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snafu

9th August 2004, 13:19

Agent X20

9th August 2004, 23:04

Yep Taylor good for an odd original... :)

BSteinIPMS

22nd August 2004, 16:31

Here are several American aviation artists to add to your poll of fine British ones:

Keith Ferris:
http://www.keithferrisart.com/
When his mammoth painting "Fortresses under Fire" was unveiled on the WWII gallery wall of the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum, a woman felt she recognized the oxygen-masked copilot of the leading aircraft as her husband. Research revealed she was correct. !!!!

Bill Phillips:
http://www.jaybrowngallery.com/phillips_prints_a-d.htm?OVRAW=bill%20phillips%20artist&OVKEY=bill%20phillips%20artist&OVMTC=standard
Especially evocative atmospheric effects.

R. G. Smith:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/pacificwar/R_G_Smith.html
An engineer at Douglas Aircraft with painting as a hobby....??!!

Craig Kodera:
http://www.snowgoosegallery.com/gwartis/kodcra.htm
Atmospherics emulate Bill Phillips'.

Further candidates may be gleaned from the gallery of that nationally-famous and discerning dealer of aviation art from Great Britain:
http://www.virginiabader.com/index.html

Typhoon-MKV

29th August 2004, 07:09

Thanks for that Bob, always like to have a look at Aviation Art.....

I'll check these out.....

Agent X20

30th August 2004, 13:39

Here are several American aviation artists to add to your poll of fine British ones:

Keith Ferris:
Bill Phillips:
R. G. Smith:
Craig Kodera:

Bob.. I did give them a mention,... well, two out the four aint bad.. In fact Mr Phillips' Shore Birds hangs in the Dining Room....

Agree on Keith Ferris' work.. specially the series of home defence FW190 prints..

BSteinIPMS

1st September 2004, 02:14

Not to feel bad, Agent: one of my prized books is one volume of Robert Taylor's aviation paintings.

Perhaps more of interest to you, I also have his book on marine paintings.

Sublime. ;)

(Double entendre intended, sadly...)

Agent X20

1st September 2004, 07:43

Robert Taylor ... not so much in my camp (you could seriously overdose with his output and there a couple or six in the Agent household) the signatures are what peeps are now collecting as these 'heroes' pass on.. and credit where credit is due he does now have some variance in the piccies he produces.. they were at one time getting very sameish.... some of the maritime / plane ones have been his best..

Naw I'll stick and prefer me Ferris and his B17 / FW190 combinations, David Shepherd (when hes not at the 'waterhole') Frank Wooton for the art, Terence Cuneo.. did a few planes in his time when not painting his trains.... can you find the mouse..? Wilf Hardy for the excellent 'airshow' covers. Roy Cross (the Airfix boxtop man.. sorry Roy)) John Young. Michael Turner.. Patricia Forrest produced a lovely set of Concordes recently, Alex Hamilton, his last Mossie was very tempting and Charles Thompson, again his C47 over the Himalayas at £1250 at the last annual GAVA exibition nearly got the credit card into overdrive..

.. and I havent mentioned Mr Coulson, Phillips Wong Postlethwaite and many others...

One mans meat.....

raff

2nd September 2004, 15:22

Got to be Taylor by a country mile! Take out the planes and the paintings still hold their own :)

The planes are detailed superbly and the backgrounds fit into the best traditions of English landscape art.

Taylor is the main man and I wish I could afford the odd original :)

Yup. IMHO the main man and I agree not just because of the aircraft but for the land / sea and cloud scapes too.
But never mind the paintings, I'd give a lot just to be able to sketch like that ..... what that guy can do with a pencil alone is unbelievable.
raff

minter

2nd September 2004, 15:28

very interested to know what he charges on average for an original,i suppose he does private commisions that dont get made into prints

Agent X20

2nd September 2004, 15:49

They do allsorts... (when and if they have the time).. off the shelf and to order..

Bit like a piece of string here.. depends on what yer want, how big, medium, how difficult.. research etc etc..

BUT at the end of the day they do hold the copyright/publishing rights.....

This is The Website for Aviation Art (in the UK) and a yearly pilgrimage is a MUST and its free.. sorry you have to wait until next year now..

Gives you an idea on prices and from that you can see the likes of a Coulson is gonna cost yer five figures.. Robert Taylor I believe is a member (If you are anyone in the airplane painting world you will have GAvA after your name) but he does not participate in the exibitions.

Guild of Aviation Artists (http://www.gava.org.uk/index.cfm?page=thegallery&searchyear=2004)

Health Warning

The Galleries will take absolutely ages to go through and you should allow enough time to do this.. a full bottle of the red stuff is a must. Anything you really like will have been sold, if it has not, it will cost you a fortune and you may need to remortgage your residence or just spend the kids inheritance..!!

Health Warning Two

These people and the artists are very particular about their copyright and they will pursue anyone 'lifting' their images...

Happy Hunting..!!!

(I will post this on the Website link)

Agent X20

13th September 2004, 07:46

Has this thread dies owing to the 147 pages of art to get through..!!

Typhoon-MKV

13th September 2004, 20:30

Yes......

Anyone attend the Aces High Trudigan due - this weekend just Gone???

Agent X20

13th September 2004, 21:50

What was they flogging....?

snafu

22nd September 2004, 09:09

Attended a training course yesterday on presentation skills. One of the other attendees was a former aviation art dealer, specialising in Robert Taylor. Made the coffee breaks very interesting. I managed to persuade him to use aviation art as his main presentation next week - at least one interesting subject to look forward to :)

Hope he brings his print of the Dambusters signed by 7 of the aircrew and Bomber Harris!

Typhoon-MKV

22nd September 2004, 12:30

What was they flogging....?

His latest creation, which name escapes me at the moment....

Typhoon-MKV

22nd September 2004, 12:31

snafu

22nd September 2004, 13:36

I was thinking the same Stealth :p

minter

23rd September 2004, 10:56

His latest creation, which name escapes me at the moment....

isnt that the combat over dover one

Agent X20

23rd September 2004, 11:12

Latest one is actually Fockes a la Battle of Bulge snowscene.. looks like the Russian Front, however they seem to be on their way to attack Yankee bombers.....

Trudge... listings.. (http://www.leisuregalleries.com/trudgian.html)

minter

23rd September 2004, 11:21

yeah, im thinking of Taylor DOH! :rolleyes:

Agent X20

23rd September 2004, 12:38

Looking back at that site on Taylors, last one would appear to be the Tirpitz..(Knights Move) as to Dover, I think hes done a few of those... spit / 109/ white cliffs... iconic stuff.... but very sameish...

minter

23rd September 2004, 16:41

http://www.aceshighgallery.co.uk/dbimages/240/896.240.jpg

minter

23rd September 2004, 16:41

sorry this was the one i was thinking off

Agent X20

23rd September 2004, 17:03

Typhoon-MKV

23rd September 2004, 20:36

minter

24th September 2004, 12:24

Ah ha.. The Battle for Britain... mmm yep....

Spitfire nose.. just not right...
Me109.. looks like a four bladed prop... measure the angle.= between the two blades shown....

Sorry its picky but at £750 for the remarque, it would have to look right...

cant work out the spit nose, cant enlarge the image enough,but the 109 props you may have a point well spotted.

Agent X20

24th September 2004, 12:36

Somethings just look wrong...

no4mkit

4th October 2004, 17:52

I can't believe Keith Woodcock ain't on the list!! :eek:

"A Friday In Winter" depicting Halifax LV907 'Friday The 13th' over a snow covered English landscape is one of my personal favorites of his.

Some of his work can be seen here, thought the scans are moderate quality at best.

Woodcock art (http://www.satiche.org.uk/keithw/gallery.htm)

Looking at that link it's apparent there's a few more prints I need!

Agent X20

4th October 2004, 22:34

Hes done some nice work but never seemd to have reached the higher echelons...

no4mkit

5th October 2004, 18:23

hmmm.... maybe he's behind on dues to the Guild. :rolleyes:

Agent X20

6th October 2004, 14:43

very political organisation.... wouldnt go there... but nice art..!!

minter

6th October 2004, 15:18

yes i would agree with that, wanted to join in my youth, but was perturbed

Agent X20

6th October 2004, 15:19

I still am perturbed.. :D :D :D

ascot

18th November 2004, 19:20

Any one out there like Michael Rondot, been advertised in many of the mags. His stuff looks awsome for the lovers of the fast jet.
Gets a big thumbs up from me, esp as I just picked up a Ltd Edn print inc sigs of the 22 Jag pilots in the Gulf War 1

Ascot :)

Agent X20

19th November 2004, 12:52

Rondot.. yep good.. rather predictive style though and the prints should at least be accurate... at least he paints what (I gather) he likes, rather than more Spitfires..!!

G-force

14th December 2004, 14:52

Michael Rondot is without a doubt the best for me. He just manages to capture something that's missing on other aviation artworks. I don't know what it is, just something "raw".
I also have a couple of large prints by Edward Ash, another fantastic artist based in Lincs. He is very passionate about what he does and he's is a pleasure to talk to.

Albert Ross

17th December 2004, 18:42

Michael Rondot - sorry don't like his stuff as he seems to take exactly the same background and just put a different aircraft type on it! How many have you seen of the aircraft 3/4-front lifting off from the same wet runway with black storm clouds in the skies - I've lost count! No enough variety of backgrounds. Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson, both superb artists!

Martin Bull

18th December 2004, 07:54

interesting poll result so far - Taylor way out in front with Coulson and Wootton dead-heating for second.

I'd say that's a fair judgement, even though Taylor wasn't my first choice....

nucleartiger

19th December 2004, 08:50

I like this painting "Alone No More"

http://www.jaybrowngallery.com/images/phillips/phillips_-_alone_no_more.JPG

Typhoon-MKV

20th December 2004, 08:09

That's rather tasty, reminds me of the Wilfred Hardy print "You can make it Friend"

Also like the new Robert Taylor "Skipper Comes Home".

minter

20th December 2004, 08:47

that is nice, great sky williams phillips is it?

Agent X20

20th December 2004, 10:23

William S Phillips...

Prefer his US jets - Advantage Eagle..Sundowners...mmm..

minter

20th December 2004, 11:07

something festive from said artist :)

snafu

20th December 2004, 11:29

Hanging on the wall at chez Snafu, something equally festive as it's a scene from Christmas Eve....

Agent X20

20th December 2004, 13:29

Tomorrow is always Christmas at Snafus...!!

Coulson Birth of a Leg end hangs in the Agent dining area, along with Shorebirds at Los Lobos ( Phillips) .. and Lone Spitfire (Coulson)

One or two others dotted around the house , the majority uptsairs in the Loft..

minter

20th December 2004, 13:46

a Taylor hangs in the hallway,,with a coulson, 2 huxleys 4 turners and 2 of me own dotted elsewhere

Agent X20

20th December 2004, 14:03

lets see the Mint offerings then..!!

minter

20th December 2004, 14:09

oh god how does one do that! digi camera,download to computer ,mydocuments thingy, upload to site...ok give me 3 months :o

Agent X20

20th December 2004, 14:26

Yep.... so look forward to it... :o

minter

20th December 2004, 14:36

ok, but no laughing!

Agent X20

20th December 2004, 15:12

No way.. anybody laughs... they will get two torpedoes... think its admirable... me I only get extreemly pi****d off when they then try and sell something which is basically an insult to the intelligence... cos then you end up with the bl**dy things as Xmas pressies from those who aint got a clue what an xyz should look like.......!!! :mad: :mad:

minter

20th December 2004, 15:19

ah no fear there, i take car ewith my subjects, everything is in proportion, and a spit looks like a spit.the only thing i cant do is piant the whole of Caen city centre or whatever like trudgian does,wouldnt have the time...or patience i think :o

snafu

20th December 2004, 16:43

Yeah, it would be good to see your work Minter. Hope you can manage to get them on the site.

And Agent, tomorrow is always like another day at Billy Smart's Circus at Snafu's............

Agent X20

20th December 2004, 23:32

If its that good Mint we is still looking at July 2005 for the Lofty Agent AA Calendar...

minter

25th July 2005, 16:05

Yeah, it would be good to see your work Minter. Hope you can manage to get them on the site.

And Agent, tomorrow is always like another day at Billy Smart's Circus at Snafu's............

well here one i did earlier

Agent X20

25th July 2005, 16:25

Excellent.... oils or acrylic..?

minter

25th July 2005, 16:29

oils,because takes a while to dry...i make plenty of mistakes so easy to rub out :rolleyes:

Agent X20

25th July 2005, 16:46

I'd like to paint Mrs Agent in oils.. well anything that gives good coverage..!!!
...nice Lanc though.....

no4mkit

25th July 2005, 17:26

Well done Minter! How's the Heinkel one coming...? ;)

planejunky

25th July 2005, 19:29

That's fantastic work Mints, what talent have we uncovered here?! ;) :)

minter

26th July 2005, 08:23

Well done Minter! How's the Heinkel one coming...? ;)

slowly :o ,but no, all the hienkels are in position,in a rough sort of way, just got to fill em in with all the detail etc,...thats what takes the time

Agent X20

26th July 2005, 08:39

The research... are you using a Corgi Heinkel as reference.. ??

minter

26th July 2005, 08:43

The research... are you using a Corgi Heinkel as reference.. ??

yes,for composition purposes,thanks to No4 he took some photos at veriying angles so i could get the idea of a formation

Agent X20

26th July 2005, 09:07

You aint got Mrs Mints then holding then up four or five in formation..?

minter

26th July 2005, 09:39

nope, even if i did have 5 hienkels,mrs mint not allowed to touch

minter

26th July 2005, 12:48

That's fantastic work Mints, what talent have we uncovered here?! ;) :)

thanks, it was an experimental piece really, havnt done anything for years whilst the kids were growing up,theyre a bit more self sufficient now, so trying my hand again,dont think it came out too bad,will post more as and when finished

Agent X20

26th July 2005, 13:16

Not even a little peek so as to tempt the old juices..?

minter

28th July 2005, 08:36

one for the animal lovers

Agent X20

28th July 2005, 09:11

Trust those are Leopards and not Jaguars... hidden talent there Mint

minter

28th July 2005, 10:09

thanks....nearly right, cheetahs

Agent X20

28th July 2005, 10:19

okay.. well fed cheetahs.. :D

minter

15th September 2005, 16:35

any one seen robert taylors new one "strike and strike again".......like it a lot especially if your a beau fan

Agent X20

15th September 2005, 17:12

Grey on grey.. nowt special..(personal opinion - bet everyone else loves it :D ) not what I would pay $950 for..

minter

16th September 2005, 08:28

makes a change from b-17s and silver p-51s he keeps doing.....thats funny sounds like corgi :rolleyes:

ascot

16th September 2005, 08:40

any one seen robert taylors new one "strike and strike again".......like it a lot especially if your a beau fan

Yup
Have seen the original and it looks superb, so much so I have ordered a remarque. Trouble is I will have to wait at least a year for it.

minter

16th September 2005, 08:42

how big is the original ?

david cotton

22nd October 2005, 19:53

Hello all
I have paintings by 2 Artists, Taylor and Trudgian.

IMHO Taylors best must be 'Knights OF The Eastern Front', While 'Trudgian's is Their Finest Hour'. I have them both, so I am biased... very biased in fact.

I think (painful process) Taylor produces a more real looking picture. Trudgians are good but they are somewhere between a model box picture and a chocolate box lid. I have into the 'Into the cloak of darkness' print and I feel I should buy a matching set of curtains to go with it !!

I would like to know who produced the Airfix Box pictures of the 1970,s. They were really good. The Wellington with one engine out, low over the sea has to be the best. Ah, but what about G-George comming home with its engine on fire. !

Regards
David

prune

22nd October 2005, 19:57

Taylor without a shadow of a doubt.Trudgian is good , but he'd be even better if some onecould hide his box of bright colours .

minter

24th October 2005, 08:48

taylor for me, when hes good hes very good, the beaus are excellent, trudgian seem to be a bit samey sometimes,his latest one hurricane country with planes flying over a shot down jerry....yawn

Agent X20

24th October 2005, 10:29

I would like to know who produced the Airfix Box pictures of the 1970,s. They were really good. The Wellington with one engine out, low over the sea has to be the best. Ah, but what about G-George comming home with its engine on fire. !

Roy Cross..

Bit O Lace boxart.!!

Martin Bull

24th October 2005, 10:51

Roy Cross has become something of a cult figure - deservedly so - and a book featuring a lot of his Airfix work came out a few years ago.

Everyone ( d'un certain age..... ;) ) remembers the Lancaster and I remember the B-17 even tho' I never bought the kit.....

Agent X20

24th October 2005, 11:07

They must have sold many many kits for Airfix..... certainly the best range of boxes.. the ones before were all line drawings, the ones after with the actual model were really poor... and today's attempts are equally as shoddy..

Naw.. Cross is by far the best... as they say every picture tells a story...

He exibits at the GAvA from time to time... circa £2500 for a little number ... last time was 2004..

(mind you some of the Jap boxart comes close...)

prune

24th October 2005, 12:36

Agent X20

24th October 2005, 13:39

What I would like to see is the definitive work with all the boxes/headers... any links or such like..?

The success I am sure was there for him... just the marketing I think could have been better... Where can I get a Bit of Lace print from... thing is you couldnt... :(

prune

24th October 2005, 15:03

I haven't seen Roy Grinnell mentioned.His print 'The Struggle Begins',Pete Brothers Hurricane,impo better than any Taylor Hurricane print.
Also Simon Smith's The Dambusters,easily one of the best Dambusters pics.

minter

24th October 2005, 15:10

david cotton

24th October 2005, 19:51

Hello all
While looking through my vast colection of seventies porno mags, I came across (no pun intended) a 14th Addition of the Airfix Catalouge (1977). This desirable piece of literature has all the old model box art on display. From this priceless artifact I have produced a top ten :

Series 4 Wellington (low over the sea on one engine)
Series 12 Spitfire (Kiwi)
Series 5 B17 (Engaging a fw 190 at close quaters)
Series 6 Sunderland (Ending that Condor moment)
Series 7 B29 (Eddie Allan imports US made goods to Japan)
Series 3 Mosquito (anti shipping at low level)
Series 5 Lancaster (George comes home on three engines)
Series 3 Spitfire & ME110 Double ( Johny lights up the Me110 engine)
Series 4 Donnier Do217 ( downing lancs over the target)
Series14 Huricane ( Gleed gets one me110 and looks for the next)

If only my scana was not bust... I could share these with you... oh pity pity

Regards
David

Agent X20

24th October 2005, 20:19

What about the B25 with the backdrop aflame..

or just a BOAC VC10 lifting off...

david cotton

24th October 2005, 20:35

What about the B25 with the backdrop aflame..

or just a BOAC VC10 lifting off...

Naaa ...B25 .... all flames and no detail.

VC10.... Not top 10 material .... but the best airliner one

Regards
David

Agent X20

24th October 2005, 21:19

Dramatic though.. bet it sold a few kits at the time...

Firefly on deck.... now thats got detail...

prune

24th October 2005, 22:25

Then theres the 1/72 Mustang, was it 'Fools Paradise',about to get the chop from a FW 190, and the rocket firing Gustav.

rmorley

29th October 2005, 13:57

Roy Cross did more than anyone to stir the imagination of a small boy in the 60s and 70s (me).Who can forget seeing the first 1/24 Al Deere Spit in the shop window.Its a shame he hasn't achieved the success of the Coulsons/Taylors/Trudgians, but thats good marketing for you.I'll have to find a copy of the Airfix book.Just looking at his art brings back the smell of Airfix glue and paint :)

Roy Cross now has quite a successful career in painting ships, actually. He "hasn't achieved the success" of painters like the ones you mention cos he decided that "even the likes of Frank Wootton couldn't elevate aviation art to the rank of established fine art field. Perhaps it's still too new."

(Courtesy of 50 Years of Airfix by Arthur Ward)

Roy Cross, Geoff Nutkins and Frank Wootton are my favourite aviation artists, especially thanks to an image of a NA Mustang I of Sarnia Imperials over a V1 site on tactical recon by Wootton...

Now there's a model!

Geoff's superb painting of a Do 17Z being intercepted featured in the BoB 60th edition of Flypast, and I loved it!

I hate over stylised paintings though. The worst I've seen was one of a flight of Spits flying very, very low over a couple of kiddies (who were waving to the Spits) sitting on a gate at the edge of a field, in which a tractor was gathering up the crop, whilst a steam train passed by! Horrendous!

(Apologies in advance if the guy who painted that is on here, but I don't particularly like that kind of work)

Agent X20

29th October 2005, 21:06

Frank Wootton and David Sheppard to me are most probably the best 'traditional' painters of planes... the latter doesnt do nearly enough planes.. too many heffalumps..

minter

31st October 2005, 11:51

Frank Wootton and David Sheppard to me are most probably the best 'traditional' painters of planes... the latter doesnt do nearly enough planes.. too many heffalumps..

dont pay the bills any more like his fluffy stuff does

Agent X20

31st October 2005, 13:34

fluffy endangered stuff.... :D

minter

31st October 2005, 13:40

I hate over stylised paintings though. The worst I've seen was one of a flight of Spits flying very, very low over a couple of kiddies (who were waving to the Spits) sitting on a gate at the edge of a field, in which a tractor was gathering up the crop, whilst a steam train passed by! Horrendous!

http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gifmmmm i,m sure theres something missing here ..........ah a dog!

prune

31st October 2005, 13:49

Impo, the best Hurricane print to date.Roy Grinnells The Struggle Begins.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/chrisflanagan/th_Struggle_Begins.jpg (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/chrisflanagan/Struggle_Begins.jpg)

58warren

31st October 2005, 13:51

Hmmm.... That is rather nice Prune!

Agent X20

31st October 2005, 13:53

Yep.. that is a nice one.... but does the channel look that blue..?

58warren

31st October 2005, 14:07

Yep.. that is a nice one.... but does the channel look that blue..?

That was what I was thinking, but otherwise an extremely nice painting. Maybe it's the white cliffs of Malta :D

prune

31st October 2005, 14:07

Yep.. that is a nice one.... but does the channel look that blue..?

You have a point there Agent, its not quite so blue in the print.

Agent X20

31st October 2005, 14:10

Lot of them especially Mr Phillips and Mr Stokes seem to believe that the UK is technicolour, oops techincolor.. when of course everyone knows it should be Supermarionation... :D ( Especially Stan Stokes, but thats more a style..)

minter

31st October 2005, 14:11

my eyes are glued to the hurricane, not usually too keen on planes coming towards you but thats very nicely done

minter

31st October 2005, 14:14

You have a point there Agent, its not quite so blue in the print.

the only thing i will say is a bit further westwards the sea down here can seem very blue almost torquiose sometimes, very mediterranean

Agent X20

31st October 2005, 14:18

Paradise with a pier..

...I think, well I always have a thought or two as to what it must have been like Summer 1940 as yer cross the coast safely ensconsed in your easysomething cigar tube and look down on the white cliffs... (thing is it never looks that blue... although summer 40 was especially nice..)

minter

31st October 2005, 14:32

with all these books about by fighter pilots there must be some reference to the sea as they were climbing high before they "got busy", cant think of any though

Agent X20

31st October 2005, 16:43

Normally a dred of having to ditch in it..... ****** cold... and wet..

minter

1st November 2005, 08:18

and deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

Agent X20

1st November 2005, 13:53

This made me annoyed...

Its not an autograph - Its Leonard Cheshire's autograph...

1960's my ar$e...

Hey ho...!

E Bay Art... (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lancaster-by-Robert-Taylor-Autographed_W0QQitemZ7361447946QQcategoryZ72175QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

minter

1st November 2005, 14:19

oh dear! i think the dead sea scrolls were found in better condition than this :(

58warren

1st November 2005, 15:40

the only thing i will say is a bit further westwards the sea down here can seem very blue almost torquiose sometimes, very mediterranean

I have spent a couple of weekends sailing a friends yacht off North Wales back in August and more recently in mid October (when it was still 21 degrees centigrade and brilliant sunshine/cloudless sky) and the sea really did look Mediterranean blue around the Lleyn Peninsula. Friends thought the photos were taken in Gibraltar!!! :)

minter

1st November 2005, 16:03

true, and when its cloudy sea looks like dishwater

58warren

1st November 2005, 21:06

true, and when its cloudy sea looks like dishwater

You should put a blue toilet block in your dishwater then Mints... :D

david cotton

3rd November 2005, 16:29

Then theres the 1/72 Mustang, was it 'Fools Paradise',about to get the chop from a FW 190, and the rocket firing Gustav.

Hello Prune old boy.
I was confussed when you described this mustang box. I could not remember it ! But I have now found a picture on the model box you decribe. It was a series one kit and did not actually come in a box. But you are right, its a great picture again.

Regards
David

rmorley

15th November 2005, 19:04

You wuz talking bout the Channel.

Great memory of mine- walking along the NT path at Langdon- the Channel wuz quite blue!

Course, there's also the wet day when I went to the cafe at the end of the Pier in Dover- orrible that was!

Shar

20th September 2006, 20:37

I have a couple of Roland Wong prints 1 of them signed by the man himself, its the FRADU Hawks on top of HMS Cornwall. I bought this at RNAS Culdrose. Also have 'Maverick' print which is of a GR7 screaming through the Welsh valleys armed with said missile.

Also have Fieldcraft by Philip West and Robert Tomlin's 'For Real', both of these depict Harrier GR7s'.

Desperate to get hold of Robert Tomlin's latest 801 squadron Sea Harrier print.