After reading Vince's announcement on the imminent arrival of the Fujimi RAF Phantoms, I started going through my decal stash to see what I have.

This is one of the first profiles I have knocked up. Based on the FG.1 option from the Modeldecal #64 sheet.




more to come.

Now , that one I like!

Next up are 3 of the 4 options for the 43 Sqn FG.1 from the sheet Model Decal #89



I think I may be going with this to build.

Next up are 3 early FGR2's

These two are from Model Decal #37




and this is the option from the Fujimi boxing #72168

Shiny two in green/grey camo with red squadron markings - luvvverly!!! Probably my favourite British Toom scheme!

Keef

Two late FGR.2 options from the AirDOC Sheet #72007

More options from the AirDOC sheet #72007

Oooooooooooooooooooohhhh! Black


Group build, group build, I wanna group build!

Great stuff ...anychance of Framed prints

Thought I would add a few more to the mix

Fujimi 1/72 FGR.2 Last British Phantom #72193 - option #1


Fujimi 1/72 FG.1 Phantom "Treble 1" #72192 - option #1


Fujimi 1/72 FG.1 Phantom "Treble 1" #72192 - option #2


Fujimi 1/72 FG.1 Phantom "Treble 1" #72192 - option #3

I'm at home in Lincolnshire at the moment. But when I get back to Riyadh, as soon as I finish the RAAF Hudson (Italeri) I'll be starting
the Revell FGR2 as an OCU aircraft,with many thanks to Edgar in High Wycombe for the low viz squadron markings.
I hear from Hyperscale that the nose is 'wrong' on the Fujimi 'Tomb' - buyer beware? or maybe just ignore & enjoy!

All the best
Pete

Looks perfectly ok to me.

Looks fine to me too....I dunno, some people.
The only minor issue is the slope down to the exhaust when viewed from a side profile. It should be a straight line down and not curve up slightly to the can. That was the only good thing about the Matchbox (spit) FGR2.
I wonder if we'll ever see a new tooling that corrects this?
In reality, it's hardly noticeable so build and be damned I say! It's a great kit.

Further profiles based on the latest Fujimi boxing #27044









For the other two options I would like to find out what year they flew in these markings - I am guessing 1980/81. If anyone knows for sure I would be grateful.

Similar to first 43 Squadron Toon (1981) in my first post.

Great stuff Andy.....
The scheme above was applied to '863 in 1983. She won the "cours d'elegance" (well - summink like that!) as the best turned out Phantom at RIAT '83 at Greenham Common. I have some (not very good) photo's at home somewhere - it rained alot that weekend!!! Lined up with a few other Phantoms - them were the days!! She was still in those colours a year or so after, and was kept generally fairly clean............

Thanks Bill for the info. Updated to show year

A few clues on that 43(F) Cab, Its "Alpha" prior to the 1986 anniversary scheme and definitely not after,as the tail never reverted to that state. (the big chequers in your other profile were followed by two thin lines of chequers above and below the squadron crest if I remember correctly) and that zap on the splitter plate is the (Belgian?) F-16 unit 323 sqn I think, so a recent squadron exchange is likely. The big give away will be the Wing Commanders name on the forward fuselage, just aft of his pennant, that will nail the timescale fairly accurately- is the name legible?

Heres a 200% blowup of the decal supplied by Fujimi

Always loved the full colour yellow and black 111sqn jet

Looks like Fujimi mangled that name fairly well, I am guessing it's meant to be John Brady (bit of a leap from "Drev" I know, but his predecessor was Wing Cdr Mcfaddyen which seems less likely) I will do some asking about and see if any of my former colleagues can shed any light on this one.

cheers,

Troffa

New additions

3 of 5 of the options for RAF 14 Squadron from the AirDoc sheet #72007






Nice blue one from Xtradecal #72001

I love seeing all of these beautiful Phantoms in profile, Andy !

Excellent work ...


Gregg

Wg Cdr Harry Drew was OC 43 Sqn which is pretty close to Drev; he was the Boss of 43 at the beginning of the 80s (I reckon 79-81); Wg Cdr Ian MacFadyen was my first Sqn Cdr and we were on 29 Sqn (79-82). John Brady was the Boss of 43 late 80s and I'm reasonably confident he was the last F4 sqn cdr before 43 converted to the F3.

Cheers

Geoff

Lovely work as always Andy, thanks for sharing

Whens the next instalment

Bexy

Thanks for that Geoff, clears it up nicely- John Brady was my first Boss (I was pan trash) and he was indeed the last F-4 Boss on 43(F), after which we had Andy Moir as the first Tornado boss.

Thanks guys. Based on your info, I have updated the text to show the RAF 43 Squadron XV571 with the 1980 date


and also just knocked up two options from the new Model Alliance sheet #72184 - the other two are nearly the same as the No 2 Squadron Toons in post #7

Excellent Profiles Andy.
Luv em.

Only 'Gaps' I can think of for now are,..
Black Mike
And the Falklands Faith, Hope and Charity.

Adrian

6 Sqn, 23 Sqn, 29 Sqn, 54 Sqn, 64 Sqn/228OCU...

Hic
I have had a tinny or several!

Good spot Wez

Adrian

I have to say that I do like the 17 squadron profiles in particular, but that's probably because I worked on these machines when I was an armourer on 17 from 1971-74.
I've got the Airdoc sheet and the Revell boxing of the FGR 2 to build [When I get round to it! ]
Just out of interest, the zig-zag markings on the intakes were not all the same, because it depended on which way up the paint stencils were used, as can be seen on Andy's profiles. Also, they were not always the same way up on either side, so you would have to check photos to determine the configuration on any particular machine.
Sorry to sound a bit pedantic . . .It must be my age !!

Ask and Ye shall recieve - first up is 6 Squadron

These two options for 6 Squadron are from ModelDecal #72094




Next 2 options for 23 and 29 Squadrons from ModelDecal #72073





Here are the two remaining options for 228OCU/64 Squadron from ModelDecal #72089

Hey Troffa, nowt wrong with the "lineys" - you guys did a great job although I admit not all of us aviators appreciated your efforts - quite simply though we couldn't do it without you. We must have been at Leuchars at the same time - I was an instructor on the OCU when John Brady was the Boss of 43 and when the Sqn converted - I was talking to Andy Moir a couple of weeks back as the Sqn History is being updated at the moment (my time on 43 was on F3s - 92-95).

Back on topic - has anyone done (which means do you know where I could get) any 29 Sqn decals in 1/48 and similarly 1435 Flt (F4 and F3)?

Geoff

Lineys weren't the worst of it. As a squipper I was a mere klingon though I was with 43 from the end of the Phantoms through to after the Gulf. I had a gash trip with John Brady during APC in '88. Later did a stint on Tremblers but my heart was always with 43.
Good Squadron, Good station, good times.