Classic British Flight Sim

E-Bay does have a lot of fantasists who over price toys and models because they think they are "collectable antiques", (I blame ill-informed so called "experts" on programmes like Antiques Roadshow) but equally there are those who collect toys, no matter how approximate they look...

Absolutely fascinating stuff if quite chilling in the matter of fact delivery. Sad that such accidents can still happen despite previous similar cases.

Some of those models look like repops of old models The ships look like Minic *-) I suspect some of the aircraft are of Chinese Chinese origin as Oxford have a deal to market Cararama cars and I think they do a range of aircraft. However I don't recall ever having seen a 1:72 DH89 previously so I s...

Hattons of Liverpool are advertising it for pre-order at £24, which is pretty reasonable. Oxford Diecast have some truly wonderful stuff, particularly for railway modellers seeking cars to stick in the scenery. I must admit I'm looking forward to the Lomas-bedford J2 ambulance, I always thought if y...

I don't know if any of you have heard but the Oxford Diecast Company are bringing out a 1:72 scale die cast metal Dragon Rapide this year, in BEA and King's Flight colours. Should save me a lot of hassle having to make up my old Heller kit for the model aerodrome at Warmington on Sea (Beach) station...

Diolch yn Fawr i gyd. Funnily enough today is St Dwynwen's Day in Wales (Welsh Patron Saint of Lovers with a predictably torrid and sad tale) and of course Scotland is about to kick off to celebrate the birthday night of Robert Burns with lashings of whisky and haggis, so that's a snog and fumble, a...

Am I the only one who finds it slightly ironic the future heir to the throne is now qualified to fly a Sea King ? Still, good luck to him, next time I see a yellow Sea King buzzing over the RAF training site up in the mountains the back of Fairbourne I'll give it a wave just in case. Actually, there...

PS. Finally, off topic but a nice find for those who like BA's current design... :) http://www.leecollins.co.uk/batails.htm Nice find, I think I'm probably the only person round here who liked the world tails. I thought they had huge potential for spin-off branding/merchandise for the airline. The ...

Mylius is the current BA font and is custom designed for them, but the whole logo including speedmarque is available as a dingbat. I personally found the closest free fonts for the Landor lettering style were Optima bold or Zapf Humanist, although there are quite a few similar looking fonts on the v...

Sorry Ant1981... we cannot fly civilians on the ac any more! Tonks http://www.airtanker.co.uk/ How about this for a scam - we all "enlist" for the day, then pay to leave the RAF after we've had our jolly on the VC10? I'm sure the lawyers and insurers would have a screaming fit but if we'r...