Freightdog award at Telford 2025

Freightdog862 · November 06, 2025, 03:38:09 PM

Good evening,

With Martin's blessing, I will again be giving a small award for best on the SIG table at Telford this weekend.

As before I will give two prizes, best on the table and most imaginative, as judged by Kit and Dominic. This will be on the Saturday, the prizes this year will be an Airfix 1/72 Meteor F.8/FR.9 kit with my new Freightdog Reaper conversion.

Thanks and good luck!

Colin

Charlie_c67 · November 06, 2025, 04:38:37 PM

Reaper Conversion? Wait, what?!

George the Cat · November 06, 2025, 05:28:18 PM

Quote from: Charlie_c67 on November 06, 2025, 04:38:37 PMReaper Conversion? Wait, what?!

Ground attack version of Meatbox.

Charlie_c67 · November 06, 2025, 05:30:56 PM

I know, but I wasn't aware of there being a conversion set out there!

scautomoton · November 06, 2025, 11:31:54 PM

Quote from: Charlie_c67 on November 06, 2025, 05:30:56 PMI know, but I wasn't aware of there being a conversion set out there!

...there wasn't... until now it seems

Gondor · November 07, 2025, 12:21:56 AM

Quote from: Charlie_c67 on November 06, 2025, 05:30:56 PMI know, but I wasn't aware of there being a conversion set out there!

He did say NEW

NARSES2 · November 07, 2025, 01:04:55 AM

Quote from: Charlie_c67 on November 06, 2025, 05:30:56 PMI know, but I wasn't aware of there being a conversion set out there!

Yup, it's new for Telford.

I had the privilege of announcing it in the UK SIG's Newsletter a week or so ago

Charlie_c67 · November 07, 2025, 02:44:24 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on November 07, 2025, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Charlie_c67 on November 06, 2025, 05:30:56 PMI know, but I wasn't aware of there being a conversion set out there!

Yup, it's new for Telford.

I had the privilege of announcing it in the UK SIG's Newsletter a week or so ago

Ah I see. Sounds like a good set

Freightdog862 · November 07, 2025, 02:33:15 PM

Thank you, gentlemen. Available at Telford and on my website from hopefully Tuesday next week.

Colin

kitbasher · November 07, 2025, 04:04:47 PM

What a great supporter of our hobby you are, Colin.

Mossie · November 08, 2025, 01:23:43 AM

I'll be needing a Reaper set, I've had a plan based on upgrading the Meteors capability for a little while, this'll make it easier.

Rheged · November 08, 2025, 12:07:00 PM

Quote from: kitbasher on November 07, 2025, 04:04:47 PMWhat a great supporter of our hobby you are, Colin.

Agreed!! I was going to stop at your stand this morning to say well done in person, but you had so many potential paying punters around it seemed inappropriate to interrupt. I hope your weekend is as successful as it seemed to a passing observer.

Accidental Loggie · November 09, 2025, 08:13:03 AM

Hopefully you'll the photo of the Meteor Reaper here, as I displayed it yesterday at Telford. If that works I'll upload a couple more with details.

Accidental Loggie · November 09, 2025, 08:18:17 AM

Well that seemed to work

, so here you go.

Colin's conversion kit is really nice and makes a standard F8 much more suitable for whiffing. I have a second set which I'll be using on the MPM FR9 to produce a FGR version before it became popular

Captain Canada · November 09, 2025, 09:15:31 AM

That looks smart ! Love the tip tanks.