The Captain's Cabin- Getting Dinky With It

NARSES2 · March 13, 2026, 06:34:06 AM

Captain Canada · March 15, 2026, 06:48:25 AM

Tried something new today. Dipped this Skyraider canopy in hot coffee. Why ? Because it fell in my mug lol. Wasn't hot enough to melt it so that was a plus.

NARSES2 · March 15, 2026, 07:06:24 AM

You never know you might get some "cool" shade as a sun protection

Rick Lowe · March 19, 2026, 09:36:24 PM

Coffee and Tea are good for staining paper, fabric, etc for an aged look.
Not sure it'll work with canopies, though...

McColm · March 20, 2026, 03:57:55 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on March 19, 2026, 09:36:24 PMCoffee and Tea are good for staining paper, fabric, etc for an aged look.
Not sure it'll work with canopies, though...

A very old Flight Sargent once told me that if you have any carton of liquid that you intend to pour, put a small hole in the top, this will even out the air pressure so you get an even flow. He also told me that he used to pierce the coffee metal tins to stop them from exploding due to the air pressure on most of the RAF's cargo planes during the 1970s.

Captain Canada · March 28, 2026, 03:20:23 PM

Scored 4 Concordes locally for 30 bucks. Two are already whifs supersonic airlines and the nice burner cans on the big one. Hey, I like my toys lol

Captain Canada · April 23, 2026, 04:30:38 PM

A couple things going on. Bought the Dinky Leopard from a local lady. Same street as Mum so I stopped in there to say hi. There's a local(ish) guy who sells repair parts for Dinky. Looking forward to bringing her back to life !

The Lightning is one of my ongoing VG birds. Landing gear from Temu, supposedly for an F-16. I'm going to make my own tho, so I can make it adjustable for in-flight and on deck.

Wifey had a conference in the US of A and the Glenlivet was the duty free purchase on return home. Nice for the evening sip.

The 144 scale helicopter crew are also from Temu. Rather detailed little guys ! I was hoping they were more of the ground crew variety, but they are all aircrew. Good ol' Temu.

The last pic is my RCN Skyraider. Found it half built in the basement, so figured I'd finish it whilst watching hockey. Of course, Mr. Organized put all of his RCN decals in one place. One place yet to be rediscovered.....I did find a Tracker set I bought from Above and Below Decals ( formerly CanMilAir ) and started adding them last night.

Rick Lowe · April 23, 2026, 10:20:33 PM

PR19_Kit · April 24, 2026, 03:53:29 AM

All SORTS of things going on more likely!

DO tell us more about the fuselage mounded landing gear on the Lightning please.