The Sterling Brothers return ...

The Sterling Brothers return to England (after investigations in Europe) ..

---oXo---

The plane landed with a bit of a bump and taxied from the grass runway up to the hard standing at Somington aerodrome...

Kit Campion had gone to meet the Sterling brothers and was waiting by the passenger terminal to greet them, he watched as the aircraft moved to its parking position ...

After a couple of minutes the passengers disembarked ...

Kit met the Sterling brothers and they went on into the passenger terminal; a man watched their arrival with interest ....

the man watching them slipped back between the buildings and saw them get into a waiting car...

as the car left, he headed for a parked van ...

the van started up and followed the car ....

The car speeded up and the van matched their speed ...

to be continued...

Are We Nearly There Yet?

It seemed more like 5 weeks they had been travelling, rather than the 5 days it had taken.

Train to Paris, thence to Marseille, ferry to Alexandria and now train to Cairo, Just a few short hours.

As Dawn broke across the sandy wastes, the train stopped to take on water at a small village.

Clara and Darcy took the opportunity to stretch their legs, and whilst Clara went to send a telegram Darcy spoke to  a French Officer.

As the sun crept higher a vultures eye view would reveal a bustling market in a small village apparently in the middle of nowhere.

Telegram sent, the pair re-boarded the train. Darcy was asking Clara if this Doctor Jones  she had contacted would be likely to help them.

Entering their carriage they found their companion of the past few days had disappeared, luggage included.

She had left in the same enigmatic way she had arrived, indeed they had learnt virtually nothing of the lady, a brief wistful smile whilst Dublin or The Raffles Hotel had been mentioned and a scowl when the subject had been Hatton Garden or Amsterdam.

As the train moved off thoughts turned to what they would find in the hours and days ahead.

Would they meet Madam Givenchy again? Would the find the Professor? Would Diana Jones help?

 

Larger Hangar (WIP)

 Still stuck on aerodromes and suchlike 😀 ...

I was wondering how they re-fuelled aircraft in early 1930's,  found this interesting picture

basically a small fuel tank on wheels with a hand-pump on it;  I bashed one together, which looks similar, from some spare bits I had ...

I've started making the larger hangar;  using a reworked ~A4 sized cardboard storage box 

Rather than sliding doors I went with folding doors (some fascinating old Esavian adverts here ) I can get a medium sized aircraft in it or two smaller ones...

Storage, the small hangar fits inside the big one...

Will just have enough room (?) to fit them in the storage box with the other associated buildings..  

.....better not build anything else 😜

Updating a Hangar (WIP)....

 Still stuck in airfield mode ...  

I've improved an existing small hangar made by putting it on a base (old table placemat) and adding a new front with open sliding doors along and a lean-to on one side.

I will also build a bigger hangar, possibly with lift off roof, to facilitate game play.   The hangars will be painted up neutrally (to work for civilian or military).

A couple more aircraft ....

 A couple of new arrivals, two more die-cast aircraft...

A DH80A Puss Moth and a DH84 Dragon, now have a nice selection of planes for games and story line backdrops.

Looking at generic hangars and setup for a small provincial air field.

Bristol Bulldog...

Still on aircraft, this time a 1/72 Bristol Bulldog - picked up a broken die-cast one off Ebay for £1 + postage. After repairing it I overpainted the RAF markings and painted wing tips olive green. Perhaps a flying club plane. Will do as a space filler or background item.

Airport Webpages 1920's/30s

1920's airfield ...

Links to a couple of web pages showing airports and types of aircraft from the 1920's & 1930's

Henry Fords Airport...

http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/henry-fords-airport/

Maylands Aerodrome

http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/maylands/maylandsaerodrome.html

useful to get some idea of hangars, layout as well.