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Oddjob:
If they did a 500-4 I'd buy one like a shot.

Was a big model builder in my youth, spent 6 months just on the engine of a 109E, oil and rust stains coming down the engine etc. In all it took me almost 2 years to complete, I'd just finished spraying the lowerside of the wings in a light blue and left it on top of my wardrobe to dry, mum comes in hoovering, knocks the wardrobe and it fell off, smashed to bits. Threw it in the bin as I just didn't have the heart to do it all over again.

My favourites though were WW2 ships, I'd weight the hull with plasticine, make compartments out of carboard and drill a small hole in the front, they used to sink so realistically, sometimes taking up to 30 minutes to go down. I'd just sunk a model of the Hood when I was a young boy, my dad had made that, forgot about it and my brother who wanted a bath jumped in after I'd got out, sat down and the main mast of the model went right up his you know what, he jumped up with the model stuck to his arse, I got a bit of a leathering for that but boy was it worth it, still laugh now at the mental image.

XS850:
Something I still do now (as well as rebuild older bikes) - mainly RC boats, recent ones completed - Titanic & Bismark & currently Hood under construction - struggling with hands & eyes though for the finer “bits”, age is a wonderful thing but with it comes problems - main reason I’ve given up on “larger” bikes!
Bruce

Oddjob:
Remembered seeing a Titanic kit for sale, made of out tin plates which you rivetted together to get that authentic look and the anchor chain was made of individual brass links, was around 1978 and it was around £200. To rich for my blood back then but IIRC it was 14" long or thereabouts.

SteveW:
Have you seen the Lego Titanic, I quite fancy building that.

My Grandad was a steward for the White Star Line, he was supposed to sail with the Titanic on its maiden voyage but was transferred to a different ship at the last minute. That’s before he met my Nan.

Johnny4428:
Wow Steve, lucky escape!

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