Graham T

Welcome & that is looking really very good....I'l check back in say 4 years when you come to putting the paint on!! I did exactly the same on a couple of my Buccs (Flightpath/Neomega etc.), the Flightpath set is a real masterpiece but you need to be very confident with etched parts to make full use of it (I am not).

Nice work. I love that MSG/PRU Blue scheme, whatever it's on.

This is quite handy by Ed Grantham. It shows the spine mounted chaff dispenser quite well. I may try to replicate it with platicard rather than the kit's etched part. http://edsaircraft.co.uk/Models/Articles-M...0D/1/index.html

Thanks for posting......that Blackjack is absolutely ENORMOUS!!!

Nice model.....nice work!!

Stef so presumably, the port side glazed panel should be painted over on the D/N?

Yes looked like Aden/Radafan (with that hill fort). Just caught a glimpse of a Scimitar in there too!

Nice idea. Whick kit?......and is that an old Airfix stand?? It sure brings back memories!!

OK, why are there windows in the intakes on this aircraft? One is in the port side near the top & the other on the starboard side near the bottom & rather strangley shaped (go here & see the latter below the small strake & behind the red/white warning triangle: http://www.airliners.net/photo/France---Ai...00D/1249162/L/). Just curious!

I'm having a really hard time with the etched spine panel. I swear I cut as per the instructions but when the part is offered up, there is too much removed at the front end so I've had to stick a bit back!! The sensor pod, plus a couple of FAF GBU's are on order from Skraider Models, plus another C/D kit as when I went into Hannants today they had no more in stock & weren't certain they'd be getting anymore! Also managed to pick up tins of Xtracolour M2000C greys for when I come to tackle that one.

The seats (still on their casting blocks with a little more detail painting to be done). My big worry now is how to add the etched spine panel to the model. It requires removing the corresponding area of plastic from the kit but it's going to be awkward & possibly beyond me!

Nice. Accurate Armour kit? Built that years ago.

£30 & worth every penny IMHO. The seats are the closest thing to sex I've had whilst building a model - pic to follow (of the seat, not me having sex ).

I suck at PE! Unfortunately I'm a fan of the kind of highly detailed update sets produced by the likes of Flightpath so I end up wasting most of the etched parts. Bought a "Hold'n'fold" but it didn't help.

Not until now! Whats the issue? The instructions are pretty clear about what parts go to an "N" & a "D".

In a "nut-shell": 1) Dump the cockpit & use Neomega(?) or Cutting Edge or Aries(?) 2) Remove 3mm from the rear tip of the tail plane bullet fairing 3) Move the horizontal tailplanes 3mm forward (easy to do by just removing this amount from the front ends of their attachent tabs) so their trailing edges are in line with the trailing edge of the fin. 4) Dump the u/c & use the Aries set. 5) If you're feeling really flush, get hold of the Flightpath update set! Here's one of mine (& not intended to hijack Darius's thread, just to show what can be done with the Flightpath set etc.)

With the Harrier T10 stalled waiting some decent seats, I made a start on this. For those who don't already know, it's the old Heller kit with a shed load of etched & resin parts. The etched parts are prepainted & just glued to the kit plastic parts (after a very small amount of surgery, all of which is clearly pointed out on the instructions). This is the result after no more than 30 mins work after the cockpit base colour coat was dry! Rear cocpkit: Front: Over view: These Eduard prepainted etched parts are an absolute doddle & I will investigate what other sets they provide! I'm also waiting for delivery of the Skyraider Models PDL-CT pod.

Oooooh look, a plane flying at an air base! Petrol 28p/litre!! Once had to visit RAF Lakenheath on business & dealt with a female USAF captain. First & only customer who I ever met in combat fatigues!

That's a nice job. This & the Sea Hawk have been winking at me from the pile for a long time now. I really should dig them out.

Haven't started mine yet Bill, but good to see someone else doing an early MR1 which is what mine'll be.

Bloody hell, Kitech have ripped off the Airfix kit!

Nice build but the single seat Gnat really doesn't float my boat. It's kind of a "Hunter Lite"!

Someone's bound to chip in but I must confess to having seen absolutely no builds/comments on this kit except for one that suggested the rotor blades were "all wrong" for a Brit Chinook! Surprising that no one seems to have tackled it & posted their experiences.

Nice work. I can never get that "painted on" look with my decals!

Cheers, not too late for me to add the screen.