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Thanks very much for this info Selwyn, and sorry for being slow to say thanks. Have now collected various blues that look close and will experiment. There is an Xtracolor airliner blue that looks very close. Cheers M

Hi All, I have searched the archives here and found a couple of discussions about the Blue Steel missile, but I wonder if anyone knows FOR SURE what colours the lighter and darker blue Blue Steels were. There definitely were 2 different blues, but actual specifications for the colours must be known somewhere?? Someone said that one of the blues was PRU Blue but I just painted my Victor Blue Steel that colour and it doesn't look right for either blue. Any hard info appreciated. Mark Robson Auckland NZ

In reply to Chris; I thought I was keeping up but have obviously missed something. Could you elucidate please on the reasons why the KH Jaguar wings are "completely the wrong shape"?? A steer towards the appropriate thread if this has been discussed before would be all that is needed if it is old news. I have searched but cannot find such a thread... Cheers Mark in NZ

Hi All I have set myself the quixotic task of finishing the Dynavector Javelin (that I started in the 90s) before the Airfix one comes out. I find to my frustration that I can only locate a small part of the 100+ photo walkaround that I obtained from the FAW 9 at Flixton a long time ago. I have looked at all of the online walkarounds that I can find (the best seems to be the Russian site) but there are still some areas I would like more detail of. One item is an extreme close-up of the vortex generators. If I remember rightly these actually look "folded" with a horizontal component riveted to the wing and a vertical component. Another is the fairings for the nav lights on each wingtip and on the extreme aft tip of the central component of the horizontal stabiliser. A third is looking into the "tin can" fairings that appeared over the cannon ports on the later Javelins - what exactly was in there......? While I am asking, does anyone know what was in the leading edge "bullets" that were fitted along with the missiles??? It is quoted that necessary equipment for missile carriage was in there but what precisely?? If anyone has or can get photos of these areas or would just like to talk Javelin detail generally let me know. I have lots of walkarounds to swap from aircraft in the UK and USA if you need anything. Cheers Mark Robson Auckland NZ

Hi Ian. Really nice Meteor, and what a coincidence! I am just about to spray the CyberHobby 1/72nd Meteor silver preparatory to representing the same scheme. I have the amazing Cold War Shield book as well, and wonder if you would be prepared to have a conversation regarding the colours and markings based on the photo in that book? Cheers Mark in NZ