JohnT

My suggestion in cases like this is drill a small metal pin into each wheel at the contact point with a base. Maybe buy one of those commercially available hard standing, runway sheets. Then drill small holes in the base for the pins to fit and glue securely. Forces the kit to sit on all three legs

Michael - I dont have a list but I have the 1/32 Hase F-5E and belcher Bits conversion to the Canadian F-5A and that has a fuselage change. See here. http://www.belcherbits.com/lines/148conv/bb19.htm# A look might give you some ideas as to extent of the mods required perhaps? The F-5A Freedom Fighter used in SEA is briefly covered in the MDF Scaled Down publication on the F-5. The 12 F-5A's were redesignated F-5C for USAF service in Vietnam - the Skoshi Tigers - for operational service trials. At the end they were handed over to the RVNAF which also acquired their own F-5A's The info in the book may assist you as it does say what was changed in the F-5C's. From what I have read the F-5E was a quite different beast to the earlier F-5A freedom Fighter the former being optimised for air to air with bigger engines/intakes whereas the latter earlier A model was optimised for air to ground. I get the impression that the upgraded E was as different from the A as a UK Spey Phantom was from is American J model its half brother.

@bootneck Love the picture and your concept Mike. The photo made me laugh. Close inspection shows all the locals in suitable clothing for the heat/sun and a British squaddie only in shorts and beret. I suggest very pink skin tones with hues of scarlet if replicating that scene authentically. Off to the medical tent that's off photo no doubt to get some calamine lotion

Mike isn't there an Andover kicking about here - https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235093232-one-man-model-148-hs-andover-3d-printed-kit/

Don't know about 1/48 but Sanger do the Beverley in 1/72 and the Argosy was done by Mach Two. Mikromir do both in 1/144 but I suspect thats smaller than you would wish for

Agree with @Chaotic Mike. Peter has done an amazing job not just on the Defiant as a kit but also with his customer care. My "new legs" arrived very well boxed today and the paperwork that comes with them is just as impressive as the kit. I also note Peter spotted an omission in the kit package - no rear facing mirrors for the pilot. He has added those into the package that arrived today so he can stand up and take a bow. When I saw he was going to do a car door Typhoon next I was not too excited as I have an old Revell one with a fair bit of after market for it. Now that I see what Peter can do and how he does it I will indeed be buying another Tiffie To conclude i am going to steal and advertising line from a well known beer manufacturer. If Carlsberg did model kits ...........................................

A while back I bought a set of 1/32 Kits-World decals for the 1/32 Icelandic Models Bucc from Alan. I pulled them last night to have a look as I had only previously looked at the instruction sheet and not the decals themselves. This was prompted by a chat with @tomprobert who mentioned he had a sheet that was pebbly in surface texture. On close examination I spotted two things on my sheet that caused concern but maybe I needn't be worried? 1 There is a raised surface texture on some of the decals - mostly on the national ID markings - which looks like the sort of pattern that one sees in a dried river bed cracking. Its not cracking though but a raised texture - rather similar to very fine raised panel lines if that makes sense. It is like the decal has wrinkled up on printing. Will that settle on application or is it likely to remain? I suppose I could do a test run using the RSAAF decals on a decal mule as I wont be doing that scheme? Any words of warning or advice on application, setting solutions for this brand of decal etc would be helpful as I've not used them before 2 Carrier film. I spotted that the decals carrier film appears not to cover the printed letters/numbers completely. EG the "Royal Navy" letters are about 1 mm above what looks to be the carrier film and slightly out of register with the film. I was thinking to apply a covering of solution such as used to "paint" cracked decals. Any recommendations? Again I could use some of the decals us test subjects. 3 The while Royal Navy wording and national markings. The whites seem a little translucent. Roundels can be resolved with a backing circle of white decal or paint but anyone used these before and found that once applied the white comes good? TIA as always

Sure? Definitely not the Avon or Derwent or Tyne then

I thought the river was named after a jet engine !

@Enzo the Magnificent car there but I thought that in a GB you were supposed to build a kit not sneak in one you did already

thinking over lunch - Vians HMS Cossack; Mountbattens HMS Kelly; Nelsons HMS Victory - the naval list is long as are the greats from motor sport eg Jim Clark, Graham Hill, and many others so something for everyone. And thats before you look at the stories of family and friends.

Fooled me too then - beautiful ship build. No ifs, no buts, just beautiful (except being from Edinburgh I could raise the old rivalry and suggest you should build an HMS Edinburgh )

@Enzo the Magnificent Thats a good idea and it would let my original idea run inside the expanded GB. I suppose the title could be something like "The Pilot behind the Machine" or similar? A while back I was tempted into buying a boxed set of WW! German aircraft with decals for Ernest Udet's machines so it is certainly something for everyone as you propose. Might get more traction that way. Yes I would go along with that. It would be especially interesting if we had members that could make a connection with a friend or family member as opposed to the better known characters of history.

I have not even started yet - apologies - all down to a not quite so wee medical episode and running my own business. At last I have the 5 year stash back on site after moving and doing a new build house and office. I was pulling stuff out today and am about to start a 1/32 F-105. That said finishing said F-105 might take the GB on to 2026 . So no high expectations of finishing timeously but an extension of sort would allow m to be an "also ran". By the way I am astonished at the number of times I have bought stuff I don't remember, sometimes more than twice, and cant find things I was sure i had bought but not sold on........................

Cruel, very cruel but funny, very funny. Not sure people at Brize will be overly amused mind