WV908

Shall we play price tag bingo? I imagine this will sit somewhere around the £130 mark? I really want one of these but I'm also tempted to hold out and see if they do any later marks. A late mark F.XIVe would be a dream come true (says he who has five Griffon conversions in the stash) Cheers, WV908

Drat! I missed this. Email sent in hope. Cheers, WV908

Still no aftermarket paddle blade props for this. Seems very odd. Cheers, WV908

Yeah the photos were the final push to make me order it. I'm always wary about 3d printed parts but the detail is so fine and the surfaces so smooth that one rubbed back coat of primer is all that will be needed. The extras like the towing bar and crew ladder piqued my interest and especially when you weigh up the cost vs the 1/48 Special Hobby offering it seems fairly reasonable. After missing out on the first run I did end up buying three of the special hobby kits second hand for about £40 each (Two AJ's and an SK) and had decided to wait for Jetmads to do the SK and planned to pick that up... But I decided when this second run of JA's was announced that I couldn't resist the proper fighter Viggen with that huge belly cannon. I want to do a bit of research on the kit to see what variants can be built from this, but I'd quite like to build a grey end-of life JA Cheers, WV908

Someone over on LSP said the current order numbers include the Learjet (I think) pre-orders - so collectively between the two they appear to have half-sold each. Either that or the Viggen is nearly sold out again but I decided not to chance it. I did secure a pre-order for the first run but had to cancel as the payment just hit at a bad time. Well, this time I've already paid so it's only a matter of time Cheers, WV908

Just got my order in (11058) These things are selling fast. Sadly never seen a JA-37, but I am lucky enough to have seen both SWAFHF Viggens fly and live very close to the one on display at Newark. I can't wait for it to arrive - it looks fantastic.

I guess this is the reason why Almark included Victor markings on their 1/48 Gulf War sheet? Cheers, WV908

When I saw the topic header I immediately thought of the Kitsworld 1/32 Jaguar decals Now there may not be an IM kit but there is the Tigger Models vac-form that is occasionally available (he seems to rotate what he produces and puts on eBay) I have been tempted by it, but it is extremely basic. Where are the resin wheels available from please? Cheers, WV908

Fourth one at the bar, don't mind if I pull up a stool? Ironically I've just purchased the xtradecal set for this particular Phantom in 1/48 as the decals with my kit are shot. The old Hasegawa is a different challenge to the Fujimi, but regardless I'm interested to see how you approach this build - particularly the paint scheme. Cheers, WV908

I don't think I've ever taken part in this! Anyway; Cheers, WV908

This build just keeps getting better and better Cheers, WV908

Apologies for my absence everyone - been a very busy few weeks with no time for modelling at all (that and the Hobby room has been way too hot) My parts from Jack turned up but equally have had no responses to PMs since. Cheers, WV908

To be honest, I was just being lazy so typed out F3 haha

This is a fairly common topic over on the BPAG facebook group. To clarify; All FG.1's had both the recess and hook and never lost them All FGR.2's had it faired over. Unfortunately I cannot recall the status of the F.3's off the top of my head, but most (all?) of them were Vietnam vets and would have had them originally. Cheers, WV908

40 grams are required? Ouch. I guess you could separate the nose cone, drill into the weight compartment and add more? I plan on building a K2, which means a chunk of resin right in the tail. That will be fun to balance. Cheers, WV908.

Has anyone else found that their cockpit sprues are so thick with mould release agent that they've had to scrub them? I've never known it be this bad. Weirdly, the 'dodgy' kit out of my three has problems all around. It has warped sprues, a few damaged parts and it looks like one of the sprues has been through a glitter factory. To me it looks as if this first batch was rushed through two different factories as the differences between the kits are quite major. Cheers, WV908

I am very tempted since it is a unique scheme, but I was thinking of building 558 during her MMR period or with OCU markings in white. Definitely will not consider building 558 as a K2 as I'll be building XH560 at some point. Cheers, WV908

Err I just filled it with BB pellets until it was full haha. Cheers, WV908

My fourth would either be a Black Buck example, or XM655 in her current scheme. XH558 isn't really on my radar and I'm already building two 200 series aircraft, one of which is in wraparound camo so I'm not too worried. Cheers, WV908

New wings have landed, so the triple build is back on. Cheers, WV908

Thanks Alan, I'll have a good look into what was carried (and cross reference it with what you supplied in the kit) I didn't know you served during GW1 and I've not heard an account like yours before (I tend to focus on the Scud Hunter side of it) . It certainly puts it into perspective how scary it was. Cheers, WV908 (I'm still having no luck replying to your emails sadly)

Hi Alan, Sorry I missed this, but I was thinking of things to complete a Gulf War fit. All my spare missiles from Phantoms are going onto two Tornado F3 builds sadly. Cheers, WV908

@Icelandic Fine Art Did enough of the original moulds for the B.2 survive to be able to cast me a new set of wings to replace my original 'full cast' ones? Cheers, WV908

I'm looking forwards to the Mandator too - Is the one at Hendon the only survivor? Cheers, WV908

Theoretically there must be at least two people with two sets of uppers. Mine was from Jadlam too but they are not able to help with spares. A direct line to the Airfix spares department is the way to go. Jadlam at best can give you a refund as they are out of stock now. Cheers, WV908