BM Co. Fleet Air Arm, Bomber Command, D-Day etc.

[treefrog]

Here you go, no idea why the link has broken

Sadly I do not have the machine now I wonder if I will regret giving it up, but it has gone to a good home

[badpenny]

........ I wonder if I will regret giving it up..........

Probably...

[pennymachines]

A collector kindly lent me his Fleet Air Arm top casting (from the machine formerly owned by Treefrog) so that I could complete mine. Instead of recasting from it, I made up a new pattern.
This collector also wanted some Bomber Command top castings, which I'd assumed were the same with different letters. In fact it's quite different. Anyway, I made a pattern for this too, so if anyone needs either of these, I now have a few available. See Archive/Spares

[john t peterson]

Most clever, Mr. PM. You're giving that sly fox in Australia a run for his money.

J Peterson
American Silver Fox

[gameswat]

Yeah, about time someone knocked that Bob Klepner down a peg!

I have to say that mr PM is truly a king amongst collectors. The way he's managed to pull off the impossible and find the matching wood grained pair of these two machines is truly staggering!?!?

[gameswat]

Hey, great casting by the way PM! I'll see if the friend that purchased my Fleet Air wants one. Though from memory there wasn't any holes on the top of that machine?

[badpenny]

Perhaps Mr P can provide those as well

[pennymachines]

Yes, I'll throw them in for free.

You're giving that sly fox in Australia a run for his money.

I'm just trying to play catchup.

he's managed to pull off the impossible and find the matching wood grained pair of these two machines

I took a leaf out of your book and carefully hand painted the grain to match.

[pennymachines]

The satisfied recipient of two top castings kindly sent me these images of his fine pair of completed Bomber Commands. It's interesting to note the minor differences between the hand painted backflashes.

I'm curious now to see a D Day complete with top sign, if such a thing exists.

[pennymachines]

And here is the Fleet Air Arm which was previously painted yellow (with original top casting). Its predominantly blue sea battle scene is quite different from the predominantly green one on the other Fleet Air Arm example above.