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I'd wait until Trumpeter or Airfix bring theirs out.......well, you never know..there were rumours........

No, not really, the only things in common were the twin booms and the manufacturers.. The Sea Vixen was much, much larger than the diminutive Vampire, and had twin engines. It was also all metal, as opposed to the partial wooden construction of the Vampire, and was desinated as an All Weather Fighter, as a Weapons platform....... There was a naval variant of the Vampire - the Sea Vampire, and of course the Sea Venom followed....

I know I've said it before, but looking at pictures of earlier F6's (particularly those of the Black Arrows - with straight wings) and those of 19 Sqn, and comparing them with later F6's throws a sackful of spanners in the works.... Gods speed Ed!!!!!!

Sorry for the delay......

Quite right Joe, I've sold a couple of these already..............

The Decals on my examples were perfectly in register - if some what glossy - looked reallly nice! You gotta take your hat off to those at Airfix and Humbrol - they've done a cracking job! WELL DONE Airfix!!!! (Bring on the Canberra's, Bring on the Canberra's.....Bring........)

I actually have a couple in stock..........

The latter - I'd wager!!!!

Agreed Edgar,Its time to sort thi sout once and for all!!! All we need a tape measure and volunteer...I had hoped to start by measuring the tail end of the T8M at Yeovilton a year or so ago, but never managed to finish -and luckily there are still a few GA11's around.....AND other assorted T-birds. So..the 100-series SHOULDN'T be a problem. Likewise we aren't short of FGA9's or F6A's (or F58's!!) so those shouldn't cause a problem either. I will be visiting Kemble this year, and I will have a tape measure, camera and tape measure with me!! Yes, I'll sort those pic's out later......watch this space!

I'm in!!!!! Musings: Most likely candidate?:............1/48th Lightning F3, though we shall see............ hmmm, should really do something RAFG, let me think.......................... I'll be back!!

"Junglies" Robin, in Spinach and Sand (minus the Spinach!!!!!)

Interesting Gene, look forward to seeing this stuff......

Been a bit quiet lately, sitting at home brooding...leg's sore...went into the loft (don't tell Mrs Clarkeeboy!!), took out one of Frank Brown's masterpieces...namely the 1/32 Hunter T7.................. The kit's fuselage is a one piece tooling, with the "100-series Avon" (you all know the one..the narrow bored version - albeit with the para housing on). It also has parts for a "200-series Avon" rear-end, for some export Tadpoles and of course the unique T12 - again with Para-fairing, so infact, identical to that on the FGA9....... Anyway took out a tape measure and a camera..and hey preson north end........ They are IDENTICAL in length..i.e. 3.2cm (which is handy in 1/32nd scale I'm reasoning......) I also took the opportunity to measure my WIB Revell F6, and the same area is slightly longer - only by a mm or so. I also took time out to have a look at the constituent parts of John Adams' 1/48th single seater detail set and guess what??? ALL parts, be they for the F4, The F6 or the FGA9 are exactly the same length (ignoring of course the latter's para housing.) Rocket science it ain't, but in lieu of me getting my back-side over to Kemble it's all I can offer at the moment. BUT, IF Frank B., and John A., ARE correct in their measurements it dispells Steve Murray's "HS theory" of a couple of years back...Namely "The later versions had a shorter rear fuselage/jet pipe housing than the mks 1 - 5, which caused the larger diameter (as it lost the sharp upslope on the last few inches of the tail pipe)". My theory was then, and is now, that the 200 series Avon tail pipe was LONGER and therefore the aperture had to be increased to avoid the tail pipe hitting the fuselage (BUT I wouldn't bet on it............not yet anyway!!!!!) So, Gene to answer your original query ......Dunno!!!!!

Lookeee at those 809 Sqn "peeled 'Nana's" at the back.........." D-ROOOOOL indeedeeee

I shortened the oleo on the leg of my 1/32 Tonka GR1a conversion, as the nose profile looked a bit too high. Not sure if the same problem exists on the Italeri 1/48th kit...but FWIW I think all we are seeing here is a bit of camera distortion maybe....lovely finish BTW, very authentic...... Anyway, I have a load of Tornado pic's taken over the years - not sure if this one helps Jens, the quality's not great, but its of XA606 of the TWCU/45(Shadow) Sqn taken at Mildenhall in 1991 (or '92 maybe) theres a Harrier GR5 nose on the left...If I can find any others that may help I'll scan them in and post them.

I could just about fit that in the garden......

True enough, though I wouldn't call CA "mainstream", The only correction set for the Meteor was a Martin Baker Ejection Seat, did you mean the Vampire? As for the Hunter, agreed, to a certain extent......but see below... Aeroclub used to have a stash............. Additionally, and I'm not attempting to defend or indeed speak on John Adams behalf in anyway, but Aeroclub are a relatively small cottage industry. They tend to tool up for production runs (like the 1/48th Vulcan) and then thats it. Bearing in mind those Hunter sets must be nearly ten years old (incidentally the 1/48th Airfix Lightning F3 I started building last week has "1997" stamped on the fuselage!!!!) then its amazing how well they have lasted. For all I know the moulds (they were of the "limited run" variety after all) may have reached the end of their "limited run", in which case Aeroclub, as a profit making company with wages and overheads to meet woulds have a choice to make... re-tool another 250 sets knowing the last 250 took ten years to sell, knowing that most modellers have built their Hunters, not knowing whether Revell will down size their 1/32nd Hunter in 18 months time (Which whilst being fantastic for us modellers, would render any investment useless!!). Or spend their money tooling something new? It is though worth e-mailling John to ask him, (he is on Hyperscale fairly regularly).You never know he may or may neot, have something in the pipeline...

Sounds 'bout right Gary! If you have a quick butchers on ARC Galery under RAF F4's you'll see a "re-vamped" FG1 I did at least 4 or 5 years ago (with incedibly poor photo reproduction on my old Kodak 1.2 meg camara - hi tech (almost) in them days..NOT!)

All of this "re-cyclin', " ...Oi!!! It'll ruin trade!! looking good Gary - some excellent coaming detail there..... I must post some pic's of one of my "re-cycled" projects a Dynavector Javelin FAW9 recycled into an FAW5...

Gene, They've mostly been out of productyion now for some time - they were only limited run kits anyway. As new "mainstream" kits came out (Lightnings by Airfix, Hunters by Academy, Vampires, Canberra's by CA etc.,) John Adams has dropped them ftrom his range. I'm looking for a Jet Provost Mk 5 personally.......!!! I'd suggest E-Bay maybe?

Looking fantastic John - as ever!!! - love the cockpit... Keep up the good work!!

What he said Gene!!! Incidentally I have the T7 in the stash as well.................

Thanks for your kind comments Gene! Sounds like a good idea to me, though it would be quite an undertaking....

I'm going to get "one in" next week just to have a butchers.........but if anyone has a Heads-Up before doing this I'd be grateful!!

I built this model 4 or 5 years ago..before Eagle Strike issued their decal sheet!! I cobbled the decals together from various odds and sods.....Academy kit OOB (apart from the decals)