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great pictures. thankyou.

the SUU-23A was the podded M61, I believe. carried by USAF C and D models when they realised their AAMs were somewhat less than useful in most engagements, as the ROE usually predicated visual ID of the target - by which time it was a knife fight. * hurriedly takes off anorak *

on the subject of Lightnings, I'm sure I've heard reference to a quick launching system where they were carried to flying speed on train trucks - have I imagined this or does anyopne have any further info about it?

tried googling them? or alternatively www.hannants.co.uk

I think that makes a good presentation on it's own tbh. if the carsd I have here in the stash turn out half as good looking I'll be a very happy man.

nice - I've got the Tamiya reissue from a few years ago of the 312T and a Revell reboxing of the Protar one here. I want to get a bit more practice in building before I tackle them though. Doc, I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. the T4 was a right ugly sod though as far as racing cars go.

it does leave a bit of a sour taste in the mouth doesnt it. ahem. tbh, I was thinking the same thing as the Hasegawa gr.3 only cost me £7. which is rather more than I'd expect to pay for the Airfix one.

that looks amazing - I've got the Revell repop of the old Protar 1/12 version here in the stash, but looking at how good yours is I dont think I'll bother.

I've not long picked up the Hasegawa gr.3 with markings for a no.4 sqn aircraft - is this a repop?

had a look here? http://www.f1m.com/main/ do halfords do a spray similar? of course, you could always do what one dedicated nutjob does (I forget his name, but he does post his work and it is **incredible**) - he actually buys his paint direct from the team supplier in each case.

eduard have just rereleased it with a resin cocpit, pe fret and new decals. it's mad a good kit even better according to the reviews. http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/edu..._edu_1121.shtml

your dog looks ace mike.

that looks brilliant, especially sat on that base.

this will tell you what the US versions look like - cant think they'd be hugely different to the raf models. http://uscockpits.com/Helicopters/Helicopters.html#H47

nice, really nice looking work. theres something very 'right' about the green/grey green/earth RAF colour schemes.