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Its a superb site Phil, and one that, due to its individual aircraft history and in paticular the weapons fit, is invaluable for any "Brick" modelling. The Czech Masters Resin kits use pages from this site as references, so you know that they will be accurate.

So, its 2:49pm, less than a week has passed since the model was placed in the care of HM Royal mail, and all you have to do is add navigation lights!! I'd say "Bah! Humbug" if it were a bit more seasonal!!

An excellent choice!!!

Good idea! All I've added are scoop intakes covering the NACA ducts and a "tube" vent! The putty filling is to cover the rivet holes drilled out - a la Neil "FGR2" Ashbeys suggestion! Works for him; NOT for me!!! I'll add the other sides parts tomorrow, and then onto the cockpit.........ALCLAD is being ammassed!!

What markings are you doing your F3 in ?????

She'll be finished in the colours of 74 Sqn most likely...... Amendments on (upper) starboard fuselage And CMK cockpit bits....

I somehow feel soooo guilty.......... Jesting to one side- thats really poor quality Phil, I'm really surprised and shocked that 2/- could have it so wrong...not good at all!!!

I've built one of those.....see SAMI...whenever!!! It is without doubt one of the most straight-forward (I hesitate to use the E-word!!) vac-form kits I've ever tackled...I'd recommend it to all modellers.....

Very much a wise choice - we need MORE toom Mud-shifters! AND Gary.....some Toom's in early Tacticackle Camo schemes often had WHITE Sergeant- Fletcher tanks; Tha knows.......... add a dash of brightness, with Blue Inert 1000lber's........Nice..........!!!!

Don't worry, If the PO issue them, I'll take 'em....

Then of course there's always sites for the Fin and Tooms..... F3's F4's

Then of course there's always sites for the Fin and Tooms..... F3's F4's

Another totally inspirational resource/web-site........ FRADU-Hunters

As we are on the subject, here's one of my favourites........(and no apologies to anyone whatsoever !!) Lightnings Galore!!!!

Don't worry chaps! I'm stacking up my supplies of ALCLAD!!!

I'll take used fivers!!!!!!!

This may well have been prompted by a query I had to Hannants on Thursday! I have some on order (have had some for some time) and asked what the latest was, but Hannants have no firm indication from Airfix, as to what their policy actually is on this. I think that the issue of this kit will not now be to a pre-ordered set amount. I suspect that Airfix will issue a production run to meet all needs - bearing in mind that whereas some modellers may well have required half a dozen or more TSR2's they may only require one or two Nimrods!!! That said, I'll gladly take "pre-orders" from BritModelers.......... Cheers Bill

This is(was) the definitive list of the "State of LERX". Compiled by the HARSIG, but prior to the GR9 converison's which may have/will have(!) lobbed a spanner into the staus quo!!! "Running through the aircraft in serial batches": ZD318-330, ZD345-355, ZD375-380, ZD400-412, i.e. the original GR.5s, all have 65% LERX. ZD430-438, ZD461-470, GR.5A>GR.7, all have 65% LERX. ZG471-ZG476, GR.7, all have 65% LERX; e.g. ZG472 of the Strike Attack Operation Evaluation Unit (WAPJ v32, p108, c.1998?). ZG477-ZG4480, GR.7, all have 100% LERX; e.g. ZG479/69 the lo-viz sharkmouth of Op Telic. ZG500-ZG512, GR.7, technically ZG506/77 was the first 100% LERX a/c, the final 18 off the Dunsfold production line getting this fit as part of MOD-95, other a/c in this and the previous batches be subsequently retro-fitted with 100% LERX. ZG530-ZG533, ZG856-862, GR.7, 100% LERX fitted as standard. ZH653-665, T.10s, all T.10s have 65% LERX but with the frog-eye fire access points." (And the little "Frog's eye/intakes" are Fire Access points BTW...........)

Incidentally the HARSIG's T10 canopy was manufactured from a plastic coke bottle..... You'll need a lot of Milliput and Plastic card - but its do-able (and No! It wasn't me what converted it......!)

Once upon a time...... Airfix Seafire and Aeroclub MkXIV/21 fuselage. Markings for 1 sqn., Now, only a handful saw front-line service - this was post war and its unlikely they were used for anything other than trial's. Anyway the cost was prohibitive, and there was a weight penalty, and the Meteor's were reaching Squadron service. 41 Sqn, also had at least one......In shiney silver with red-stripes...... The contra-prop 21's had a larger rudder BUT the larger area was entirely due to a larger horn-balance (oo-er Mrs!), it had the same shape overall. This can be achieved by re-scribing lower. Additionally the larger Mk22/4 tailplanes were NOT used. How do I know? John Adams told me AFTER I'd built mine as a SAMI article!!!

Airwaves did a couple of ejection seats..............other than that Mike - I don't think so.....

Only the twin-stickers!!!!

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this, but the Airfix F1a/F3 suffers from a broken back, just above the air-brake, and the wings are truly all over the place!! This kit also suffers from its age, the tools have simply worn out - time to put this tooling out of its misery Airfix! Its served you well after all!!!!! Currently the best Lightning, mainly in overall shape is the Matchbox offering...and thats really not saying much! I'm looking forward to MPM's offering - very much, it will form the basis of many a conversion from F1 thru to T5!! And for the F2a and F6, I'll just wait..until Trumpeter down-scale their 1/32nd kit!!!!

You could use the Academy fuselage but the nose area is far too bulky. Best way by far for a 21 is to use the Airfix Seafire kit and the Aeroclub fuselage as suggested above....... Here's one I buit a few years back....

..probably summink I should know, but I've always understood, or believed that the cockpit colour on Lightnings was/would have been overall Dark (Admiralty?) Grey. But I'd read somewhere that early Lightnings had black cockpits, but if so, does anyone know when the colour would have changed from black to grey? I'm looking in particular at a Lightning F3 of 74 Sqn ca 1965-ish (For the "cold war GB"). So was the black 'pits only found on the F1, F1a and F2, or was the F3 included.......black or grey............... Cheers