Angels49

Thank you for your tribute, I'm sure any of the Tuskegee guys would tell you......very well done for a build that is outstanding.

It was a model while it remained in the box, when finished it became a classic mastierpiece......nuff said

Well that puts another loadout plan on the dung 'eap......I'm thinking of sticking with cold war jets...where if ya had....pretty much ya could load it; think I'm dingy.....on Yankee station they loaded a bloody loo on a Skyraider!!!, and dropped it....probably 'ad some guy on the ground going WTH!!!.

I'm one of those who loves to see a combat aircraft with a shed and a half of ordnance loaded up, so with that said in what situation would a Mk 7 Harrier have the guns in place on a sortie?

absolutely marvelous!!!

Thanx all that is the very info I needed..I'm off and running

'ello lads it's me again with another question regarding the accuracy of a kit's parts. I'm in the later stages of a build of Tamiyas Mossie FB Mk Vi..IIRC the RAF GP bombs had a rather long ring surrounding the fins' however the ones in the kit has rings that if you'll pardon the pun comes up short. I'm no expert or officinado on the subject so I'm asking were there variants of the smaller class of bombs that had a short ring like the ones that come with the kit. I'm prepared to break out the Evergreen plasticard tubes and scratch build the ring meself. The pix I've seen leave me a bit befuddled. I'm aware that at the start of the hostilities the bombs used were from a stockpile that varied and had to be used rather that go to the expense of making more and having them go to waste, unlike the bouncing, or rolling bombs created in later years TIA mates

Yes S Vietnam 1970/71 Thailand '72 and again in 75/76

Again very nice work....SEA did put quite a beating on the aircraft..the humidity was horrible on both us and the planes

Very Very nice work...I admire it from more than one perspective....

That is one very very fine build, don't laugh lads, but this one and the A-6 remind me of "Mothra" of Godzilla fame...especially this one with the way the front fuselage is designed.

Thanx mateys I'm dancing in me wheelie, 31 Squadron, Jags and Phantoms, and Tonka's Oh my, Jags, and Phantoms, and Tonkas...Oh my (think Wizard of Oz and sing) now if I could find 31 Sqdn decals in 48th for the Jaguars, and Phantoms

Sir........surely you gest...MoD, mis-ID'ing one of it's own.....tsk..tsk...someone at the MoD needs a crash course in Squadron Identification... "Yes Wing Commander"... "I told him to shoot, he said it had a star on the tail"....

I frequently use wikipedia for quick refs....not for firm 'ard intel, but this one has me shaking me 'ead...the bloke who wrote this doesn't know any better or doesn't care as long as the piccie is clear. I'm a diehard fan of the Goldstars...from a long time ago..and if it's one RAF Squadron markings I know it's them. So lads tell me why ikipedia would ID the aircraft in the link as a 15 Squadron aircraft when it clearly ISN'T. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia_Tornado#/media/File:Image_of_a_15_Squadron_GR4_taken_over_Royal_Air_Force_Lossiemouth,_and_surrounding_countryside._MOD_45155748.jpg It's just me, but I'd prefer they had two racks of Brimstones and one GBU....they'd have more ordy to work with.

Bloody 'ell....I was thinking those were pix from and airshow...the Tu-22 and the "Hind" had me wondering, but WOW!!!.... that is some of the best Photography I've seen in ages.

Aww dude, I was looking forward to seeing this build finished....please don't let it sit on the SOD for too long.If you could get your hands on some Testors ELO (easy lift off) it'll take off the paint and/or primer in a matter of minutes. A bit more expensive option is some Mr. Color thinner, that stuff is death on paint...no wonder it thins so good.

I'm currently on an RAF binge...with two mossies, an odd Phantom (USAF), and a Harrier, with a Javelin in the queue , it's about the Harrier that I have the question, their tail is a pale blue, which Hasegawa calls for a 4:1 mix of light blue/flat white....I'd prefer not to mix; so with all that said would it be possible to substitute MM RLM 78 like this http://geb.ebay.in/geb/ImportHubViewItem?itemid=161839366161

Heaven fforbid, had the Blues at that time actually tried to fly one of these...ahem...aircraft they would be with real angels wearing and or flying in white...with real wings, imagine them doing the 270 degree roll inverted to upright,,,some spectator on the ground would have been served two very large flapjacks for breakfast, or lunch as the case may have been. Ya know there is a possibility that some of these actually had some test flights and had been mistaken for UFO..think about it, they're close enough and odd shaped aircraft were seen all that often .

I've always like the Typhoon/Tempest airframe, it just looks like a robust destroyer of anything enemy....it may not turn on a dime, but it'll dish out hurt to any one foolish enough to get caught out .

The more I see it the more I realize why the US never approved it, darn thing looks like the wings should actually be flapping...or something should be moving other than the props to keep it airborne, Yup us yanks has some really way out designs, however the Pogo plane did look better than this goofy gosling . I have no doubts Martin you'll do it a lot more justice than the real article ever did, your craftsmanship is showing that already. I'm really antsy to see the finished build.

Thank you, yes I did mean those, whaddya expect mate, I'm a yank trying to get familiar with the RAF weaponry and targeting gizmos. 'ell for that matter I'm still catching up wi the 'merican stuff, and I live 'ere.

Just utterly brilliant, Dean....I've got a.......oh nevermind you're a bit busy mate.

Alan that is very very loverly mate, you really know 'ow to tug at me 'eart strings......well it's really easy all ya gotta do is post a pic of any 31 "Goldstar" Sqdn bird and i'm floored , but inert bombs c'mon mate those "Goldstar" kids are ready for action 24/7/365 Rule Britannia

Whaddaya mean a wrong'un....ya can't go wrong with a Phantastic Phantom....andt this'uns a looking very, very good.

I would say it's utterly fantastic, but what i'm thinking I don't believe the words have been coined or transcribed yet......cuz it goes beyond that.