Jon Bryon

Thanks. It's a bit more than a foot wide and a foot long. Feels bigger though! Jon

Thanks everyone for your comments. Much appreciated Jon

Thanks everyone for your comments Cheers - I'm glad the article was helpful. Of course. The insides are coated with Johnson's Klear to prevent fogging. The outsides are polished with a cotton wheel in a motor tool working through Tamiya's compounds from 'Coarse' to 'Finish'. Jon

Thanks There was a build article on my A-6E in the June issue of SAM. I'm hoping this one will appear in a future issue. You can also look through https://www.facebook.com/jonsmodels if you're on FB as I charted progress on there. Cheers Jon

This is the second Hobby Boss 1/48 A-6 I've finished this year, and these kits are a bit of a slog. Please Tamiya, can we have a new one? To this kit I've added ResKit wheels, Hypersonic seats, exhausts and fin tip and Master turned metal accessories. The decals are a mix of AOA and Furball. I've made a lot of alterations and corrections, primarily the scratch built tail hook cover, corrected doppler radar cover, corrected surface details and reconfigured the wing tip lights. The finish is much more 'quilty' than I would like, principally because of all the erroneous rivet detail. It's an impressively sized beast, though! Comments welcome Jon

I've done a search and I'm surprised these have not been added to the list: Addlestone Model Centre - 130 Station Rd, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 2BE. https://addlestonemodels.co.uk/ Used to get taken here often by my dad in the 1980s. Still going strong and visited a couple of weekends ago. Not a massive selection of kits, but worth a visit and loads and loads of Ammo products. Avicraft Ltd - 15 Chatterton Rd, Bromley BR2 9QW http://www.avicraft.co.uk/ Mainly old school RC, but does have a few shelves of kits (mostly old and second hand) and also likes to take spare parts from customers so others can rummage through. Limited opening hours. Jon

Thanks Kyle. Very helpful indeed! Cheers Jon

Good afternoon all, I am interested in the Euro Decals sheet ED48142 'N.A. Mustang Mk.III Collection' which has two options from 1946 with 250 Sqn based in Italy. The first is LD-Y and the second is LD-B. Euro Decals say the serials are unknown for these two airframes. Are the serials unknown in principle (i.e. they were not painted on the aircraft), or are they unknown through ignorance (i.e. they were there on the aircraft, but no one knows what they are)? Any help appreciated Jon

Thanks. That's from the previous cruise on USS Enterprise (with the NG tail code), so slightly earlier. Great photo though. Cheers Jon

This would be helpful - thank you! I've managed to get a copy of FAOW 27 as well, but that doesn't have much in it (just some VA-35 aircraft from USS America). Thanks! Jon

Thanks - that's very kind of you to say. Jon

I'm interested in this kit for the post-war RN Dominie markings. Does the original boxing by Armory basically contain what I need, or does it look likely they'll issue a dedicated Dominie boxing in future? Thanks Jon

A thousand thank-yous! I think this answers a few questions and provides enough data to make educated guess about the rest. Much appreciated Jon Thanks! If you turn up anything, I'd love to know Cheers Jon

I've got: The original Detail & Scale A-6 Intruder Carrier Borne Bomber (Robert F Dorr) The Squadron book by Lou Drendel Detail & Scale Colors & Markings of the A-6 Intruder in US Navy Attack Squadron Service Plus a load of other more generic publications. Cheers Jon

Thanks. I've seen that page before, and there are a couple of good clues on it, but I'd just love a little more confirmation on the particular airframe I'm making Cheers Jon