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Looks great! Did you apply all the metal scratches with a watercolor pencil or did you use chipping fluid/hairspray?

I have always liked the AMX although I think it was a bit of an anachronism from the start. Kind of like the last light attack aircraft when everyone else went for multirole jets. Of course, the end of the Cold War and probably high costs due to small inital orders by the launch customers also explain its lack of export success. Most airforces preferred a used F-16 if it was available at a similar price as a new AMX. I also wonder if the R.R. Spey was a good choice, certainly a proven design, but also already an old one in the late 1980s. BTW, seen from a certain angle, the AMX really shows that it shares some research with the Tornado. Of course, it is smaller, a single seater and with wings and intakes simplified for subsonic flight, but still there is a certain family resemblance.

Beautiful! Good work. This is a Italeri-rebox of the Fujimi-kit. I assume?

BTW: NATO Dark Green and Lichen Green, are these the same colours that were initially used on the Harrier GR.5? I always thought that this was an interesting scheme because it is similar but different to most wrap-around schemes at this time (like the American European 1 or the W.German Norm 83). Soon afterwards, all aircraft turned grey...

The first Hercules in the wrap around-scheme documented on Airhistory.net is XV223, a C.3, photographed in 1985. BTW, the last photo of a RAF Herc in the old desert scheme on this site dates from 1981 (XV302, a C.1).

Looks great! A very clean built of a somewhat difficult kit.

I know at least one picture of a XIV from 322 Sqn with full D-Day markings. You can find it in this publication (I have no connection to the author/publisher): https://www.raf-in-combat.com/downloads/squadrons-no-37-the-supermarine-spitfire-mk-xiv-the-belgian-and-dutch-squadrons/

Great work! In my opinion, this is one of the best looking paint schemes for the Buccaneer.

Great job! Judging from other construction reports on the internet, this is no easy kit. Maybe I'll give the kit a try one day. The MiG-17PF is a cool looking aircraft.

Really impressive! I toyed with the idea, but finally never dared to use metal foil on a model.

Great work on the VFW-614! What West German civilian jets lacked in commercial success, they made up for in originality. The HFB-320 is a similar case. In the end, both types were mostly used by the Luftwaffe. By the way, East Germany built an equally un-orthodox, but even less successful jet-powered airliner even before West Germany: The Baade 152.

Looks great! What modifications did you make to the kit?

On the British Canberras part of the vertical tail were still made from wood. Does anybody know if this was also the case with the B-57 or if Martin changed the design to an all-metal skinned tail?

Top notch modelling and photography!

Great work! This is really a rarely seen type.