found a suitable match - anyone know what the Humbrol number would be for the shade of grey used on RAF Tristars? (I'm not one to follow instructions on that score.) Mrs TA is by far the more prolific builder-of-kits these days.

RAF Tristar ... who makes the kit?

Looking at pictures of the actual aircraft, I would guess Hu 166 (matches 627 RAF Light Aircraft Grey) or else Hu 167 (BS 4800:18-B-21 Barley Grey, aka 626 Camouflage Grey). It's almost certainly one or the other.

EDIT: I'm assuming it's the current tanker version, if not, we go back to the starting blocks ...

These colour charts from the IPMS Stochholm site are indispensable (if only creating additional confusion at times):

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... charts.asp (colours for major air forces)

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... arts_2.asp (cross-reference charts for model paint manufacturers)

Oooh! Excellent - thanks.

I don't have a Tristar kit - I just need the colour for the bird I'm intending to paint in that scheme...

You mean you're painting the real thing? You'll need a lot of tins for that.

[Thinking Aloud]

I kept a couple of helicopters, and a few months ago treated myself to a plane kit (first one for 20 years) that I will get on with as soon as I've decided what colour to paint it and found a suitable match - anyone know what the Humbrol number would be for the shade of grey used on RAF Tristars? (I'm not one to follow instructions on that score.) Mrs TA is by far the more prolific builder-of-kits these days.

RAF Tristar ... who makes the kit?

Looking at pictures of the actual aircraft, I would guess Hu 166 (matches 627 RAF Light Aircraft Grey) or else Hu 167 (BS 4800:18-B-21 Barley Grey, aka 626 Camouflage Grey). It's almost certainly one or the other.

EDIT: I'm assuming it's the current tanker version, if not, we go back to the starting blocks ...

These colour charts from the IPMS Stochholm site are indispensable (if only creating additional confusion at times):

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... charts.asp (colours for major air forces)

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorchart ... arts_2.asp (cross-reference charts for model paint manufacturers)

Oooh! Excellent - thanks.

I don't have a Tristar kit - I just need the colour for the bird I'm intending to paint in that scheme...

You mean you're painting the real thing? You'll need a lot of tins for that.

I did graduate from painting model trains to the real thing, so there's a precedent.

[klr]

...
You mean you're painting the real thing? You'll need a lot of tins for that.

I did graduate from painting model trains to the real thing, so there's a precedent.[/quote]
... but if you had storage space problems before, try fitting an entire 1:1 scale marshalling yard in the back garden.

Meanwhile, in honour of 'Zilla's 23-inch monitor, I present the (somewhat problematic) Airfix kit of the ill-fated TSR-2: