U.N.C.L.E. PIRANHA

 I used to be a big fan of The Man from UNCLE, and always looked forward to Thursday nights after Top of the Pops when the BBC first aired TV's equivalent to James Bond.

Over time, while I still have a nostalgic fondness for the series my interest has waned.

I've still got a few UNCLE items in the collection though, including the AMT Piranha, styled by Gene Winfield, the man behind the Star Trek , Shuttlecraft.

I have to say, it contrast to its sleek looks, its a hideous kit to make, and needs a lot of filing and fitting to get things to even remotely line up. 

I made two versions; one in a metallic blue as it appeared briefly in both the Man from, and Girl from series, and one in a two tone, as it is now.

In it's defence, it's a sixties kit and things have moved on quality wise, and I did alter the door hinges to look more like the real thing.

The big issue for me is joining the top and bottom sections together which don't fit well leaving gaps, in-spite of clamping them together, and the windscreen which acts to hold the  windscreen struts to the body.

Anyway here's some old photos of the result.

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SOUTHPORT AIRSHOW PHOTOS

A few  photos from Saturday's Southport Airshow. Wet, windy and overcast, not the best conditions for photography, but never say die!

The Typhoon

Westland Sea King HAR3A

RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team

Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros

BAC 167 Strikemaster Mk82A

W5856 Fairey Swordfish

Aerosuperbatics Wingwalkers

Grob 115E aka The Tutor

Supermarine Spitfire PS853 Mk XIX

Richard Goodwin Jet Pitts display

The Starlings display team

Team Raven RV-8's

Silly Season: Explosive Beach

The Missus and me visited this East Coast beach with some trepidation, what with exploding objects under the sand! 

Talk about a sobering sign! 

Silly Season: Terranova's Pickles

I recently made a couple of batches of pickle cucumbers, which is a family tradition.

Over the years I have obtained a few pickle items, as pictured.

In the foreground is Superpickle a crib toy from the 80's that I bought in NYC when my mother visited from London and passed on her pickle recipe.

The large soft mastachiod Mr Pickle was won by my wife at an amusement park.

On the right is a plastic pickle that was a container for some figures related to 'The Beavis and Butthead Cartoon Show'

When I was assembling the three items to photograph them I noticed that the plastic pickle can be used as a money box so chalk up another part of my collection that was never collected.

This email comes under the heading of newspaper Silly Season.

Terranova47

USA

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