I've cleaned a few bits up and I think I have got the best aircraft available.Many thanks to Hood and Novice for the wonderful parts and DP for aircraft.
I watched a really good programme about two tribes of chimpanzees at war with each other.These cousins of ours were really quite mean,especially in the treatment of captured enemy young.It all boils down to territory and survival at the end of the day.
Most minesweepers are built with GRP hulls and by necessity are not fast.Perhaps a plastic or aluminium hull designed to go slow would not stand up to the stresses of high speed that an FAC would endure.
I must say you certainly look the part at the wheel PB.Apparently the way the Redcoats beat the Highland charge at Culloden was to bayonet the man to the right instead of the one directly in front.Looks like you had a nice holiday.