Very sadly, as noted above, Roy Jackson passed away last Saturday. The thread here on WT was subsequently removed from public view at the request of the family as not all of Roy's relatives were at that time aware of the sad news.
I have spoken to Geoff Kent, who with his wife Chris has been together with Roy over the last month or so, and he has said that he and the family are now OK with the information being made public. For those who don't know, Geoff and Roy were very close friends, building many famous models together and much more besides.
Geoff will be writing a full obituary which will be published in a future MRJ.
Simon Castens