AnonymousAA72

Our postman, Pat (true!) normally gets here about 1ish. I'm keeping a look out for his red van....I don't care if he has his black and white cat with him......

According to Patrick Martin in his "British Phantoms" book ( a must for anyone with an interest in the Phantom) XV421/."F" Faith also had the white fin. No mention of whether the fourth FGR2 XV422. "H" Hope had it applied. The White fins were applied to commemorate 1435 Flight's 50th anniversary.

As you have to supply the decal paper yourself, it rather depends on the quality you get, your printer and the ink you use. His artwork is pretty good, accuracy can be variable, but I think his Phantom sheet is mostly okay ( apart from the "xtra-strong" 29 Sqn bars being blue instead of black?).As far as I can recall they should automatically print to 1/48th, but you can mess around with sizes before you commit to decal paper. Most decal sheet will come with advice relevant to that paper.

Yep, very nice.

Gorgeous!

Coming along very nicely John..very nicely indeed.....

It is, Airfix took payment for mine today....oh happy days!

Airfix's 1/72 Canberra's were broadly speaking, the last of the Old Airfix regime. As such they featured heavy panel lines and a general " clunkiness". In the ensuing 8 or so years since they were issued, Airfix tooling has improved no-end. They could produce a " gold-fish" bowl insert for the B(I)8, but the kit would still retain the old style of moulding. One can only imagine the flak Airfix would get for issuing a kit like this. I would hope that if Aifix DO get around to issuing a B2/B6 kit, and given Hornby's current financial predicament that's far from certain, it would be an all new tool.

There are photo's of the sprues on here Dennis, in the Rumourmonger part, I can't link them on here...

...i have a spare glazed PR nose from the CA kit...so i can add any FR9 to the list of F8's....aching wallet indeed....

Do you mean sprue shots? But yes both types of aileron appear to be included...

The kit has both canopy's and the narrow and large bore intakes.....

Superb as always Piero.....fantastic!

Apparently so....http://www.combinedops.co.uk/index.htmlLast year, with the Vulcan, and the year before with a pair of Lancasters, will be hard acts to follow!

That's lovely! I like that a lot!

Extra Dark Sea Grey is correct. The white undersides were over painted en route to the South Atlantic. Shars on board Invincible were sprayed painted and those on Hermes brush, or roller painted? I've never really seen a demarcation between where the White was on any photo's I've seen, so wouldn't make that much of a fuss in replicating it, especially in 1/72nd. And the finish was glossy.

The only RAF Jagular ladders I'm aware of were indeed From Neil at Paragon. These are a long time out of production. They're photo etched and are very finely produced. They make up into nice accessories. Not sure where you'd get them now, I got mine well over ten years or so ago....

Was that my article? I built mine as a K1 tanker...the main other amendment was to twist the wing mid span so the wing tips were parallel with the fuselage. I suspect that the new Airfix rendition may feature better shaped components than the old Matchbox offering...

Excellent! Could I request you upscale 72114? That'd keep me busy for the rest of eternity!!

Absolutely gorgeous build. Fantastic finish........very nicely done indeed. (one negative point: clamshell airbrakes are upside down.....sorry!)

From memory, the drawing Edgar posted was of the rail on a Firefly. This was very different from the "rails/ racks" used by the swept wing Hunter. There appear to have been a few different arrangements on the attachments used on the Hunter. These all have a lug system where the upper rocket fits into the tubular rail. Any lower rocket would have to have a similar lug system.

Great work there Shaun!

Have a good read through that thread. I couldn't find any real close up photo's of the two-tier system, but adapted what I could see when I scratch built a set ( fourteen actually, six racks with two each, and a single mount on the outer wing pylon) when I built my FGA.9 many years ago.....

Great to see your Jag., back on line Andy, I'm still looking and learning!

Follow the kit instructions......trust them, they're right!! First generation Harrier wings - Mainplanes - were identical ..APART from the FA2. (So that found on a GR1 would be identical to a T4, AV8A AND Sea Harrier FRS1.)The FA2 wing had a small flush triangular fairing in place of the dog-tooth, a vortex generator on each side removed and had an additional wing fence. Kinetic have correctly portrayed both wings, in both kits....