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Great finish & a lovely build.

That's a beautifully built & finished Hunter Omer. I'll second your hope that Revell re-release them again soon!

Hi Mike If you still have it, I'd love a copy too please?

Having a bit of a Fleet Air Arm flavour to my stash, I'd like to see some aircraft not normally thought of as FAA covered. I'm thinking of Spitfires (unhooked), Lysanders, Travellers, Mosquitos etc. some of these can be found singly on other sets, but it would be great to put a set together.

Lovely builds of my favourite subjects. You're right about the size of the Wyvern too - I hadn't realised it was such a brute!

Beautiful job.

Great news!

I would have a go if the Paragon conversion was to be had. Unfortunately it's not & my skills are well below that necessary to research & scratch the mods necessary.

Thanks Wez. That'll be my plan & put the purchase of the G kit down to haste before research!

Oh blimey I hadn't realised just what how many subtleties there are regarding B-17s! I am working in 1/72 and have the new Revell B-17G on the way. I've realised it's unsuitable for a Coastal Command aircraft - I have an Academy B-17E in the stash. I wondered if Revell included the F parts in the G kit. Hope this makes at least some sense!

I think I'll give up on the 100 Group model - it's a bit too much for me without a conversion kit. Anyone know if the Revell B-17 can be built as an F/Fortress Mk.II?

Thanks Troy - it's downloading now.... I had no plans to build anything 100 Group - my interests are mainly FAA and Coastal Command, but this does look interesting! Lots of off aerials & lumps all over the place!

Thanks PhantomBigStu. To make things worse, I've bought the sheet & a Revell B-17G plus Eduard mask set! Ah well, anyone got a Paragon designs 100 Group resin set they'd like to sell?

I'm hoping an expert might be able to cast some light on this for me: The new Kits World decal sheet KW172125 contains 3 RAF Fortresses, 2 of which are Mk II's (B-17F?) in 'normal' Coastal Command colours of Extra Dark Sea Grey, Dark Slate Grey over White. The 3rd however is a Mk.III in Dark Earth, Dark Green over Night and is listed as BU-E 'Take It Easy' KJ177/G of 214sqn RAF Coastal Command. I've googled & searched the web but can't find rerefence to 214 being anything other than attached to Bomber Command, latterly with 100 Group. Is it possible that the squadron, or single aircraft, could have been seconded to assist in Coastal Command missions without being transferred officially? I did find one image of what appears to be a 100 Group B-17 parked near a Coastal Command Liberator on Rekjavik? Thanks Post edited to reflect changes

Cracking job there Bill. What's next?!!

That's beautiful mate!

I found a Voyager KC2 tanker from Brize Norton that went to the Cairngorms then headed south to spend a lot of time loitering off the Cornish coast. It then headed north again over the Isle of Man to complete a couple of racetrack circuits near the west coast of Scotland before heading home to Brize.Can't say for certain it had anything to do with the Typhoons and Bears.

Spot on now Paul. Should have said earlier that I first checked on mi ipad.

Hi Paul Your link takes me to a Facebook page. Thought you should know!

No trouble at all.

Plenty on there to make people happy, not least of which are the Canberra & Hastings. I'll be tempted!

Chaps, the Victor set does appear to have been removed from the site. When I ordered last night it was clear that the sets are not in stock as yet (ETA Friday 13th Feb) so perhaps Colin wants to wait until he has the resin in his hands before committing to a lot of sales? Edit: Victor set is now visible again: http://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1008&osCsid=7b210f688aa4e007d8a01411f436dea3

Thanks for the heads-up Mark! Another set ordered over here!

Fascinating web site Mike. Great family story.

I'd not heard about their spat. My guess is that AZ wanted the first & last word whilst MPM held the middle ground. Sorry I'll get me coat!