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Greetings from a fellow modeller from Nottingham currently located in South Wales! Clive

Ah thanks, I missed the icon showing the removal of the nose and assumed it was showing the parts being attached. Clive

Brilliant work, but I'm curious, I've never seen a 1/72 Fujimi Spey Phantom with separate nose pieces before. Is this one of the modifications made when the other improvements were made I wonder? Clive.

Brilliant thank you, I'll know what to look out for when I eventually get around to building my own Fujimi F-4's. Clive

Please excuse my ignorance, whilst I understand the RWR difference, are there other significant differences in the actual plastic of both kits (FG.1 v FGR.2) that necessitate the fuselage swap? Regards, Clive.

Hello Rob and welcome, Clive in Arnold.

Sorry to butt in chaps, but for the sake of the uninitiated (ME) could somebody please explain the purpose/operation of the "Z lights"? I've tried looking it up but most threads seem to assume that everyone knows what they are. Thanks, Clive.

I'm by no means an expert but I believe that the "hump" was common where a Packard Merlin was fitted, the Airfix Spitfire IX in 1/48 scale has a humped and non-humped cowling. Clive

Thank you again Paul, my original query came because both ESCI and Revell would have the undersurface on Berthold's D.VII as lozenge whereas Eduard show grey green and Roden steel grey which I think is their go-to for Fokker turquoise. Clive.

Thsnks Paul, Am I to take any profiles which show a lozenge underside as in error? Clive

Does that aerofoil shaped thing between the wheels of Fokker aircraft have an official name? Anyway, I've always wondered what colour the upper surface of this "thing" would be. Most profiles show an underside view, mainly blue or lozenge coloured, but what about the top side? Specifically I was wondering about DR.1's with Fokker "streak" colours and D.VII's with lozenge flying surfaces. I appreciate that with the jazzy colours sported by many there may have been repainting but as a general rule of thumb what is the factory fresh colour for both schemes and secondly, would this area have been repainted when individual pilots had their favoured colours applied elsewhere. Hope this makes sense and many thanks, Clive.

I have the MPM kit in my stash and from what I recall, the Mk.V/Bisley also has revised undercarriage in the form of full doors rather than the semi-retracted earlier models of Blenheim. This may help: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/1/8/9/112189-78-instructions.pdf Clive

I remember building one of these when I was a wee nipper back in the 60's. It was liberally used flying low-level parallel to a Hornby train track strafing the rolling stock with its turret guns whilst the Airfix 8th Army sabotaged the track! Talk about historical accuracy - NOT! Clive

Sorry my mistake, I thought you meant a Fujimi model with HAS.1 decals.

That I don't know, I was only offering a suggestion to the poster who said he might have difficulty finding a long oop Fujimi kit.