Hi,

To choose where the new calendar event gets posted into the forum select the location when creating the event.  See the attached screen shot for info.

Regards

Mike

To create an event in the Club Forum Calendar - select the Calendar icon from the list at the top of the forum and then click Post Event option highlighted in red in the screen shot below




Then populate all the details of the event, date and time or all day event plus the details and location and then click the Post button to post it to the calendar. 



The Calendar event is also posted into the forum as a new topic entry - you can select which Topic category to post the new event into as well.

I hope this makes sense to everyone.

Regards

Mike

Quote from: chriswil42 on August 06, 2024, 12:20:22 PMThank you Mike.
Will the upgrade correct the time of day displayed?

Time and date should be correct now for UK

I have completed the upgrade to the latest version of the Forum code.

Current known issue is that the preview banner isn't working as the code isn't compatible with the new Forum version - will need to work on this one.  Typical software issues!!

Apologies for this missing feature but it is still recommended to be on this newer version.

I will monitor the Forum for a few days top see how everyone gets on.

People can post issues in this topic.

Regards

Mike

The hosting platform is now charging me an additional ?10 per month to support the older version of PHP that the forum currently uses.  I haven't upgraded the Forum for a while now but it's now time so I don't need to use an old version of PHP.

As soon as I get some time to do this I will start the upgrade.  The Forum will be down for a few hours while I do this - apologies in advance for any inconvenience this will cause.

I will try and give the users some more notice closer to the time when I do the upgrade but this will depend upon my free time from work etc. 

Please bear with me on this.

Regards

Mike

Thanks for the quick responses.  I will try and message Bob.

Hi All,

I am currently building the 1/35 scale AFV Centurion Mk V/1 MBT but as a Danish version.

I don't have a. lot of reference material but I know the Danish version I am trying to build had the Type B 20 Pounder gun and I am wondering if anyone knows of an aftermarket metal barrel ?  AFV do the Type A gun as an aftermarket mod but I haven't been able to find a Type B gun.

Appreciate any help or advice on this.

Regards

Mike

Video explains how to post videos on the club forum
NOTE but first you need to upload them to your own YouTube channel

Test event to test calendar out.

Hi Everyone

I did tweak the number of preview images to set it to 5 but it isn't auto sizing them correctly for all browsers and devices so I can set this back to 4.  Its easy enough to change this value, the range being 1 to 5.  So whatever works best for the team.  Ill try 4 and see how we get on.

I have been doing some other tweaks in the background such as the security change and removing the image size limit on uploads.  Ill send some details to Bill for the newsletter so everyone can read about it.

Regards

Mike

The reason the canopy on the Jug is so good is a tip I learned many years ago from attending the club meets.  I think it might have been Kevin who suggested I dip the canopies into Future before doing anything with them.  This seams to keep them looking nice and clear and protects them from fogging with super glue etc.

Over the years I learnt a lot form the other club members.   

Its so nice to read all your kind comments.  Very appreciated and good motivation to get more done now.

I have very fond memories of club meets and trips so its great to see you all active on the forum, especially when we can't actually meet up in person.

The Lysander will get finished one of these days.  Its nearly done but I had a disaster with the canopy and some overspray so it got put on the shelf and forgotten about but now I have the motivation to tackle it again and get it finally finished.

Happy modelling to everyone during this time.  Stay safe.

Mike

Given the current circumstances I suddenly found myself with some spare time away from work so I decided to get a model built.  First one in many years.  This is my first attempt at an Alclad 2 finish.  I learnt a lot from this build and also how much I enjoy the hobby and have missed modelling.

Kit is the Tamiya 1/48 P47D and I used an Eduard photo etch set to add a little extra detail.

Attached are a few photos of the model plus a shot of the original aircraft for comparison.

Mike

I started building this kit a couple of years ago and got the cockpit complete then it sat in the box until last month when I decided to try and do something other than work. 

Well, it was going really well until I removed the masking for the canopy.  Some dreaded overspray had managed to get under the masking and foam I had placed in the cockpit.   If I hadn't wanted to show more of the cockpit off and not removed the side panels it wouldn't have happened.

Anyway, "never give up" as the motto goes.  So after a few days of head scratching and failed attempts at making something to clean the canopy from the inside I decried it had to come off.  I managed to remove the canopy with hardly any damage but when I tried to clean it with Enamel thinners (It was Enamel paint that had got onto it) the canopy collapsed on me.  Too much thinners and ham fisted cleaning I guess.

So now I am really starting to get fed up with it.  But a quick search on the internet and Hannants have  vac formed canopy from Squadron for a 1/48 Lysander.  It was definitely cheaper than buying another Lysander kit just for the canopy.

I have the new canopy but I have never worked with vac formed clear canopies before so my request for help is any tips for working with it?  can I used clear fix to attach it? can I use any paint on it? etc etc

Any help will be most welcome

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