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That's very nice indeed - an easy build you say? chris

Some superb work going on here!! Would be nice if Airfix updated this kit

thanks - yes that looks good and thankfully not vacform as I have no talent for that! yes ok good idea - thanks

well I don't remember anyone out of our lot being vom monsters - I was way too excited to feel sick!

ah - great minds hey! Yes I have this afternoon decanted the Appliance white and done the top so far and was just wondering if Humbrol 15 would be appropriate! I was thinking Dove Grey for the wings but light grey sounds a better bet as you suggest. As far as I can see the underside is grey around the mid section and towards the back??

the closest I ever really got to the VC10 was when I was in the ATC sometime in 1982 and we had camp at Brize Norton. We were taken up in one for circuits and bumps with a trainee pilot and one at a time we were allowed on the flight deck! The kit I have got is part of a stash i was given a few years back by our wed designer who happened to be the much younger brother of the guy who used to do the intructions for Airfix and who had just retired. He gave me all the kits he had used for design these instructions!

ok this is great - thankyou. I have just been up in the attic on an expedition and found the Airfix VC10 under a pile of stuff so will use that one and get the aftermarket you suggest.

No problem - in fact you might be able to help me then with the colours for a British Airways (Red Tail) Super VC10! I have the 26decals on order but I don't think they give you the colour call outs. thanks

Thanks Dave this is really helpful. The overall colour looks to be Barley Grey? chris

Afternoon folks - am I right in thinking that if I want to build the RAF VC10 C.1K XV105 - 101 SQN 90TH ANNIVERSARY - my only option is the Airfix kit? The Roden kits are the Super VC10 if I have got it right? thanks chris

oh good - looking forward to this Steve! I've been thinking about getting this one as I've just finished the old Revell 1:32 Spit Mk22/24 as a Seafire! cheers chris

wow thats an impressive build!

Superb - love the subtle weathering chris

Superb - like the weathering and exhausts particularly

Thank you all for your kind comments - that garden table is quite big so my challenge is to cover it with Starfighters!

Ok so this one joins my now fleet of three 1:32 F104G Starfighters! The other two were Italeri and this one is a very old Hasegawa kit which was devoid of any detail but ok to build. Thanks to Steve aka Triplex29 who gave me some great information for the build - nice one! Colours were mixture of MrColor, Tamiya and Alclad and the only aftermarket was the pitot. The decals were left over from the Italeri kits as the kit decals were shot to pieces. I don't think the bang seat is the correct one but can correct this later. So I need to find space for more of these! Spanish, Japanese and Danish versions all in my thought processes! Need the forthcoming TF104 as well So some photos of this build and its squadron mates! Chris Edit - just loaded the photos again after the PhotoBucket debacle!

Looks good - is this a reissue or a new tooling? chris

Beautiful - how was the kit to build? chris

Mmmm this is an interesting build. I had sold this kit and was going to re buy it but not so sure now! superb craftsmanship Pappy chris

Ok great - thanks for this great idea and I'm going to give it a bash now and see how i get on! chris

Thankee!

Morning chaps - I had stuff for sale last year but can't find that post. Am I ok to start a new one? thanks chris

Ok so I am building this machine and if you look at the wing tanks they are somewhat weathered! I want to do likewise and wondered how I did this? Hair spray method? If so how do I do it? thanks Chris

Superb Martin - my dog started howling with it!

Ooh very nice indeed! chris