Scott Garard

I can confirm that this is a new mould. I have an Eastern Express kit and it is nothing like this one. Compare the pics above with the pics of the Eastern Express issue here: https://hobbyterra.com/jp/product/ilyushin-il-96-300-aeroflot-airliner-in-1-144-scale-eastern-express-14410.html Execution of the wing & stabiliser joints, winglets, main gear bays, finer detail on gear linkages, leaner engine nacelle shape and a lot less flash are the obvious differences to me.

Mikkel, Click on this image twice to get an enlargement... https://drawingdatabase.com/de-havilland-dove/ Cheers!

How about a good photo? Just click on it to get a close-up... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/251_Gulfstream_G.4_Irish_Air_Corps._(12440360074).jpg

Sorry Dave, I had a glitch in my logic. Definitely only 314As had the changed hull step.

Page 22 of this document: https://www.scribd.com/document/658404629/PILOT-S-Boeing-B-314-Manual-Part-1-The-Aircraft "One change that was not back-ported to the B-314 was the change to the hull step. On the B-314A it was moved further back to prevent the porpoising that had become apparent on the first six aircraft." It doesn't elaborate any further. So the 6 314As were built with the step modification. However, 5 of the 6 original 314s were retrofitted to 314A standard, but it's not known if that included the step mod or not.

You mustn't have got the right font. It should look like this:

I've identified the required font as "Reload Alt Regular", and can be obtained free from here: https://en.maisfontes.com/reloadalt-regular.font (scroll down a bit for the zip-file download link) Cheers!

Hey Folks! I visited Peter Mahoney and we scrutinised the kit against several photos, drawings and data that I had. In summary, it is about 15mm too short immediately behind the rearmost passenger window. I obtained the fuselage data from various sources, so here's my working: 727-200 Overall Length: 153' 2" (46.69m) - 1/72 scale is 648.4mm - kit is only 633mm - roughly 15mm too short Fuselage Length: 136' 2" (41.50m) - 1/72 scale is 576.4mm - kit is only 562mm - roughly 15mm too short I hope this helps everybody out... Cheers!

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Looking intently at a frame from the showroom scene, it might actually say: FORD RALLYE SPORT PERFORMANCE This makes some sense, as real Transits were used as support vehicles for the Ford Rally Team (Mk 1 Escorts) around that time.

I think it says FORD MOTOR SPORT PERFORMANCE Can you give some context - like what year/make & model/event, etc?

Lee, 2 more photos here: http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-EMP.html It looks to me that the wings topside are white like the roof, with turquoise rego on right wing. The wings underside and the rest of the plane are turquoise with white regos (edged in black or blue) and white tail logos. Engine cowlings are bare metal. Wheels are grey. EDIT: Found an enlargement: https://www.airhistory.net/photos/0143724.jpg Here it is today after restoration: https://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/fairchild-24/F24 EMP as ZK-AUN Omaka 7.21-Graham Orphan-KOM.jpg Cheers! Scott.

Nice model, but... Revell told a lie. There is no such thing as a Porsche 956C. It's a (fudged) rebox of the Hasegawa Porsche 962C with the Jagermeister livery from a 956. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-07253-porsche-956-c--111540 They had a second release as a Rothmans Racing 962C. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-07251-porsche-962c--105497 The 956 was introduced in 1982 for Group C racing in Europe. It was also intended to be raced in the IMSA series in the USA, but was deemed illegal on safety grounds, as the front axle line was behind the driver's footwell. To remedy this problem, the front axle was moved forward. The modified car was renamed the 962. In Europe, after Stefan Bellof's fatal accident at Spa in 1985, the 962 was gradually adopted to replace the 956 in Group C - albeit with some engine cooling differences, and thus named 962C. (the C suffix is for Group C) So, the 956 and 962C are European spec, whilst the 962 is American spec - but no such beastie as a 956C.

Dave, I found a short movie of an interview with Mario Andretti about the 1966 race... https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/le-mans-66-mario-andretti-ford-left-nothing-to-chance-52947 ... and managed to grab this very quick screenshot from it, clearly showing the yellow circular dots: Note the bottom circle sits a little further forward of the top circle. Cheers! 😁

It's just a second yellow circle. In the close-up pic of the side you can see a break in the stripes in front of the rear wheel - this is the bottom part of that second circle applied over the stripes. The Indycal images only show a partial circle, when it should be a full circle over the stripes. Your colour pic confirms this if you look closely. The triangle marking was therefore redundant and removed before the race. It's not uncommon for race car markings to be adjusted during the course of a race meeting due to visibility and legality issues. Even last-minute adding, deleting or repositioning sponsor markings is commonplace today.