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Enjoyed my time there yesterday, I thought there were quite a few new names among the traders but it might just be I'm out of touch. Can anyone tell which Branch display was called "Things under tarps" please? PH

Another question if I may... On RDM2 Hurricanes, painted at the factory or MU, what colour would the stencilling (if any) have been? Alan.

W/T stencils on Hurricanes question... I had a trawl through all the IWM photos tagged 'Hurricane' and found 8 from the 1940-41 period where the W/T stencil aft of the cockpit, starboard side was readable. All consisted of two lines of text: top line was always 'G 5/' or '41H/' followed by a five or six digit number and second line was always 'CX'. Question is, what do the five or six digit numbers refer to? I assume 'G 5' is Gloster built and '41H' is Hawker production? Alan.

Thanks for the replies, looks like a one off conversion. Alan.

I recently aquired a ModelArt 1/72 Broussard resin kit, parts and etch only. It is a very nicely moulded kit (although the wing lacks dihedral) but as there are no instructions, I am curious about the inclusion of an alternate cowling and 3-blade prop. I can't find any photos of a Broussard with a 3-blade prop? Can anyone enlighten me please? Alan.

Thanks for the tips guys!! (I assume Isopropyl Alcohol and not India Pale Ale!!) Alan.

I have just found a part used bottle of original (2007) Klear. The contents have thickened almost to the consistency of treacle so is there any way to get it useable again? Alan.

Learned Modellers, Were aircraft finished in the overall RDM2 Special Night paint still marked with "Lift Here", "Trestle Here", etc? If they were, would the markings be in Dull Red? Alan.

I must admit I had thought it was too early for MDCs but close inspection of photos indicates otherwise!! Whatever the additional wording says, the top line is slightly longer than the word 'EJECTION' but with letters less than half the height, likewise the second line is the same length as 'SEAT' but again with much smaller letters. PH

I am researching a 3 Sqn Harrier GR1 (like this one https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1639449) ). The ejection seat warning triangle has some extra words in smaller letters below the usual "EJECTION SEAT" text. Can anyone enlighten me as to why or what it might say please? It doesn't look like any of the other stencilling is duplicated in German (as it was on RAFG Jaguars and Tornadoes). PH

I did buy the 4 model magazines available in a large WH Smiths recently as I was needing some holiday reading material. The proof reading (or lack there of) mentioned in previous posts meant that 3 were very difficult to enjoy reading - given that some of the authors were apparently not using English as their first language I would have thought the magazine editor would have checked the basic grammar at least. Too often I have read build articles where many paragraphs are devoted to techniques that are repeated ad nauseam in other articles and things like detailing the cockpit and u/c bays are covered with "detailed with scrap plasticard" or "from the spares box". Invariably when an author does explain exactly how they detailed an area I learn something new. Personally, of the ones I bought, only Airfix Modelworld came closest to being a pleasing and informative read but still not enough to warrant a subscription. Who remembers the newsprint quality paper the first Scale Aircraft Modellings were printed on...

Here are links to the photos I found... https://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/7975 http://bermudasun.bm/Content/Default/Crime-unassigned-/Article/Lancaster-so-honoured-to-serve-and-protect-Bermuda/-3/1274/67330 http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/HMS-Lancaster-to-bolster-hurricane-relief-efforts_14838754 https://goo.gl/images/e2K9Mw https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hms-lancaster-visits-belize Nose art was worn at least June to September 2013. Hope of interest. Alan.

Thanks for all the information and ideas gents, much obliged. With the blue scallop going back towards the wing t/e it would seem that both Caracal and Warbird decal sheets (and Dave Howley's drawing) are wrong on that point. Thanks again, Alan.

Looking at the photo being used by Revell to illustrate the reissue of their C-54 in Thunderbirds markings, I note an extra area of dark blue under the fuselage behind the red/white/blue scallops. I assume this is what Dave Howley was referring to in his Thunderbird feature in Scale Aircraft Modelling (28/9, Nov. 2006) "...one photograph suggests that the 'Thunderbird' motif may have been applied to the under surface in 1960, following its application to the F-100C." Link to Revell photo- http://www.kitreviewsonline.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Revell-03920-C54D-Thunderbirds-PLATINUM-LIMITED-EDITION-c-Via-Adrian-Balch.jpg Does anyone have any more evidence? Alan.