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Just dropping in to say hi in between surfing eBay and researching spares (now hunting down some parts for an LGB steamer that had a close encounter with a concrete floor a few years back and has been in bits ever since - looks like I need a new mainframe and a few other bits but it's repairable. There's an eBay lot finishing tomorrow that has a lot of bits I could use, so fingers crossed! I found something interesting during my eBay rummaging - a Model Power FA2 A+B set. I have a strange suspicion that these were in fact some of their best locos? Wondering if anyone else has had experience of them, I know MP had a lot of stuff made by Mehano (which wasn't great) but they also had some Roco models. Starting bid was £3 with 6 days left, so just wondering if I should take a closer look? Tom, I've read the book written by Brian Trubshaw (one of the Concorde test pilots), what really comes through is how capable the plane was. Due to the wing design it won't stall, it just sinks faster as the nose rises. It's also pretty much immune to jetwash from other aircraft. It has no flaps or slats either, no need due to the delta wing. Interesting thing about the changes between the prototype versions (of which I've seen two in museums) and the production version - apparently the technique for taking off in the prototype was to stop at the start of the runway, put the brakes on, open the throttles wide and bring the afterburners up, then take the brakes off when you had full thrust. The production version has more powerful engines, so when they tried this on a wet runway it started sliding along with all wheels locked! Eventually they resorted to "brakes on, full throttle, brakes off and punch burners simultaneously". Bye for now.
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