N.O.S. Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Tuesday, 8pm BBC2 - James May will supervise the construction of a full-size Airfix style Spitfire kit. Should be interesting. I'd quite like one of those. I've started saving for the B17G model - if it ever gets released. I can't wait for the bit where he hammers a recovery anchor pin into the unopened gigantor tube of styrene adhesive (going on my past experience) :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonsfotos Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Will be glued to that programme hehe! I loved his earlier series on classic toys. Brought back great memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 yeh looks good :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpltomo Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Kool hope it lasts longer than his lego house. Hope he gets english instrutions for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Going to need a big saucer for the transfers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 will be fun watching it fall off the kitchen table ( oh the good old days!)...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Bet the propellers snap off first :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Will the Humbrol tins be the size of dustbins? and will the program be split over a couple of weeks while he fills out the form for the missing parts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Bet the propellers snap off first :coffee: It's a Spitfire Jack, it only has ONE propeller!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 It's a Spitfire Jack, it only has ONE propeller!! Not on my one mister - in fact it has two engines:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 You aren't one of these people who glued on every single optional part provided are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 No Jacks Spitfire was absolutely stock... apart from the rockets, bombs, rear gun turret, tracked undercarriage and bentley 3.5 litre blower on top of the engine cowling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Somewhere on the net, there's a quite famous picture of a Spitfire with Beer barrels slung under the wings, carrying beer to the guys just after Normandy I think. So unusual objects hanging off planes isn't so unusual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 You aren't one of these people who glued on every single optional part provided are you? Nowt wrong with my Spitquito :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Nowt wrong with my Spitquito :coffee: lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Will they sell him the polystyrene glue, in the quantity he will need? With all the glue sniffing nonsense he might have trouble getting hold of five gallons in one go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Will they sell him the polystyrene glue, in the quantity he will need? With all the glue sniffing nonsense he might have trouble getting hold of five gallons in one go! Also Mike - how thick has the cat gut got to be to hang it from his bedroom ceiling. In fact how blooming big is his bedroom???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambo1969 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Gonna need some big stickers...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 On the positive side, fingerprints won't be too much of a problem on the perspex canopy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Going to need a big saucer for the transfers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) Somewhere on the net, there's a quite famous picture of a Spitfire with Beer barrels slung under the wings, carrying beer to the guys just after Normandy I think. So unusual objects hanging off planes isn't so unusual! I've seen the photo some years ago. I remember it because the Beer was supplied by Simmonds Brewery in Reading, Berks, where I live. The photos of it are here http://bogen.org/gallery/v/misc_other_pictures/spitfire_beer_truck/ Edited October 27, 2009 by woa2 I found the photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H1HU Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Talk of beer barrels reminds me of the cartoon mural at a former Luftwaffe air base in Germany of Goering sitting astride a bomber with a beer barrel under each arm. I have a photo of it so I'll try and remember to scan and post it in the aviation section. I spoke to James May at Goodwood last month. Same off screen as on and a very friendly approachable chap. Mind you we had laugh at the expense of one of his Top Gear colleagues whom I worked with many moons ago. Which reminds me I must finish my sons 1/35 scale UH1H Huey which has been rested for some eight months, glue should have set by now!! H1HU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 The car crushing looks like it was at Nick Meads Tanksalot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 What a brilliant programme!!!!!! How funny was the pilot model of him? His face when the Spit was towed gingerly out of the hanger was awesome and when he landed after flying that Spitfire, my first words would have been "oh my ******* God I have just flown a Spitfire ******* ******** *******" :rofl::rofl::rofl: Loved how he got the children involved as well, the littlie lad who didnt want his tank blown up in the film they made, bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevpol Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 was a good program Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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