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Due to the smaller size of the Royal navy,s carriers the Skyhawk was found to be Ideal in the light strike/ground support roll as

a partner to the Phantom due to be purchased for the FAA and like that project some avionics and the engines were to be British

in origin which led to inevitable delays and problems without much improvement to the aircraft,s performance.The Skyhawk or

Kittywake as it was Known in RN service Had a short service life especially after the cancellation of the new proposed carriers in

the mid sixties,all were sold on to smaller operators including Argentina,here,s a 700A NAS machine based at Yeovilton in 1963.

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That actually looks believable. And to think what chaos defence spending was in at the time it could have a real option. I used the same decals on my 'Angel Whiffer' (google it and you'll see how my warped mind works) a couple of years ago. Must be a telepathic Durham thing. Come to think of it I we've both recently done a Firefly and I'm on a Revell F4U-5 at the moment.

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That actually looks believable. And to think what chaos defence spending was in at the time it could have a real option. I used the same decals on my 'Angel Whiffer' (google it and you'll see how my warped mind works) a couple of years ago. Must be a telepathic Durham thing. Come to think of it I we've both recently done a Firefly and I'm on a Revell F4U-5 at the moment.

Ha,must be Darby,I was down near your old stomping ground yesterday at David Price Superbikes,did,nt get nowt though!

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Ha,must be Darby,I was down near your old stomping ground yesterday at David Price Superbikes,did,nt get nowt though!

Is that place still going? I used to live right down the bottom of the hill in Alder Rd. Where I used to get my models was half way down in a hardware shop at the bottom of Cotsford Lane

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Nice one Steve,........lovely and colourful but I`m not sure if the Scooter suits British markings or not,....I cannot decide?

Cheers

Tony

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Very good Steve. I like the hawk decal on the tail. A very believable whiff. Very well done. Joe

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Thanks for the kind words folks,glad you liked it,the kit was all built except the under carriage and that,s as far as I got nearly two years ago where it

languished in it,s box ever since until a few days ago when I was sorting out a few kit,s for Si,s good cause,I closed up the under carriage doors and

found an article on modeling madness about what if Skyhawks and this is what turned out.

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