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Looking for a user friendly twin engined airframe, the DB Twin Tub caught my eye. Although a large 82" model, with twin engine configuration, this vintage David Boddington design hit the spot for me. Essentially, its a Barnstormer with two engines mounted close inboard upon its high parasol wing configuration. Just a couple of images can be found on the DB order listing with the same ones appearing on Google. Other than that, I`ve not found any information on the model anywhere else than the DB sales listing. The images you see below appear to be the only ones around. I`ve just ordered on

After just ten days of moderate effort, the Skybolt is 99% finished with only a 240mm long flexi exhaust pipe and the silencer still to be fitted. Just Engines will be sending the flexi pipe in the post shortly together with an external fixing bracket kit. The cost for those parts comes out not far short of £40 but avoids the need to mount the silencer within the cowl. The silencer will fit centrally under the fuselage with mountings to hold it firmly under the central parts of the landing gear. Maintenance will be a lot easier than an internally cowl mounted silencer as well as getting exhaus

The Skybolt kit was collected from Rob on Tuesday. Together with a few other bits and pieces, Rob dropped the pile outside the shop door and I paid for it using his card reader which he placed on the shop door threshold......... I`ve never had to go on my hands and knees to pay or pray for anything previously. I think he just wanted to watch me struggle to get up off my knees........ Another case of daylight Robbery with a smile as our esteemed friend and model shop proprietor helps himself to the contents of your piggy bank! A lovely bloke is our Rob. The kit is not a big one. The wings

With the recent sad passing of my Father, the lockdown and an urgent need for a Hangar clearance, I bit the bullet hard. Some twenty five models have been built in my work area over about the last two and a half years. Despite small and regular clear out sessions, the chaos, dust and general bedlam rose on an almost exponential scale to a near unworkable situation. Something had to give. Over the years, my Fathers filing system had expanded to bursting point. His art work from previous years flowed out of the plan chest and his collection of watercolour paintings and books had approached a vol

A lull before my next project begins means some time to sort out all my propellers. I`d struggled with my late Fathers rather small prop balancer. The props I`m now using are generally between 13" and 18". Clearly a decent balancer was required. Choice is somewhat limited and prices are not so cheap. In the end I plumped for a Dubro unit which generally retails at about £36. Justin at Rapid RC knocked the price down by £3 probably due to the volume of mail order business I`ve pushed his way during this lockdown period and the inability to get over to Robs emporium. In any case Robs shop i