PhilHoff

Hello, Just to clear any misunderstanding, as far as I know, the position of the drop tanks didn't vary, and Tamiya got it right. When the drop tanks and rockets were carried together, only the two outboards rocket carriers coud be used, as shown on the Aviaeology decal instructions. Just to say you can spare yourself the ruler and vernier and simply use Tamiya's pre-drilled holes. Hope this helps Philippe

Older boxings of Revell's 1/32 P-38 had pale blue-grey plastic parts. I'd go with this one. From: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/78368-revell-132-lockheed-p-38j-lightning/ Or : https://arizonaplasticmodels.com/shop/ols/products/234100553-1970-revell-1-32-lockheed-p-38j-lightning-scale-model-kit-h-280 Philippe

Hello, Some informations on the reference F-106 website : https://www.f-106deltadart.com/weapons_20mm_cannon.htm HTH Philippe

Hello, I'd say it looks a lot like an Asia Minor scheme: tan special FS 20400, brown special FS 30140, green FS 34079 and grey FS 36622. As applied to iranian F-5, F-4 and F-14 (as delivered). HTH Philippe

Hello, There are nice pictures of these VF-51 Tomcats, including detail shots, on this page : http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-CV-63-Kitty-Hawk.html Have fun with this nice Academy kit. Philippe

Hello, Yes, McKnight Hurricane had the skelton art on both sides : https://calgarymosquitosociety.com/feature16/feature16.htm Philippe

Hello, According to this document: http://www.vmarsmanuals.co.uk/archive/1227_GEE_MK.II.pdf, the Indicator unit type 62 (behind the pilot seat) was 9'' x 12'' x 18''. The receiver R.1355 was 9'' x 8'' x 18''. Philippe

Hello, As for the umbrella mounting points,as far as I know, these were a feature of tropicalised G not F. I never saw a picture of an F with them. Philippe

Hello, It seems that your instructions are downloadable from there: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-04703-hawker-hunter-fga9-mk58--114500 Philippe

Hello, There are two pictures of A3-49 in this scheme in the Mason and Mottram book http://mmpbooks.biz/shop2/?target=product&product_id=17670 But Revell decals appear to be not too faithful, the stars on the Southern Cross are positioned differently on A3-49 and the yellow on the Squadron markings should be a bit more orange. Actually, it was a 77 SQN aircraft repainted for the parade to mark 3 SQN reformation on Hornets in august 1986, and this livery was very short-lived. Philippe

Hello, 479th Fighter Group Mustangs didn't have coloured noses. Some examples on Little Friends website: http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/galleries/479th-fighter-squadron/ Philippe

Hello, The serial number on the tail is the USAAC/USAAF serial number, minus the first digit of the fiscal year. In your case, the complete serial number is 41-7617. With this serial number and a little ggogling, I found this: http://www.ww.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=165322 And that: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougsheley/3232711621/ That makes your airplane a P-38F-1-LO, of the 71st Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group. Crashed during landing at Goxhill,England on August 19,1942. Philippe

Hello, As 71chally guessed, those are parts of a 1/72 Dujin kit of the N-20 Aiguillon. Look here: http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=182&t=2916 Philippe

Hello There are the Montex masks for the Tamiya Spitfire: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MXMM32105 HTH Philippe

Because the sprues are identical, even the photoetch plate has a 2004 copyright on it. Let's see by yourself: http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_2807.shtml Philippe

Hello, So, it does not appear to be a new tool kit, but the old tooling with the shallow cockpit and all... Well, let's wait to Airfix, now. Philippe

Hello, A great exercise in weathering, indeed, but completely unrealistic for my taste. Filatov's plane, like most soviet P-39, was well maintained and far for beeing that scruffy: Source: http://www.modellismopiu.it/modules/newbb_plus/print.php?forum=132&topic_id=117352 But once again, this is a matter of personal taste, and the work to obtain that finish is certainely interesting, (to depict an airplane abandoned for years in the tundra, IMHO). Philippe

Hello Michael, If I'm not mistaken, the Eduard Mirage IIIC / IIICJ family shares the same plastic, only the decals and accessories (masks, photoetch ans so on) are not the same. Cheers Philippe

Hello, This is a Mirage IIIS. Switzerland purchased a lone Mirage IIIC to use it as a testbed for the Falcon missile integration. See http://www.mc-one.ch/Documents/right%20stuff/dokuments/IIIC/Mirage%20IIIC%20Instructions.pdf Philippe

Hello, You'll find some infos about the interior and the weapons of the Fennec there: http://avions-de-la-guerre-d-algerie.over-blog.com/article-24140042.html Main differences with the T-28D are: No ventral airbrake on the Fennec Additional armour plates on the sides of the forward cockpit Additional air conditioning scoop (already mentioned by Russ) Anti-crash pylon behind the pilot Probably some differences in the cockpit The additional armour plates are visible on this picture: Source: http://fighters.forumactif.com/t57229-t-28-fennec-debut-peinture The Fennecs had two different canopies: Source: http://fighters.forumactif.com/t56878-sud-aviation-fennec?highlight=Fennec All operational Fennecs were silver, the camouflaged one is a modern warbird livery. Hope this helps Philippe

Hello! Look at the path to the picture: www.hphmodels.cz/images/stories/galerie_modelu/Concorde-1-48/48/Concorde-reklama-samostatne5.jpg I think it is more 1:48. Still 1.28 m x 53 cm though. Philippe

Hello MS 406? Philippe

Nick, I agree that the three picture may not be related to each others, but at least the third picture (that shows the famous "The Spook" at Iwo Jima after her accident, april 20th 1945) clearly shows a fixed guns installation with a fairing that is not related to the regular Northrop turret. And, for me, this not an opinion, honest or not, it is a fact . There are other pictures of "The Spook" that show this fairing, and it looks a lot like the first picture provided by Sergey Kosachev on Hyperscale. So, we can assume that at least "The Spook" had a fixed gun installation with a fairing that looks a lot to the pictures provided by Sergey, and it's also my opinion (but I don't force anyone to share it) that this kind of fairng was used on several P-61 in the Pacific theatre of war. Kind Regards Philippe

Hello, There, you'll find pictures of the fixed guns cover usually used in south western Pacific: http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/message/1341523185/Turret It was not identical to the standard turret, in my honest opinion. HTH Philippe

Quickboost also does one Spitfire door, reference 48 538: Source: http://www.quickboost.net/148.htm Philippe