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  1. I recall a similar situation with a Twobobs Viggen sheet long ago. I complained to them, but they just blamed inadequate research and tough on me. Luckily proper day-go paints are available, and the dimensions can be taken from the decal sheet. But it shouldn't need to be done if the correct colours were properly printed in the first place. Yes it needs another pass through the printer with the true colour, but it should be done right.
  2. Hi David, may I ask that you include the grille on the nose (each side) for the lower bay aft of the radome as a couple of minor bits of photo etch? It's a pain making them from drilled out card and wire every time. It can be seen forward of the lower nose pitot tube and above the bomb aimer's blister in the photo below.
  3. After some extended pleading over two decades with Jennings, the new Fundekals' 1/72 Vulcan decal sheet due in July will include for the first time both lo-vis and hi-vis letter 'A's as well as the normally included 'H's to enable B Mk.1 and B Mk.1As to be modelled.
  4. Also be aware that the nose gear leg is noticeably thicker than that on the FGR2 (and other Phantoms), and is also slanted back 3 degrees. Both being legacies of the extra nose gear extension required by the FG1.
  5. Looking forward to slicing off the small cooler intakes on the nose, adding an E-4 canopy and calling it an F. Someone mentioned previously the gun troughs should be fine for the smaller calibre guns.
  6. Thanks Troy. I wasn't aware of the Flightpath conversion, and it looks like a good option.
  7. I haven't done the full archaeological dig yet, but I'm presuming there won't be an insurmountable difference with the annular cowlings. Though I haven't yet compared the Griffon parts to the Airfix mag drawings.
  8. Thank you David. That's a proper old school approach in the Airfix mag. Pretty much as I expected. Greatly appreciated!
  9. I know before starting this is likely incredibly dumb to those with more knowledge than I currently have, but how practical a project would it be to combine a Lancaster fuselage (with relevant extensions and rhinoplasty) with a Shackleton wing/engine combo to produce a Lincoln? But as the topic timestamp will show, I'm currently suffering from insomnia and have a head full of similar crackers ideas.
  10. I'll add this as it just occurred to me. ISTR maybe a comment on Key Aero or somesuch that although the V-bomber scheme was overall white, the upper surfaces were matt and the lower surfaces gloss. Anybody know if there's anything in this?
  11. Halfords (or generic auto shop) acrylic white primer. It's matt, but can be sanded and buffed up to a full gloss if required. The gloss look is more like smooth porcelain than gloss paint and looks far more authentic to my eye.
  12. Indeed it is, which is one of the reasons I'd bought a laser printer. Getting matched, consistent colours - especially blues - isn't quite as easy.
  13. I've been pressing Jennings over at Fundekal to print some additional 'A's and 'H's with the rest of the regular light blue serials for years. (The B1 & B1A are mostly done and based on the original kit). His last cryptic message was 'watch this space', so I'm hoping they'll be on one of their new Vulcan sheets.
  14. That's great, thanks Rich. It's unlikely I'll make one in that scheme, a silver B1, a white B1A, and possibly a Blue Steel carrier of some description with the more common MSG/DG scheme being quite enough, thank you. But it's nice to know these things. Thanks again.
  15. A good looking build. I'd prefer it if Airfix hadn't broken down the nose profile the way they have as it could introduce unnecessary outline problems, but oh well. Btw, can anyone with the right book tell me when the DSG/DG/white scheme was applied to XM597 and XM600? I thought it unlikely Adam Tooby's boxart was in error, but I hadn't seen mention of it before. However, it seems misguided, as I saw a video of a Vulcan in standard MSG/DG flying over Canadian forest tundra at lo-level and it was damn near invisible. I think any MiG-21 pilot with that restricted vision canopy over Siberian tundra would have had a very hard time visually tracking it.
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