David Rothwell

kevin b its a well known fact that most men are hen pecked ,thats why we dont`live as long!!............ so women folk nag the men folk to complain, thats why there are so many miserable men around and usually if a man is`nt being nagged he thinks he`s missing out on something and that makes him miserable, so all in all most men are miserable by nature David

memories of love in cornwall!

women can knit and chat its in their DNA, men can`t multi-task, I had the same when I claimed a bedroom when my youngest finally moved out, " can I have a chair in there so I can come in and chat" says she , 6 months later I`m evicted to the garage and she has nicked my room for sewing machines, tapestry stands and a hole load of other "crafting" paraphernalia!!!! be warned!!

Hi Danny just got back off my hols and whats waiting in the post.... my hinge set thanks a lot David

echo all the above comments, gorgeous looking beastie!!!

wish I was going, got to to ST Lucia instead!! Bah Humbug!!!! David

thats looking very........pretty? David

signed David

just remember that the glass is toughened, not a laminate, one small chip or a twist and you will have thousands of pieces of glass, if your really not confident in fitting it, get someone who is, better to pay someone than to have to buy a new screen!!! David

top man Kevin .........well said David

I`m with Rich2 Come on England!!!!!!!

Colin and Danny now you have opened a "can of worms" , spent the last hour researching mine.................instead of working! David

BEB`s comments are not only true about flying, but about life generally David

a quick trawl thru every one else`s threads, going to be a load of really nice chippies out there, have to arrange a meet up in a couple of years when they are all finished and have a look David

couple of shots of my proposed colour scheme David

Hi all, Its time I contributed to the chipshop build, first a bit about myself Like many others I was started in modelling by my father at an early age, being in the Navy during the 50s,60s and early 70s he would go away for what seemed years at a time and suddenly arrive home with an array of models he constructed during his time away, these were mainly of the plastic variety and surprisingly enough (for a Matelot) all of aircraft, of course by the age of 7 or 8 I was building Airfix and Revelle kits and progressed to the usual Keilkraft and balsa kits by the time I was 11or12. Like others on this forum I joined the ATC at 13 and a bit (2336sqn Plymouth wing) and my first flying experience was aerobatics in a Chippie at RAF Chivenor in 1971 Easter camp. Living quite close to Roborough airport the chippie was almost a daily site as Britannia Royal Naval Air Experience Flight was based there till 1993, the Chipmunk having replaced Tiger Moths in 1965-66 and of course I had many air experience flights with the ATC from there. My modelling career tailored off during my late teenage years as motor bikes, cars and women gradually replaced them although I stayed with the ATC until I was in my mid twenties when a wife and young children put paid to many things, a brief resurgence of modelling when my boys were about 6 & 8 saw me build a cub and Skyvan with the intention of doing the same as my father in passing down what skills I had was soon killed off with football for my eldest son, netball for my daughter and the advent of computers and games for my youngest. Now like so many over 50`s I find that I have time on my hands, so when my mother died a couple of years ago, and having to empty the house that mum and dad had spent 40 odd years living in, I found forgotten in the loft several plans and unfinished models, OS engines and the like, as well as some old 35mhz equipment. Having found all this has rekindled my desire to restart modelling and flying, so having rescued a defunct arisingstar joined a local club and now looking for something to build over the winter months which will tax my rusty modelling skills and certainly scare the wotnot out of me when I come to fly it having got my A under my belt (hopefully) sometime this summer. My chosen Chipmunk to model stems from the fact that I was born in Ceylon in the late 50`s when my father was stationed at Trincomalee and to be quite honest I thought the colours were unusual but compared to some of the schemes aired here, that may not be so. I have ordered the plan and canopy and hinges and am trying to decide whether to cut my own parts or just order the cnc pack, certainly looking forward to taking part and learning new skills David

Sorry chaps, I shall be doing a bit of everything.flying,building and watching some of the footie !!!!!!

Percy, I can send you my copy you can copy it and then return it, if that helps. David

mines just arrived, try and get 5 mins now before I take the wife out for her birthday

yes please David

looks like the dogs doohdahs to me, flippin luvly David

Thanks Chris I`ve seen 1 or 2 of them before, I think the only way to get some decent pics is to go and get them myself, just have to get that past SWMBO David

heres mine but, finding it very difficult to get more pics of it **LINK**