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Less of the R word please, coming for all three days and hope to fly on all of them...........

Priory Models Silhouette airframe for sale 55" span, it has had a bit of use and a repair by the looks of it but still a good useable model, these fly superbly, i have had three over the years. My last one i converted to electric and it was my go to flyer on a 4s 3300mah lipo for 6 years, only sold as i have an unused kit in the box to put together. Suit a .40 to a .61 2 stroke or a 52 Four stroke or as mentioned above an easy electric conversion, i have several pictures of how to convert if anyone is interested, comes with the original instruction book and c of g is marked on the wing. Collection from Spalding in Lincs. £65

Many thanks for all the replies, very useful, my wife likes the look of the Renault 5 Piers so your friends thoughts on the car appreciated. We have a lot of research to do on this as i haven`t even sat in an EV before, my wife learnt to drive on a Renault Zoe and liked the whole EV experience compared with a petrol Mini that was also used before she passed her test.

Who was that through Bryan, can you pm me more details of the deal etc please.

My wife has been running an 09 Toyota Yaris for four years now and the semi auto MMT gearbox has started to play up, looking at the options of a replacement car the subject of leasing a new Electric car is proving an interesting option. We have a large bank of solar panels on our barn which would provide plenty of energy for charging, we certainly would not buy one at the moment due to the concern over battery life but leasing one is being considered. We would only be looking at a city type car as we have an older mpv petrol car which the models get thrown into and pulls a trailer when needed but the small car gets the main use around town and a few hour and a half journeys to visit relatives. Is anyone on here leasing a small electric vehicle and can offer advice and thoughts on their car?

Approaching Heathrow to pick my brother up at 2pm i saw a large 4 engined prop driven transport aircraft with refueling probe banking steeply and not far away two single engine WW2 fighters in formation, one was definitely a Spit, the other could have been a Hurri or another Spit, flypast over Northolt?

Didn`t his original modified one had fixed gear with the spats at first though?

Selling my Dennis Bryant Percival Gull 4, modeled on the example in a Belgian aircraft museum which has an interesting history. 72″ wingspan, model has a lot of cockpit detail including maps and even a copy of flight magazine which featured this plane on the cover in the 1930`s. Model is a nice flier and has plenty of power on a 6s lipo, it also is fitted with flaps. It will need your rx, rx battery and a 6s lipo, it was flown on 3700 or 3300 mah packs. Model was retro fitted with flaps and the covering in that area was never repainted just covered in silver covering so could do with some paint to match the rest of the wing. Plenty more pictures can be sent on request, pick up from Spalding in Lincs. £225

Just picked up an unrun SC180 Four stroke today, that should be man enough for the job, 200 sounds like a nice combo...........

Maidened today, got five fights in on it in the end, Goldberg Super Chipmunk with a 91 SC Four stroke, it only required a couple of clicks on the elevator trim. Purchased as a part refurbed airframe requiring a bit of finishing off, fuel proofing and kitting out. Very pleased with it, super smooth aero`s and a doddle to land, i have a larger Apache Super Chip to refurb and kit out, trying to decide what Four stroke glow motor to put in that one, anyone here fly an Apache or SLEC Super Chip with a Four stroke?

Lakeside Model Group had their first club Flying day of 2025, theme for this one was Scale models, we had a good turnout of around thirty people and were blessed with 25` sunny weather with a light breeze straight down the runway, i had nine flights, spread between my Flair DR1, a DVII, Cambrian BF109 and a Jodel D9. Some cracking models on display, unfortunately i didn`t take any pictures just video which i never have any success loading onto here. The next club day is at the end of May and the theme is Bipes & Tripes, i will make sure to grab some pictures to post

Blowing hard at the strip today, six of us turned up to help with club house maintenance but only two of us flew due to the wind, Richard flew his Flair Dara which has a 35fx 2 stroke in it which really cuts through the wind with it`s thin wing and i flew one of my SIG Wonders, the blue one which has a .15 in it. The USA one had it`s engine run and set up but needs the tail fins beefing up with some angled balsa to increase the glue contact area, very flimsy as is hopefully get that one flown this coming week, this one has a .12 in it.

It is a shame there is so much damage to the rear of the fuselage, i am sure Alan can sort it out. I sold the kit on Ebay earlier this year and put plenty of packing in with it but it still arrived with some rear fuselage damage. The buyer got VERY arsy saying i had deliberately sent it out like that and i had taken my Ebay pictures from certain angles to hide the damage! There were pictures from all angles so how you would do that i`m not sure, but who in their right mind would send out something with that amount of damage and not expect the buyer to ask for their money back through an Ebay case is beyond me. The box now has a heavy diagonal crease from the top right hand corner which was not on the pictures on the Ebay advert, something very heavy had been laid across the box at that angle. I gave the buyer his money back but when the kit arrived back with me he had sent it back with NO packaging inside which resulted in the fuselage damage being ten times worse than it had been in his pictures. What a d*ck, anyway i got a refund of the value of the kit from the carrier for the damage but not the postage so that has now been covered by Alan`s purchase, i hope Alan will put some pictures up of the finished model or do a build thread, i would like to see it completed..........

Kit now sold to Alan.

This is an Aerotech International Vultee Valiant part built kit, unfortunately the fuselage has a lot of damage to the rear end which was done in the post, it will repair but i have too many other projects i would rather complete. All plastic mouldings are undamaged as are wings, tail and fin etc, more pictures on request. I will post and pack it well but it has already been damaged once, it will be insured. £20 Postage is £14