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Is this why we need two floating airfields? Keith

That's a large offset for such a meagre order. Keith

One forgets how basic a good model of the day really is. Well done for your efforts on what can seem a pointless exercise at the time. How do I know? I tried building the Airfix Mk IX Spitfire of my sixties childhood and although I was determined to build it out of the BAG my latter day skills and logic retired it to the bin! Keith

Given the amount of hardware in service and expected, P8 , E7 , RC135, F35, C17, we should be looking at a conversion program for the Voyager fleet. Maybe roll the fleet over to boom and drogue MRTT NEO? Keith

The Lancaster could only carry one!🧥 As an aside,were the F22's heading to the middle east via Lakenheath the other day? Keith

Splendid, imagine that in the mach loop! Keith

I do believe there is a market for propellers in general but especially for 144th scale. Resin or printed items are surely possible now as demonstrated by the lovely Britannia props for my MACH 2 project in 72nd scale. Keith

Every inch a Viggen and probably one of the best camouflages known to man. I do however have a query. A few years ago I built a two seater Spitfire on a plinth such as yours and of course in flight means a pilot (or two) and having fitted the canopies decided that the occupants were very undersized! I was not prepared to undo all the faff of ripping the canopies off to replace them and thus I live with it. I have to ask, is your pilot undersized as it looks small to my eye and aircraft in general tend not to be blessed with too much room for dancing. Many of us don't use aircrew in our models and so I am wondering are under scale figures a thing? Keith

Strobe lights if I remember correctly. Keith

Just received two sheets. They took about five working days to arrive. Keith

At a reasonable price this bodes well for multiple builds especially if supported by the decal gurus as Roger says. Keith

Then it must have been Scale Aircraft Modeler. Time marches on! Keith

I remember Alan Hall touting the beginnings of Aviation News at Duxford airshow about 1974/5. It looked very promising and indeed turned out to be a good publication. Keith

Ah! A preserved 748 in the UK , that would be novel. I wonder if the First Air guys in Canada have images. I think they have retired their last one but they might have images or even tech manuals that might help. Good luck and I look forward to your model. Keith

Is this the force of Luke? I hope so, he seems very thorough on the technicalities. I asked him once why the Airfix 48th Anson didn't have markings for the first aircraft to enter service just down the road from Hornby. He told me that they were without flaps and one or two details. On inspection of photos, guess what? When one grows up thinking that the first RAF aircraft with retractable wheels and flaps flew from the local airfield at Manston it comes as a surprise that the very first didn't have flaps! Sorry for the change of thread direction, a new range of 32nd would of course be great. Keith