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  1. Please let it be the Phantom, it must be coming soon! Wouldn't the 109E and Beaufighter already be covered in 32nd?
  2. Simply superb, hard to believe that you've returned to modelling after so long. Keep up the momentum!
  3. @Holmsey hopefully these will help, bear in mind they are taken with a flash inside a very dark shed! Fairey Gannet COD.4 XA466 weapons bay by James Thomas, on Flickr Fairey Gannet COD.4 XA466 weapons bay by James Thomas, on Flickr
  4. I could be wrong, but going from that cockpit clearance cut-out these pics suggest that there's an upper and a lower half to the upper mainplane. Really can't wait for this, hopefully this kit, and previous ones like the Walrus, will open up general interest in this era of model aircraft and hopefully more mainstream kits to follow. Not sure at this stage if I'm going to hang on for a MkIIA though.
  5. https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/lockheed-l-133-starjet-could-been-americas-first-jet.64915/page-3, can't find evidence of flight though! The axial-flow Lockheed J-37/ L-1000 turbojet engines (one of which survives) were also advanced in concept, especially for an early 1940s design. It seems unbelievable now that the US industry and services would ignore such important airframe and engine technology, indeed choosing to licence produce British centrifugal lumps instead, I wonder if that was the last time that they 'dropped the ball' to lead the development of military technology.
  6. Yes I agree Duncan, the McD paint issue is known about, but even after the repaint they looked different to the Buccs finish.
  7. Absolutely agree with all you say there. How bad is the Classic Airframes T.11 though? I'm aware their NF.10 was bad, mainly because they tried using too much of the T.11 parts. Looking at built CA T.11s models, they don't suffer the errors that the PR kit clearly does.
  8. It's a Ghost, not a Goblin, many detail differences, particularly the ancillaries layout, the compressor casing front and the size of the combustion chambers. The nacelle is very interesting, it seems very well produced just for training or exhibition purposes, which it had clearly become by the time the picture was taken.
  9. The engine pictured is a de Havilland Ghost, or licenced produced version. Spilt dual intakes depended on the aircraft it was fitted in, example the Venom had bifurcated inlets, the Comet and Saab Tunnan a single inlet. Seen references to Fiat producing the Ghost as the 4001 for the Aquilon, but I've never heard of an Alfa Romeo connection or seen that nacelle fitment before. Interesting picture, would love to know more.
  10. The Classic Airframes one is also far more correct around the rear fuselage pod/ jet pipe area. I wonder if, like Steve mentioned earlier, that the wing chord is too great on the PR kit which has caused knock on issues elsewhere with the pod and wing leading edge design? Can you compare the wing planforms at all @Mike? The wing thickness looks ok at the root, but not great throughout the span. When I looked at the planform in the review pictures it looked like a clunky toy when compared with the planform of the actual jet, sadly.
  11. FAA Buccaneers seemed to stay in pretty good nick when they were in the all over Extra Dark Sea Grey, for some reason they didn't seem to fade or weather as rapidly as Phantoms for example. How a model should be finished is a minefield off course.
  12. Certainly with XA466 the weapons bay is mid grey (an Admiralty Grey?), everything else in RAF Blue Grey. Looking at period photos of other CODs this seems to be generally the same across the fleet, but weapons bay hard to confirm.
  13. ...and here's the 'PX' part, on the folded portion of the port wing. Probably pictured at the same time as the above photo. https://www.alamy.com/the-second-prototype-de-havilland-sea-hornet-px214-with-wings-folded-image504788076.html You can just about read the 'P' on the stb'd wing in this photo de Havilland Sea Hornet F.20 PX214 by James Thomas, on Flickr
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