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When we did our research for the Southern Expo decals we thought P9398 was Kiwi II

Excellent model, really great to see one of the old Expomodel kits completed.

Takom Chieftain 😀 See build by Alex Clark https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/takom-chieftain-mk-10-11-t324501.html?sid=6f9811b3f37727b280219bf71fa9f99f Vespid Comet https://www.scalemates.com/kits/vespid-models-vs720002-a-34-comet-mk1a--1274572

We still have stock of the 32nd Expo decals to go with it 😀 http://www.southernexpo.co.uk/Decals2010_32ndScale.htm

Excellent work 👏

The magazine was Modelaid, which became Air Forces International. Not sure if there are any of these types of product around nowadays though.

I feel duty bound to mention that N3180 flown by Al Deere did not have the completely half and half black/white undersides as shown in the Eduard instructions (and as also appeared in the old Airfix 1/24th scale kit), our research for the Southern Expo 2010 decal sheet unearthed a photo which shows the front under nose cowling and rear fuselage was silver. Easy enough to replicate as the markings are still OK.

Indeed, sad news. Regis was always a familiar face at Southern Expo and the Nationals (Scale Modelworld). Always a pleasure to deal with him.

It was some years ago. Not that I'm trying to defend Xtracolour at all I would think if you've bought the paint in the last few years it should be OK

It was a faulty batch of metallic paints as far as i know.

There was a "dodgy" batch of Xtracolour metals which exploded on opening. A friend of mine had a similar experience when opening a tin of aluminium. Thankfully it was only the workbench that got hit.

Great to see the decals we produced put to good use. Well done Must get around to producing some more at some stage, it might happen you never know

Bison Decals did a set 1/35 Suez 1956 ( 1) - British Tanks -35119 http://www.olddogmodels.com/decals/735119-bison-decals-1-35-suez-1956-1-british-troops-35119.html (I have no connection with OldDogModels, it was found using Google looking for "Bison decals Suez") Cancel that just re-read your post, sorry no other information. You could try emailing the owner of Bison about any references he used - [email protected]

Yep, Jays are the only place left. We sold out some time ago in both scales. We still have 1/32nd ones if any one is interested.

We could only find a picture from the starboard side so couldn't confirm the code letter sizes for the port size, we provided both so the modeller could make their own mind up. http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol013dt.html This link above shows the code letters for the starboard side.

They "might" have been inspired by the research we did for these decals we issued a few years ago but are now sold out except in 32nd scale. http://www.southernexpo.co.uk/images/2010Decals/Southern%20Expo%202010%20Decal%20placement%20sheet%203%20Spitfire%20Mk.IA%20K9953%20ZP.A%20+%20R6835%20XT.W%20Inst.jpg

Hi Mark Those 3 are the only ones for the moment. There may be plans afoot to do a new sheet for the 2016 show, I will announce here as and when we have more information. We would certainly like to do more sheets it's just a matter of time for the research. The next release (if it happens!) is likely to be Battle of Britain time frame again). Hope this helps. Regards Peter

Send me a PM here, always happy to take a few more orders

and if you want/need different decals http://www.southernexpo.co.uk/Decals2010_32ndScale.htm Available at £7.50 a sheet for Part 1 or Part 2 Sorry I couldn't resist a bit of salesmanship, it is for a good cause though as all our profits go to a local charity.

Fairy Power Spray (new version) is rubbish and doesn't perform any paint stripping, the old formula certainly did but the new one won't shift anything. MrMuscle oven cleaner is still OK. It shifted Halfords primer, Alclad and enamel paints off something I needed to redo recently.

Have you tried Badger Support? You email them requesting a refurb on your airbrush and send off to the States and in effect you end up with a brand new airbrush returned for very little cost. http://www.badgerairbrush.com/Service-Supprt.asp

They will also be at Southern Expo next weekend too I saw the paint at ScalemodelWorld and it did look very impressive.

Mel will also be @ Southern Expo in a month or so's time. If you are in the area http://www.southernexpo.co.uk/

Hi Sean According to the photo I have 1 Looks like it did have an aerial wire to the top of the mast (which is the straight non-aerofoil type) 2 On the right hand side (which is the only side I have) there is a mark potentially indicating something underneath the P of ZP-A 3 Aircraft does look reasonably weathered in the photo I have and is definitely not B&W underside at the time 4 A roundel is a slightly thinner ring for the yellow surround 5 Elevators are a rounded cross section where they join the tailplane so relatively straight cut 6 Don't see why not 7 I can't say for certain as this isn't shown - but personally I would leave it off Hope that helps.

Hi Sean We didn't see any evidence of a black/white underside from the few photos we found of ZP-A, the timescale of the photo we had indicated an undercolour which could have been Sky or perhaps Sky Blue as there were supply issues with Sky at the time. Some of the local 'erks on the base indicated they did use other colours. In the end as the others have said it's your choice. Hope that helps Regards Peter