GT40 MK IV

MK IV from Exoto-the paint is miraculous. Photo by aurthor

Back in the days of our youth: big dogs and slot racing- my older brother used to sock me over the head if he didn't get the GT 40. I'd whack my younger sister if she took the Chaparral. In the end our controllers


on our slot racing set never worked well so it didn't matter what car you raced, but who slugged the hardest! Remember those little electric motors with the wire brushes...it was a year before I figured out Mark had removed same on all the cars except the Ford...

Sweetness on a fly

First you heard the fear,
Lawn Darts-only thing shooting straight are the damn turbine blades.
Then the rep. I'll ride cheap.
Then the truth, damn sight better see him before he sees you.

Armour Tigermeet Dutch F-16 in 1/100

Devil Wind

Armour Tornado GR-MKI RAF "Norway" 1/100

Tornado

In the first Iraq war the beasts mission: Low-Fast-On the money. The Brits went nap of the earth, springing up on heavily defended sites. The Tornados, like the other nap of the earth raiders-Harriers, F-15Es where pretty beat up. It was the technique-not the aircraft that proved flawed.