Graham T

The date could be my mistake!

Building the 1/32 Revell Hunter FGA9 & planning to use Aeromaster sheet 32-001 for an aircraft of 28 Squadron RAF Kai-Tak 1968. The decals sheet call for MSG undersides but I've NEVER heard of this for Hunters & AFAIK they transitioned from High Speed Silver to LAG? Currently I'm calling this "poor reference: by Aeromaster but can anyone clarify this for me please?

You are completely correct about the Airfix website! It is a utter abomination, completely impossible to navigate!

Great scheme & I'll probably build mine in the same one. However I'm sure I recall reading somewhere that the kit decals for this scheme are incorrectly sized? Perhaps someone more knowledgeable can comment?

Are they perhaps referring to the Trumpeter kit rather than a brand new kit from "A N OTHER"?

I THINK, the inflatable seal is actually in the spine & inflates to seal the gap between the spine & closed canopy. The canopy is thicker at the rear end & I think Airfix captured this quite well on their 1/48 models. So correct, there is no rear canopy framing but the inflatable seal would be visible through a closed canopy.

Isn't there an inflatable "seal" there?

Lovely build, great paint job & subtle weathering!

Fantastic work on the wing folding lark!

Completely stunning!!!!!

That is simply beautiful!!!

Very nice!

Typical poor research by Trumpeter on British subjects 😟i

Thanks - but that's what I did & just tried again! Got other imgur images on here with no problem too! 🤷‍♂️

Built with the addition of the Aerocraft Centaurus engine which is a really great fit with no cutting of the kit plastic required (apart from removing the lumps from inside the kit front cowling ring). Tbh I opened the Airfix box & was a little disappointed at first to find lots of rather delicate parts all squeezed onto rather cramped & chunky sprues so I envisaged great care would be needed in detaching them. Plus my example suffered from the "short-shot" on the fin - annoying but an easy fix! Anyway all good in the end. I added some seat straps from tape to the rather nice cockpit & replaced the resin cowling lock toggles in the Aerocraft set with some pieces of plasticard as the resin ones looked way out of scale. Undercarriage bays & wing folds painted with an approximation of "Hawker Yellow" (I don't think ANYONE knows exactly what this is or why Hawker chose to concoct it). Rest of the kit with Xtracolours. I also used the kit supplied RATOG pack. Kit built as WJ236 801NAS HMS Glory Korea 1952 using the kit decals. The kit provided the camera pod, converted in theatre (I think) by 801 squadron from a drop tank & seemingly only used by them, on the starboard inner station, balanced by a standard tank to port. I also fitted the 3" rockets although it appears that 801 normally used bombs. Enjoyable. https://imgur.com/Zmq5Uca https://imgur.com/2NWrM07 https://imgur.com/y4fMKjs https://imgur.com/pXsdjES https://imgur.com/tTd9PRn https://imgur.com/mGCOK69 https://imgur.com/ofBIaxv And if anyone can explain why the images aren't appearing, I;d appreciate it! Not had this issue with imgur before!