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• Alex & James Ladell - Winners - Family build

  Monday, 12th October 2020

  Alex & James (father) Ladell – Aeronautics kit.  Class D Winners.  Family build. Alex in July 2019 passed the BMFA "A” test with ease, his LMA proficiency and he flew at his his first show at Elvington in 2019.  Alex ... Read More

• Gaz Bryant - Winner - Have built, but not for years!

  Monday, 12th October 2020

  Gaz built an Airbus A400M.  My first wood build from plans, very happy with the results.  Homemade main retracts moved by modified electric retract servo, scratch built the nacelles to allow for bigger motors and props. Custom Graphics ... Read More

• Dave Matthews - Competition support Winner 2020

  Friday, 9th October 2020

  Dave Matthews is a professional model builder based in Ireland. http://www.dav.ie/   We asked Dave if he could find the time to help us get the competition off the ground.  He did a great job, with instructional videos, photos and e... Read More

• Kristjan Crnoja - Winner - Experienced Class A

  Friday, 9th October 2020

  Kristjan is from Slovenia he built a scaled up Zaunkonis Biplane. Kristjan drew and modified the plans, he Used modern & traditional building methods. His build was both interesting and informative.  He encouraged us all, with humor, photos, vide... Read More

• Ben Toor - Winner - First ever build

  Friday, 9th October 2020

  Ben's first build of a Keil Kraft Chief, which is a towline glider with a 64" wing span.  He downloaded the plans from the internet (OuterZone).  This is not the simplest build for a first build, but Ben did a sterling job and gave an excellent ... Read More

• Model Building competition

  Saturday, 4th April 2020

  Win £150 of free hobby products. It’s that time again all you happy modellers.. Perma-Grit Tools have teamed up with Deluxe Materials to bring you the chance to win some great prizes and show off your latest project.. First Prize in eac... Read More

• BMFA Tool boards

  Friday, 20th April 2018

  Perma-Grit Tools are proud to have presented the BMFA Buckminster with tool boards for their building room. The BMFA education platform plans to educate and increase the knowledge and abilities of all students interested in aviation. Model aircraft fly... Read More