DaveJL

Welcome to the GB! I've a feeling the 1/72 Tamiya kit will be a popular entry along with it's 1/48 cousin . We'll let you away with the start you have made prior to the GB starting

Welcome to the the GB. Will be good to see two Top Gun jets included!

Didn't even notice that . Finally made a start on this one. Cockpit was assembled and painted with Eduard's suggested mix. It just looks like Interior Green to me . Various bits of chipping and dry brushing done with a mixture of AK pencils and Tamiya XF-4. Everything clicked into place nicely, unlike the fiddle bits for the Spitfire cockpit 🫣. Once dry, I popped it into the fuselage, along with the radiator and doors. So far, this has been the best fitting Eduard kit I have built . Hopefully I haven't spoken too soon! More soon Dave

A little more done on build 3. Cockpit was painted, detailed and fumbled together. Good grief I very much dislike etch seat belts A couple of bits of etch pinged off into oblivion so I'll do without 🤫. I added some Tamiya pigment to dirty it up a bit along with some chipping courtesy of AK pencils. Fuselage halves also done: Hoping to get the fuselage closed up before the weekend then I can move at best haste! More soon. Dave

Thanks chaps! Primarily for attacking SAM/AAA sites. ‘Bio’ stated ‘We thought that any immediate response (airborne aircraft respond to an incident) would likely be against a SAM/AAA site and we would not have good targeting info. The CBU gave a reasonable probability of hitting and destroying such targets.’ Plus, from a modellers point of view, they look cool Apologies for ruining your plans mate 😝

Welcome to the GB, quite a bargain you picked up!

Welcome to the GB! First in with a ‘Jolly Rogers’ scheme

Welcome to the GB! That’s quite a selection of bits and bobs you have and whichever scheme you decide on I’m sure it will come out a treat!

Welcome to the GB! A nice selection of schemes to choose from there.

Welcome to the GB mate! That’s a nice scheme, don’t think I’ve ever seen that done before so this should be good, especially with the full whack of AIM-54s

Very nice scheme. Welcome to the GB!

Best wishes for a speedy recovery Enzo 🍻

Thank you for the kind words chaps, greatly appreciated 🍻. I’m really pleased with how they turned out, pride of place on a new shelf in the modeling room., though they don’t seem too popular in the RFI section . I’m going to make a renewed effort at getting number 3 over the line. Once I get the cockpit fiddle out of the way it will fall together all being well . I’m undecided how I’ll weather this one, I’m leaning toward heavy again but this time maybe showing more of the base layer of pain in some areas. @Paul Lucas has pointed me toward a Desert Scheme base before the DMB on the uppers, so presumably it would have Azure Blue undersides. I’ve decided on a schemes for my other Vb (EDSG over the middle stone on the uppers) and Vc (TSS) so I’ll have a bit of a mix with the 3 blue. Might be bit late to start another .

Welcome Steve!

Welcome mate! You will not be disappointed! Just one thing: Title says a D but box shows an A 🤣