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Thanks Roger. That is what I suspected. Martin

i am very interested in the panel line staining effects being used here. @Roger Newsome what is your method? Martin

Hi Dennis, I am admiring Roger's work here and felt it would be inappropriate to fade the national markings. While Greek machines often faded to an extreme they always kept these markings in better order to the degree they could in the Mediterranean weather. Just trying to be encouraging ;). Martin

No, please don't!

Definetly! Martin

Nice :). I like the nose mounted cannon, like the UH-1M. An MX-3 or was is XM-3? Martin PS: I just checked - an M-5. A grenade launcher

A great model of a great plane Martin

Thanks Andy. I'll dig out some more from that trip soon. Martin

Ah ha, I hadn't noticed!

... good luck with the set up. I’m looking forward to seeing what you post Martin

No problem, mate. They were certainly great times, when you could relatively easily access these machines, and when they wore something other than overall grey ;).

You may be in the crowd behind the F-14?

Hi Jinxman, It is a Nikon Coolscan VED and I process with old Photoshop (Elements) 9. Thanks for your compliments Martin

Thanks for the likes chaps. I am wondering, though, if the time am spending at the scanner with chopper images is worth it! :(.... apart from yours there is, it seems, little interest in anything that doesn’t consume huge amounts of Jet A-1 that then gets blasted through an afterburner :(... Martin

Ah yes, JFK was more interesting with the RF-8s. A very choppy trip out to her as I recall! Blue Blasters A-6s, Swordsmen F-14s and more Martin

My sympathies, Adey!

Me too, although I was partial to Frog kits too and had a Whitley underway by Christmas afternoon on one year! Martin

Okay, I'll get back to the scanner soon Martin

If nothing else you deserve praise for sticking with the gentleman's scale ;). Good build. Martin

Thanks Wez. Yes, I hoping to replicate those with my brush/broom filaments ;).

Of what, mate? A-7s?, Hercs?, choppers? Starfighters? MIGs? Other U.S. army? .........or pot luck? Martin

Hi again all! This time I've opted for something a little more local. The date was 23rd June 1978 and the following few shots are from a visit to the carrier while docked in Stokes Bay, off Portsmouth, UK. A typically grey and wet day played havoc with Kodak's finest but I've wrestled these in to submission ;): I hope you like them. Martin

I didn't mean to give you a headache but it'll look right once done Martin

Adding some other residents: Martin