RidgeRunner

Sadly not, mate. It is certainly a French built aircraft but not operated by the French in Africa. Sorry. “It would cover any French-operated land, sea or air subject, across any period” Martin

Continuing the "Arctic Red" theme, I have today got the red areas painted. These are, as you can see, the rear fuselage and fin/rudder plus the tailplanes. The latter have caused a little discussion as the decal instruction sheet appears to indicate natural metal overall with red tips. However, the standard for the delivery flights, for which this paint was applied, was overall red with the Leading Edge (LE) as natural metal. There are only two known images of this machine in these colours and neither is conclusive, sadly. So, for variety I have gone with the latter. The red is, of course, Insignia Red. I used Colourcoats in this case. You can see that I have also decided to paint the nose band. For this the "yellow" has gone on, using Humbrol 46 Orange, which seems to match the decal colour and known images of machines from this unit. I will possibly use red decal lining for the red central line on the bands. I have also painted the puttied seals around the quarter lights. I changed from SH masks to those from Art Scale, which seem to fit better. After fitting I masked a thin edge around both windows and painted the gap with Colourcoats Matt White using a hairy stick. Back on Monday to get the anti-glare on. Martin

Gorgeous stuff!!!!

I'm with you on that, 100%!!! Too many B-type roundels, balkenkeuze and Star of David for my liking !

Little bits tidied, painted and gloss varnished. Model varnished too. She will sit now until next week while I get on with clearing the F-84F and Invader off the shelf . Next week I will get the weathering done and final assembly (I hope!). It all depends on work stuff, home and seeing the latest grandchild! Martin

I like your style, Dennis :). By the way, I still owe you the decal sheet and will, I promise, get it in the post very soon. Sorry for my tardiness

How’s she coming along, mate?

Nearly done, Mark?

Is this beauty closing in on the Gallery, Enzo?

How’s she doing, Enzo?

How’s this one doing, mate?

So you have an option? - remove the film or leave it and use setting solutions? Edit: I like your sealed quarter lights, by the way

Are we putting up too many possible GB proposals and the membership is getting tired of them?

Wonderful work! That’s a great kit

It’s just dawned on me about the SH decals. Are they this new type of water Slide, requiring a different process (FFA film), or have I got that wrong? If they are, what is the process, please? Thanks. Martin