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hi Akira, Excellent news all round. 24 days to go!! Andy

Don't hold your breath on getting the colours. Just about the only ones available off the shelf are the two blues of Mitsubishi F-2s and the Mitsubishi F-1 greens and browns. To be honest you could easily use FS colours simply matching to photos and as long as they look close, no one will notice. Jun - i may meet you in May at Shizuoka as i will be with Akira on the Silver Wings table. It would be nice to get together. Andy

hi there, Is this in any way related to the North Wing Model Craft conversion? thanks Andy

ahh, sorry i got confused with the way you worded your reply Andy

Myself and five of the guys from IP84 are off to this show in a few weeks. We are getting VERY excited Andy

There is an air museum at Newquay airport but sadly, the model shop in Truro has closed. Just pottering round the coast is great fun (the kids live in Perranporth) Andy

Why did you switch to JPEG when you were used to RAW (i presume)? Andy

Thanks for all your hard work over the years in organising this show Gary, from all of us in IP84 and Mercia. Top Job! Andy

You'll soon get fed up with carrying a hard-shell case around. Lowepro is a good recommendation for a bag and they do specialist lens bags Andy

Thanks. On mine the rotor head is removable, so I display the model on a shelf but the blades are in the attic only coming out for shows Andy

Hi Anthony, I sent a reply to your PM but for the record, the only aftermarket I used was the set from Wolfpack for the seamless exhausts only and the Eduard brass set, both of which are great Black Dog Reain do some sets now that weren't available at the time. You will need to check internet photos for what is and isn't fitted between the CH and MH (the US versions also differs in kit fit to the JMSDF version) Sea Dragons. As I said in my other reply, all other details were scratch built straight from photos of JMSDF helicopters, so I know they were correct but I don't know about US versions really. Plenty of good pictures out there though. Andy

hi Sven, As i mentioned in one of the other threads, i was there in '92 and Strega had just won the Reno Air Races. The memories are great, thanks Andy

Great photos. thanks for posting Sven Andy

gorgeous model of a beautiful plane Andy

that's a beauty. well done Andy