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Ooooh! An interesting project, you have piqued my interest, especially as it's FAA. Colin

Looking good, what's not to like about a Vulcan build? Colin

Looking rather sharp. There is a lot of kit in the cabin!!! Thanks for the heads-up re Zini kits. Colin

I saw the box art and thought, YES a Navy cab! Then I saw you have chosen crab! A tad disappointed but however, I'll still follow your build. The Alley-Cats parts look very good. Colin

Looking good, I recently picked up for a song, the old Monogram kit. It's showing it's age, so I have squandered some cash on some upgrade parts. I may go with the kit decals , when I get around to it... Colin

Excellent work Mark, doesn't look like the shoulder is giving you too much grief? Looking at the results, got me thinking, I need to build one of these. Then, I came back to reality, I have far too many projects underway and, again, it's not my era. Colin

Looking good. I see the rotor mat is leaning forward, was that one o the problems you encountered? Colin the Wessex nut.

Hi, many thanks, it's a neat kit for its age. I'd fancy one in 1/48th but where to put it once built? Hanging from the ceiling....

Excellent result, congratulations. Colin

Re, removing canopy masking, I have started using a sharpened cocktail stick, with either, a sharp point of chisel point. Dipped in turps or other suitable solvent, can be used to remove errant paint. Colin

Cracking collection. Rumour has it, there was more nutrition in the box than the contents!

Actually not, the wingspan is a tad under 300mm (1 foot in old money), so not overly large.

Thanks for the heads-up on your paint technique. I'm progressively getting into the Tamiya LP paints. For the Semi-Gloss Black, I'm now using Dulux Duco Satin Black, for Gloss Black, their Black Limo. The mixed 1/2 ls from the auto paint suppliers. All decanted for the airbrush. Colin

Looking good Neil... Colin

Some remedial work on the Vengeance. Looking at the photo above, I saw that the wing are too far forward, it worked about at about 3mm. I had wanted to add the gills aft of the engine cowling. The move gave me the room I needed. I cut a small nick in the trailing edge then recontoured the inset to allow the wings to slide aft. Once done, the wings were glued in place. I will now have to fill the resultant gaps ahead of the wings. I'm going to use Ester to part filler 'Bog' to the car enthusiasts. I'll mask off the fuselage before applying the Bog. The top of the engine cowling looks a little iffy too! Thanks for looking in... Colin