Memories from a hot day in Florida

Found these pics whilst going through an old hard drive. They are from a visit to the botanic gardens outside of Naples Fla.

Trumpeters F-106 B a tale of modelling despair

                                       OOB its the way I do 'em

Ive read reviews that say this is not like any F-106B ever in service,but as usual Id already bought the kit.

Trouble with the decals. The two schemes in the box were either the wrong shades or colour.The Microscale sheet I bought to replace them just broke up ( both schemes)

The star and bar on the nose was not the correct size and had to be taken off using the sticky tape method.

Managed to get a set of decals for my 3rd choice so production continued

Getting there but as is not uncommon with my projects ,fell at the last hurdle.

Im pretty sure I can repaint the nose probe,but not the tanks.

 Yep you spotted it;the tank flash is upside down,the light blue should be the upper colour

 To be honest after a few weeks away from the bench is doesnt seem all that bad ,well not from a few feet at the back of the shelf.

The talents of my friends are just amazing.

One of my American modelling friends and all round "Good Egg" Alex Bernardo sent me pics of his latest eggventure.................just too good not to share.

Makes my Kameggkazi  look a bit scrambled . 

                                           
                                                  Note to self: Ditch the stand and try harder.

More great work from Alex. This time an old Heller Vampire.

                                                Makes me want to take up stamp collecting

R.C.A.F. CL-84

A photo walk around of an usual subject

Ottawa Air Museum 

The Canadair CL-84 "Dynavert", designated by the Canadian Forces as the CX-131, was a V/STOL turbine tiltwing monoplane designed and manufactured by Canadair between 1964 and 1972. Only four of these experimental aircraft were built with three entering flight testing. Two of the CL-84s crashed due to mechanical failures, but no loss of life occurred as a result of these accidents. Despite the fact that the CL-84 was very successful in the experimental and operational trials carried out between 1972 and 1974, no production contracts resulted.                                                                                                                       Source: Wikipedia