JaseBlade

We got pretty lucky on holiday this year, and got to head on to Juan Carlos I for a tour whilst it was in Gran Canaria for a while. Here's a few photos- Thanks for looking, Jason

Finally nearing the end on this one, I think... Thanks for looking, Jason

Coming together slowly. Putting the decals on is turning out to be a long process.

Managed to get a bit of paint on now. A few bits to touch up, but otherwise quite happy with how it's come out.

Made a start on this lovely Revell Tornado. Using a few extras for this one: -Aires detail set with cockpit, wheel bays, radar and electronics bays -Flightpath boarding ladder -Master model pitot tube and AOA probes -CMK remove before flight tags Dry fits of the resin cockpit and electronics bays show that although a little filling will be needed, it does all manage to squeeze into the kit parts- And after a bit of paint- The wing mechanism- Now it's starting to resemble a Tornado. Thankfully the rest of the kit is much quicker to get together than the cockpit- Thanks for looking, Jason

A few more from Mildenhall today. Finally got to see an Osprey flying there after only seeing ground runs there previously- Thanks for looking, Jason

Nice shots. I wonder if these are the same ones that were at RAF Leeming for exercise Jaded Thunder a couple of weeks back?

Hi Rick. As far as I know, you're right on it being an RC-135- I usually just rely on my dad's recognition of planes, as when it gets past the basics then I'm not so good. Had another few hours at Mildenhall today, so will post some more photos soon.

Being fairly young, I think I've seen more A-10s in the past couple of months than in the rest of my life. I was only at Mildenhall today, but could see the A-10s departing from Lakenheath at around 16:30, with their tanker departing from Mildenhall just after.

Thanks for enlightening me a bit on the loadout, it is interesting I'm not sure on whether it's true or not, but I have read on Facebook that their tanker went tech so they'll most likely be in at least 24h. Also read that 4 went into Lakenheath and another 4 to Lajes. Hope you get to see them. We have got lucky as we happen to be down this way from Yorkshire visiting family. Didn't expect to see A-10s again so soon after seeing them at Leeming the other week.

I have next to no knowledge on that side of things, so would be interested to know about the loadout combination Not heard anything about departures, but I'll let you know if I do. Thanks, Jason

Had a nice varied day out at these two bases today. Got to Mildenhall to find we were the only ones there, caught a few arrivals and departures before heading to Lakenheath- so that's where everyone was hiding then. Thankfully got there in plenty of time to see 4 A-10s landing. Again, not up to the standard of many as they're only on a compact camera, but nonetheless, I hope you enjoy seeing them. Thanks for looking, Jason

Last bit of work for today- Thanks for looking, Jason

Cheers everyone. A little more progress-

I'm afraid I don't really know much about the Apache, but from looking at other photos I would say it does move in flight. It was great to see the a-10s, Simon, it was a case of no movement with them for ages and then 4 going up at once which was well worth the wait. The resident hawks and other visitors made it a good busy day though. As for the first photo, I think it's just the angle it was taken from. The grass was that long in some parts that you could hardly see the a-10s behind it