Bristol Bulldog by Danstream - FINISHED - Airfix - 1/48 - PLASTIC

[Danstream]

On 1/7/2026 at 10:54 PM, GrandpaPhil said:

Very nicely done!

Thank you Phil for your nice comment!

 

On 1/8/2026 at 10:04 PM, gsdpic said:

Wow, excellent build.  I am even more impressed now that I understand the relatively small size of the model, thanks to the upside down picture with the Tamiya paint jar under the tail, and of course the picture of your photography set up.

Thank you Gary! Yes, the size of this model is quite minuscule although 1:48 scale. The biplanes of that era were not large in comparison with more modern stuff. Sometimes I struggled to get around the model especially when working between the assembled wings.

 

Best regards,

Dan

[king derelict]

On 1/8/2026 at 6:28 PM, amateur said:

Don’t think the train would have got you quicker to Berlin….

 

Schiphol has ‘some’ issues at the moment. And Schiphol isn’t the best place in Amsterdam to get stuck.

 

We like snow and ice, but as it becomes less and less normal, we are not so prepared for snow in these quantities (and it didn’t even freeze…).
 

Jan

The train was two minutes late getting into Berlin and very comfortable. I was amazed at the chaos in Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels considering that the snowfall was moderate and the temperatures not far from freezing. Lack of deicer was mentioned. Berlin was seriously cold but the public transport worked and my first flight to Manchester was bang on time. Then I had the next flight from Frankfurt cancelled, eventually reaching Manchester at midnight and my cousins at 3am.

I picked up the rental car and due to a car crash on the motorway I took six hours for a two hour journey. Feeling seriously victimized at this point but the great news was finding my dad much better than I expected. He’s trotting around the house with his stick and doing very well. Just got to keep him away from high shelves.

Dan, sorry for hijacking the thread

alan

[king derelict]

On 1/8/2026 at 7:46 PM, Danstream said:

Thank you Alan for your nice comments about my build. 

I am sorry for your misadventure at Schiphol. I live not far from there and I could have brought you to a huge hobby shop nearby Schiphol to spend some time (and money perhaps), although visiting Amsterdam is much more interesting from artistic and historical point of view.

Good luck for the continuation of your trip,

cheers,

Dan

Thank you very much Dan. Amsterdam was very enjoyable and pretty with the light covering of snow. I was lucky to find a very nice hotel not far from Centraal station and close to the maritime museum which was very interesting. I am a bit of a disappointment, I prefer the maritime museum over the Van Gogh museum. The delay meant I missed my visits to Warsaw and Krakow. The good news was I arrived in Berlin in time to say goodbye to my friends who are moving to Japan in three weeks time. And in the uk my dad seems much better than I hoped 

alan

[amateur]

Lack of de-icers: schiphol has capacity for around 10 planes an hour. Ona normal day that is not exactly the amount of outgoing flights…..

Too little frost-days to make extending this capacity and still making profits