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https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-eurofighter-typhoon-fgr4-supersonic-starter-set-addition-2024 Workbench on the Typhoon starter set, the team were hosted at Coningsby by Adam "Paddy" O'Hare back in 2022.

That's exactly how they will come, it's the entire reason they are made, I'm really looking forward to the Shannon class Lifeboat, again the intention for this is for it to be available through the RNLI shops and stands, I know my local RNLI are looking forward to it being available as are The Sir Samuel Kelly lifeboat restoration team for their shop.

This is getting ridiculous, the Airfix 109 and Mustang are STARTER KITS, they are mainly intended for newcomers to the hobby and for Auntie Joan to buy little Johnny for Christmas or birthday, for sale at museums and airshows, that is why they are simplified and come with paint, brushes and cement and for this they are perfect and also build into nice little models in their own right. I have never seen Eduard, AZ, Zvezda or the like for sale at museums etc, in fact even none of my local model shops stock them. Working with cadets on starting model making these are the kits I would supply them with, the instructions are easy to follow and provide a couple of pages of tips for building as well as showing exactly where to apply glue etc. These are not intended to compete with Eduard etc, the name gives it away, STARTER Set!

The Airfix boxing with the Gulf War scheme had Bravo November as the second option. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-a05035-boeing-chinook-hc1--109398

Apart from the Matchbox, the Airfix release of Italeri 72...

Not unless they have a TARDIS, it takes 2-3 years from initial research /scanning to the kit to be ready for announcement /release.

Coming in multiple scales, I have their Humber Pig and RUC Tangi Land Rover but this one really is a massive improvement in detail. https://www.facebook.com/100075996334627/posts/pfbid034pt3z7JEMFJYeHzs17T7NSEgasGVCiyH6fHytxMyfS1PddmfTwn7D7Yu4G4o69r6l/

The large filters were available at the time of the Gulf War on the HC.1, with the schemes provided both early metal and late composite blades are needed, Bravo November had metal ones during the Falklands. Differences between the HC.1 and later versions are many, on the HC.2 it had the closed rear pylon, the "stick and wire" antenna on the port side was replaced by a solid towel rail type, additional MAWS sensors and mounts were added to the front and rear pylons, there were three cargo hooks from the 2 onwards only two on the HC.1. I also think the number of refuelling points were changed. There is a flat pyramid comms mount on the top of the starboard fuselage on the 2 onwards, the 3 and 5 have the large sponsons, the 4 onwards have a "glass" cockpit, the DAS fit developed from basically none on the 1 to all the sensors and flare/chaff dispensers that can be seen on the later ones. The 3 and 5 have different flare /chaff boxes in different locations than the 2 and 4. Looking at the kit it appears that only the HC.1, early and late can be made from it, there doesn't appear to be any weapons, Minigun or M-60 provided either. I know the reasoning behind making the HC.1 but I would really have preferred the later variants so that the MERT cabs from Herrick could be built as well as the RAF special schemed ones from the last several years. I'm afraid the HC.1 doesn't do it for me.

Yes, though designed at the same time.

New tooling the previous one was the Italeri reboxed.

My one arrived on Thursday along with another FAA one, that was 34 quid using my Hornby points 😁

From the Airfix Facebook page the coin is included with the preorders.

With my ones sweet FA, just about the most perfect kits I've ever built, go together without problems and molded perfectly.

2x Mk.30 passively-homing acoustic torpedoes 6 x Mk.11 250lb depth-charges 5 x Sonobuoy 8x unguided rockets. They suit any of the schemes as they were the most common used by the Gannet.

Fit in the photographic role,(high and low level) and for observation. Camera fits: Low level fit, (250ft height for camera passes) 2 Vinpan pods one on each wing (shorten jaguar pod) 360 degree spinning cameras with 180 photographic cover using either colour, b&w or IR film fitted, with a further camera fitted in the rear cab looking straight down. High Level fit for operation between 2000 and 10000 ft, 2 cameras adjusted for height before take off, one camera in rear cab looking straight down, the other oblique camera at a 45*deg through aperture in rear port door. Observation ops, just special radio kit, camera mounts for handheld camera as well as using stabilised bino’s. 😉

CTA Decals have a dedicated 1970 Ark Royal sheet that includes the COD Gannet, I have used the Sea King ones from it on my build, it also has Phantom, Buccaneer and AEW Gannet on the sheet.

On the Sea King as well.

I'm there as well 😉😁

Gannet now in stock at Airfix 😁

They scanned the one at Duxford as the UAS one was in bits at the time, that scanning was quite a while ago so higher definition data is probably possible now.

What a load of ball cocks, you obviously don't know any of the team or their passion for the work they do, I would happily put the current Airfix research team, and their contacts above any other major model company. And yes I have helped them with research and access to aircraft on a few occasions.

It's going well, over the last couple of weeks the front and centre sections of the fuselage have been primed ready for painting.

The Gannet at the Ulster Aviation Society. https://www.ulsteraviationsociety.org/fairey-gannet-ecm6-as4

With the Hornby points I had and Club members discount, on the way for £34.91 certainly can't beat that 😜😂

Finished this this morning, the new Airfix Sea King, an absolutely fantastic kit with no build or fit problems at all, painted with Mr Hobby 14 Navy Blue, it has the right grey tone for RAF blue grey. I used the CTA Sixth Commission Ark Royal decals sheet to finish it as XV654, R050, 824NAS HMS Ark Royal 1970. I also used a set of Eduard H-60 five point seat harness for the cockpit. The only problem with this is that I want to build more of them 😜 https://flic.kr/p/2p2pguN https://flic.kr/p/2p2j151