JosephLalor

Decades ago I had a small book dedicated to such howlers. I've long since forgotten both its compiler and nearly all of its contents, but the one item that has stayed with me was a headline that went something to the effect of, 'British fly to discuss middle east situation.'

I recall a Flight International article where a SAAF officer said that the similarly engined MB326 produced more noise than power.

Nice to see a Bristol heavy coming along there. I'm sure something mighty will emerge from all the putty. It reminds me that about a year after I joined BM I moved to Little Stoke near Filton. Some of the roads in my area were named after aero-engines, e.g. Orion Drive, Orpheus Avenue, Hercules Close.

Going by such rgb values as I've been able to obtain for AP507A, it's apparently close to RAL 7031, so Revell Aqua 79 might be a possibility. For Tamiya, XF24 might be a reasonable start with reflectance at about 11%, maybe cut with some XF17 Sea Blue or XF50 Field Blue. For AP507C, XF19 Light Grey might work at a reflectance of about 46%.

Oil Paint Rendering I think

Good progress there; I'm looking forward to seeing how this pans out. I think your recce pod might be an AN22 bomb. I [probably mis]remember reviews of Heller's 1/72 kit saying that it was the first aircraft kit to feature a nuclear device.

Agreed; it certainly looks to be a similar product to Rub'n'Buff from the US company, American Art Clay. I'd guess that before SNJ Spray Metal it was pretty much the only way of getting a more realistic painted NMF. It could be applied with a fingertip or thinned with white spirit for application by brush. Some people may even have tried spraying it. Ted Taylor used it on models in his Scale Modelling articles in the 1980s, sometimes polishing it with grate polish for the back ends of Phantoms and the like. He would then seal it with Johnson's Klear. American Art Clay also produced a very fast-drying metallic paint called Brush'n'Leaf.

Aerospatiale Dauphin 2 I think, going by the transmission housing and cap over the rotorhead. Appears to be black - G-LCPL maybe?

Aha, I was thinking there was a gap between the front and rear parts of the intake trunking. Would the extension ring be part 33 on frame C and placed between the engine and trunking assemblies, <C-C> and <D-D>? Thanks for the heads-up; that business had well and truly stalled my build.

For sure! Sorry, I said 36414 above; I meant 36314, known as Flint Gray. It was included in the Xtracolor range, and this is the only reason I can think of for it.

The colour quotes I remember from the time the F-4J(UK)s entered service were FS 36440 for the underside and 36414 and 36270 for the upper surfaces. There was talk of the upper surfaces appearing slightly greenish due to use of zinc chromate primer undercoat.

I had to look it up as well, in order to remind myself of what I knew it as back in the 1980s, having moved from Dublin to Croydon in 1982. I knew it both as the Thrupenny Bit and by its official name, which was the NLA Tower. I didn't know until now that it was designed by the office of Richard Seiffert, who also designed the Natwest Tower and Centrepoint.

I think Hasegawa gave the kit a Martin-Baker Q7, but a Mk 5 would be more appropriate. Q7s equipped F-104Gs IIRC. Neat job so far, should be a nice result.

My understanding is that it'll provide F.8 and FR.9 options

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