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  1. A shocking build plan from the GB host - no builds to be eligible in the Gallery! I'm not sure if I even managed to finish all of these, but anything I'll do to them will be positive! Meet the European F-16:s from an STGB from several years ago. It started as 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 quartet but soon grew with 🇮🇹 and 🇵🇹 to a sextet. And then they all stalled 😩 These will be built with their legs up. No power on Earth can pry those gear bay doors open, due to TET I have soaked them in. Stupid man . There are five AM:s and the Italian-to-be B ADF. Here's the colourful decals and other aftermarket section of the build. I'm still not sure - after what, half a dozen years - whether I'll do the Dutch orange scheme, or one of the KLu's beautiful 50 shades of grey schemes. I have two sets of DACO vinyl strengthening plates (for six planes) and a Hasegawa set for targeting pods (5 of them left). I have plenty of little AIM-9:s, AMRAAM:s and a few AGM-65:s to hang in the pylons. Thank you @stevehnz for sending me the Italeri Italian decals across half of the World way back then - I hope I'll finally get to use them now Last but not least, I did print references and write down notes about my build plans back then. Something I unfortunately don't do anymore, but maybe I should . Now it's going to take me several hours to read through them and try to remember what I had meant to do with them! V-P
  2. Welcome! According to F-16.net, not all Portuguese Falcons are/were ADF look-a-likes. https://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article16.html
  3. Three new Hobby 2000 boxings of He 111 D and P models just announced, just tailor made for this group build. I saw the notice at Scalemates https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hobby-2000-72077-heinkel-he-111-p--1542850 There's a link to the other two boxings in the usual Scalemates way 🙂
  4. Please note: This group build does NOT start next Saturday but on Thursday next week, the start date being 4.4. which is the actual anniversary of the Alliance. V-P
  5. That's a real beauty, Hunker I have built eight Revell Ju 88:s and one Zvezda A-5. As the Revell long wing variant kits have become unobtainable on earth, I was very close to buying a few of the Zvezda A-5/A-17 kits earlier this year despite the very high disgust in buying them due to reasons Pat just wrote above. Then I picked up my built Zvezda Ju 88 and one of my Revells, and compared their looks. After that, I didn't want to buy the Zvezda anymore. While it is a decent kit, its detailing is quite lacking compared to the Revell masterpiece. One very visible area is the rear fuselage top, that R delivers as a separate piece with beautifully engraved details. Z is just bare, due to mold limitations in doing a traditional two piece fuselage. If you get your hands on one, KDB, grab the Revell kit #04672 immediately! V-P
  6. Well, if you'd ask me whether you should do the Finnish or not...
  7. That's one of the very good DACO decal sheets hidden by Revell in the same box with Italeri Hornet plastic. It's probably the most aborted and thrashed kit in Britmodeller history. Nice that you get to mate the decals with the proper, Academy kit 👌. V-P
  8. "...a cloud of chaff and flares in his wake." What a way to leave the scene, after leaving his mark on the premises I love that book, well, 98 % of it! V-P
  9. This one ok? http://www.modelmaker.com.pl/d72206-croatian-rafale-generic-set/1703/?i=en This one might be even better: https://www.syhartdecal.fr/references.php?lang=ENG&ref=Syhart 921&page=description
  10. Yes, I think heritage/historic flight etc. equipment should be left outside of this, as the museum pieces of pre-NATO era stuff too. Now if someone wants to build the specific Jaguar that's on display in Hendon, or anything like that, they should be OK. 75 years of the Alliance means there's plenty of eligible subjects already in various museums. Not in Finland and Sweden, though . If the museum piece depicts an operational livery/camouflage and markings, why not? V-P
  11. This was discussed in the Chat phase. France has never left the Alliance. It did step out from various command structures to better retain and protect their national interests, but remained as a committed member as it was before. V-P
  12. That happens more often than occasionally, I know it! There's plenty of time to change your mind, though, if you miraculously find a vacant spot in your build calendar 📅 . We'll be here until late July! V-P
  13. Welcome, you're the first one! V-P
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