SATURDAY ON THE HAYABUSA

My very dear friends Tad and Anna had a visit on Saturday. He has been promised a ride out on the bike for months. Well that day came and Southport for an ice cream was of course top of the list.

Here are Tad and Anna having a sit on the SUZUKI flagship ride GSX1300R, the fastest production motorcycle in the world.

BATMOBILE.

Hey kids, now the system seems to be playing ball again, here's some shots of the BATMOBILE

1966 version from TV. I made a few calls while in Los Angeles to see if we could have a private viewing. Everything was set up and there she was in all her glory.Thanks to BARRIS KUSTOMS for a wonderful hour.

USAF MUSEUM, DAYTON, OHIO.

We had a whole day here and to say it was a big place is a complete understatement. So many one-off planes it was amazing. We drove from WONDERFEST in Kentucky and it was about 250 miles. We got there when it opened and signed up for the X-Planes R & D Hangar over the far side of the base. What an experience.








Here's a few shots of the day.







Chris.

LACK OF PICTURES...............

Well things have turned sour. I have over 300 pictures of my recent trip to WONDERFEST 2011, USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio, Las Vegas and Los Angeles for a week each. Sadly for some reason I click on the image attachment and nothing.............. It all worked fine until I came back, so stick with it until I can sort out the problem.


Chris.

WONDERFEST 2011.

Hi kids.......we are home. Wonderfest in Louisville, Kentucky was just amazing. Huge amounts of stalls with models you have never seen anywhere else. Japanese, German, American, British model manufacturers bringing stuff you only get there. It was at the Crowne Plaza near the airport and the hotel was great.  We arrived on the Thursday late and went straight to a party. Then Friday was the Knob Creek firing range for some high octane weapon fun.

Saturday was 12 hours of model porn of the highest order. Competitions, models, guests and loads of fun. The standard of work on display was totally off the scale.

Sunday was the USAF museum that we drove to in Dayton, Ohio. A massive collection of one-off planes including a B-2 stealth bomber and the UBER rare XB-70, the only one in existence.

FALKE UPDATE.

Right,

general assembly and test fitting for this baby. Things are going together well as expected from this model company. The big motor, highly detailed (and cool) cockpit and all the interior bits are stuck in. When the rain stops, I can lay down some primer on the components that are too hard to get to when assembled.

Stay tuned Ma.K fans.

FALKE ANIT-GRAVITY RAIDER.

Bought 2 of these to do two versions. First up is this one. Going to do it German Grey. Always liked that colour and this model has that many fans with that many colour schemes, I am just trying to find something a bit different.

It will be very well weathered and some aftermarket details are out there for this and I will add them too.
It's 1/20th scale and is made by the Japanese Model Corporation "Hasegawa" About 60 quid to buy in most model shops.

Opening box art pics. Staring the kit tomorrow.