Yes mate, he seems to turn up everywhere.......he is a nosey little blighter.......I guess he deserves a name.??? Gormo
Might take a while.......I`ve got four Spitfire kits to make........I also have a diecast model but bits are falling off it......not sure if it`s viable..?? Gormo
Yes I`m glad it worked out that way Gary. It`s nothing new as you know......people have been using N Gauge buildings at the back of a scene on OO / HO Gauge layouts for years to achieve a similar effect of distance. I guess you just have to be careful what you place near the under sized model. I like the idea of standing stones as it`s something different on a layout. I guess people have done it before, but I don`t recall seeing them on a layout.? Gormo
Your "Little Buddy" will probably be the man from "English Heritage" looking at making the stones a "Scheduled Ancient Monument", fencing them in, and charging folks to go and look at them, rather like Stonehenge is now Gormo. Keith.
Yes Keith, And Stonehenge has been charging for years. I guess the money goes towards upkeep etc. but fencing it off takes something away from it somehow.??? We went to some ancient places in Ireland and most of them, there was no charge, they were just out in a field. Some, on the other hand, were very organized and required you to be part of a tour. All of them though, regardless of whether you pay or not, are special places that give us that link to our ancestors. We went to a stone circle in Ireland that was in a farmers field. There was an honesty box on the gate for donations, fair enough, but we were the only people around for miles. The silence, and the fact that you are in an ancient place, in a way makes it easy for you to mentally connect with and imagine what life must have been like two or three thousand years ago. So with that in mind, I will tread carefully around how I add any further detail to my standing stones area. Gormo
Now you just need the old Airfix RAF refuelling set ! Cheers, Gary. ps, where is the P51 Mustang...??
I`ve got a couple of Nissan huts which have to be made up.........from there on I`ll wing it !! Gormo
OK we`ve got Mr. Bomber, Ivor Henge, Crawford and or Farquar..????? I think he needs a double barrelled name so we may just do a compilation here. Professor Ivor ( Bomber ) Farquar - Crawford......Lecturer in archaeology at Oxford University. The nickname " Bomber " came from his service in WWII where he commanded a squadron of Lancasters. He is visiting the Great Chesterford stone circle just before going off to an R.A.F dinner as guest of honor at the nearby airfield. He is now permanently fixed down to this scene.....so I don`t know how he is going to get to the R.A.F. dinner...?????? Note the row of trees added to the left as a scene breaker between the stones and the airfield. More as it happens Gormo
Wasn't the American P51 Mustang their version of our Spitfire built under some sort of licence agreement during WW2??? Keith.
The P51 was an American design with (I think) a Packard engine, then later they fitted the Rolls Royce Merlin engine manufactured under licence in the states. Cheer's, Pete.
Correct Pete, Well according to Wikipedia anyway.??? Quote from Wikipedia The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine which, in its earlier variants, had limited high-altitude performance. The aircraft was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). Replacing the Allison with a Rolls-Royce Merlin resulted in the P-51B/C (Mustang Mk III) model and transformed the aircraft's performance at altitudes above 15,000 ft (4,600 m) (without sacrificing range),[8] allowing it to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters.[9] The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66, and was armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2/AN Browning machine guns.[10] Gormo