Mav's Royal Navy GR.3 ------ DNF!

[MarkyM607]

Yes!, but so much for first class!
Sorry Mav.

Someone who used to work in the local sorting office assures me that Royal Mail make no distinction between 1st & 2nd class stamps unless it is December. He never bought 1st class stamps.

I see. I'll keep that in mind. Usually I do go second but as Mav really needed the canopy I thought first would get it there quicker. Won't make that mistake again.

[flakmonkey]

I always thought second class stamps were just a excuse not to post your ebay stuff the same day as it was sold.

Q: Does first class mail travel in more comfortable vans? Discuss.

[JohnRatzenberger]

The mail trays/bags are wider in first class and longer envelopes are more comfortable.

[dknights]

The mail trays/bags are wider in first class and longer envelopes are more comfortable.

Now that is funny.

[MarkyM607]

The first class stuff reserves it's trays and then has Jeremy Corbyn complaining the tray is ram-packed.

[iggie]

The first class stuff reserves it's trays and then has Jeremy Corbyn complaining the tray is ram-packed.

After walking past several single empty trays while looking for two together.....

[fredk]

Ok, we'll not go down that [rail]road any more.
gosh durn it! didn't I just join in?!?

Hopefully Mav can get onto this when he gets that err.....um... the other one done

[IronMan129]

Ok new start date on this one.
Starting sometime on the 30th to finish on the 31st.

[Old_Tonto]

Good news, I'll try to drop in and see how you get on.

[IronMan129]

Surprise!
I somehow managed to get the time to start the GR.3!
So here is the starting pic:

I now have the canopy(thanks again), I have the right decals and I have found a pair of gun pods so were all set!

[fredk]

Great stuff.
Are you aiming for a Whiff or one of the GR3s [or were they GR1s?] the RN used for training whilst waiting for their Sea Harriers?

[IronMan129]

I believe XZ129 was used by the Royal Navy for Engineering training after she was retired from RAF service but that's what I've read so it could be different you know what the Internet is like!

[Old_Tonto]

Any progress picks?

[IronMan129]

Yes sorry I got the kit washed and primed with Cytidel White primer then called it a night as my breathing started giving me a hard time again.
This morning I had 5 minutes to get the "nozzle inserts" glued in and the fuselage halves cut off and trimmed down.
I was going to get the gun pods done but I got as far as clipping them off the sprue then my lovely better half had other ideas so I will continue later on.

[Old_Tonto]

In my experience better halves will often do that.