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Mark Barnes

@markbarnesn16.bsky.social

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Retired Fleet Street foot soldier (1975-2024). Ink in my veins. Can be found running on the Essex Riviera. Here for photography, military history, model making, Arsenal (COYG!), armour, aviation, cars and most engine powered things. Chitchat.

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 11h

I feel your pain

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 11h

I don't get any royalties, so, hey ho!

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 11h

I hope you get there.

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 11h

Very crisp. Very nice work, as always.

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 12h

The second book covers 1918 to 1939 in a random journey from peace to war.

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 12h

Yes. (..........while not forgetting to mention the second book "If War Should Come" which disappeared up it's own wotsit and the much lamented third volume which never got beyond the initial research phase before I retired).

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 12h

I've always liked you

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 13h

The rigging will be a hoot

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 13h

LOL

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 14h

More concerned I can't spot MY book TBH

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 15h

Yes

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 16h

I'd have one if it wasn't electric.

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 16h

Phwoar!

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 16h

Every day is a school day

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 16h

Mine is in the garage with a broken ignition... ££££ later it should be fine.

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 18h

Correct! 😁

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 23h

Harsh

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 23h

Looking good, Rachel. You're braver than me taking on rigging. 💪

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 23h

It is compulsory to love the Westland Whirlwind.

Jamie McTrusty @jamiemctrusty.bsky.social · 1d

11th October 1938: First flight of the Westland Whirlwind. The most heavily armed single-seat fighter in the world when introduced, it was also faster than its contemporaries at low level. However, it suffered from poor performance at altitude.
📷 Airfix / Roy Cross
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Artwork from a vintage Airfix kit depicting a Westland Whirlwind. It’s a sleek twin inline-engined, single seat fighter with a distinctive ‘T’ position horizontal stabiliser at the top of its tailfin. Four 20mm cannon, belching fire, protrude beyond the propeller spinners. The aircraft is depicted flying above a layer of cloud, through which a column of brownish smoke is ascending. Another Whirlwind can be seen in the background.

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a normal afternoon out with my mates where I grew up.

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a good time to say I'm not a huge fan of flapjacks?

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice. I found the BA-3 kit a bit of a bugger, but I got there in the end.

Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 1d

To be honest I don't think it will be too long before I fire up the boiler. It isn't cold on the Essex Riviera but the house feels a bit chilly at times.

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Mark Barnes @markbarnesn16.bsky.social · 1d

Tell him to put a jumper on.