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The aftermarket on the Tornado looks great - is this a Flightpath jobbie?

Also, off the top of my head: They used an engine from the FA-18 (I think this is an F404). The undercarriage for the X-29 was borrowed from an F-16.

Hi Olivier, There are a couple of really useful printed references which you should be able to find without too much hassle: Bill Gunston - Aeroguide Special: Grumman X-29. Published by Linewrights Ltd. in 1985, ISBN: 0-946958-15-7 FineScale Modeler - May / June 1986. The FSM reference has a very nice scratchbuild of the X-29 in 1/48, and also comes with full plans in 1/72 - this is well worth seeking out. Cheers, Will.

+1 for an Avro 707 in 1/48... with a couple of in UK museums, there's possibility for a bit of research too.

Thanks for the replies chaps. In the meantime, I've decided to strip down back to prier and start again. The opacity of these paints is such that you really can't spray them over anything but white - so very careful masking is required if doing a two tone flouro scheme.

Don't know if this a new tool or a rebox of the Skunk-models, but sadly the Revell website doesn't mention RAF markings options...

Partly answering my question in this thread: Adding water to dried acrylic paints will (obviously) cause the paint to rub and peel away... it is the solvent in Lifecolor acrylics after all. Although does this mean smoothing an acrylic finish down can only be done dry? I seem to recall wet sanding Tamiya gloss acrylics without any problems. This inevitably boils down to what the paint is made of, and presumably Tamiya have a lot less water in them than Lifecolor paints do.

Good afternoon everybody,, I'm trying to gather the collective wisdom on drying times for Lifecolor acryclics. Having heard very good things about Lifecolor's, and wanting to avoid the stink and mess of enamels, I've got a selection to paint up my AlleyCat Jindivik in the dayglo red/ yellow colour scheme. Having laid down a coat of Alclad grey primer, followed by a good covering of Tamiya white, months ago, these are all nice and cured now. Since then I've been battling with the dayglo portion, firstly with Revell acrylics for flouro yellow (which didn't really work for me) and Humbrol enamel for the red (better, but still sticky after a week!). These have both dried nicely now, and been sanded back to give a really smooth base onto which I've sprayed the Lifecolor yellow. Coming to smooth the first coat of Lifecolor flouro yellow down (sprayed at 15 psi and thinned 50/50 with Vallejo airbrush cleaner) for another pass after at least 72 hours drying time (in a warm sunny spot in my loft), and I've noticed the Lifecolor is still very soft, to the extent 2000 grit wet and dry is leaving quite a few mini gouges, and threatening to peel up in places. Now I gather flouro paints behave slightly differently to regular pigments, so can anyone offer advice on how long they're leaving Lifecolor's to dry before they're sanding and masking tape safe (both flouro, and for future reference, regular pigments)? Cheers, Will.

That's perfect - many thanks for your help Hawkkeeper... AMS now satisified!

Cheers, so not too much extra detail to add to the leg then. I was also interested in the retraction mechanism seen just to the fore of the leg in the pic above (if that's what it is), although in 1/48 this will likely just end up as a small scratched chunk of plastic.

There ought to be a Hawk sub-forum started on here with the number of Hawk related questions that turn up, unfortunately I'm only adding to the tally... Had a good Google and BM search, but not been able to find any decent pictures of the Hawk nose gear (presumably because it's too small to get a head up in there). The walkaround on here is good, but I'm after some shots of where the undercarriage leg is bolted/ hinged to the aircraft, a lá: (from the Hawk walkaround). Cheers guys.

Hi Martin, Thanks - but full CD's are probably a bit more than I'm after at the moment.

Hello there everybody, I'm currently working my way through the Heritage Aviation SA Bulldog in 1/48. As the canopy is so large, I'd like to add some interior detailing - so far I've found a couple of shots on the web which give a bit of an idea what the release handles above the pilots' heads should look like, but am lacking a little on the canopy sides - particularly the frame and railing where the canopy connects with the fuselage sides. I've also not had too much luck finding shots of the interior beam/ tube which runs the length of the canopy - it looks as though it may change shape from tubular at the release handles to something else behind the seats. There's a few shots from this walkaround, and OzH's build thread which have been very useful, but none quite covering the area I'm after. If anyone can help out with any shots I'd be most grateful - thanks in advance! Cheers...