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Had an email from Hannants today to say this was on my watch list and was now in stock! https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RV3925 Eng

Brilliant pic's, really miss Leuchars Please keep posting pics if you have more. I remember the Etendards being there. We were on holiday on the Isle of Skye staying in a cottage close to the Skye bridge when 3 of them passed rather low down the Kyle of Lochalsh, first and most memorable sighting of an Etendard! Eng

That is absolutely gorgeous, I grew up around these as my father was cabin crew on them with BA from '82 until the long after the 748's disappeared, I've flown in MJ more than once, she used to rattle a bit more than the others! Splendid work, you've captured it beautifully. Eng

Hey folks, I certainly wasn't having a dig at Caracal, your decals are outstanding. I think my email was quite reasoned and in fact I was willing to pay the cost of a one-off print if necessary. I really appreciate that you are going to release these in 1/72 and despite currently having sourced decals elsewhere I will still purchase the Caracal sheet as well I really think there will be an uptake for these in the "smaller scale", particularly with UK (and hopefully US) modellers of the mighty Eagle. Thank you for putting a plan out there for these, looking forward to November Eng

Thanks folks, Wolfpak sheet ordered! Eng

Good Evening, I've one of the newer Academy 1/72 F-15C kits in the stash and have taken a notion to build this as a Lakenheath aircraft however I'm really struggling to find decals in 1/72 for these aircraft. F-15E is fine in 1/72 and 1/48, I have some in the decal stash. In 1/48 there is either the new Caracal sheet or the decals out the box with the Academy MSIP II kit for the F-15C but there appears to be nothing in 1/72 other than an old DACO Astra decals sheet that appears to be as rare as hens teeth. Am I missing something here or is there just no demand for these? As far as I can see no current kit of the C includes LN aircraft decals. I did email Caracal to see if they could or intended to produce the 48th scale sheet in 1/72 but I've had no response to my query. Any thoughts or suggestions? Eng

Once this thread was underway I grabbed a HB 'Cat and guess what scheme took my fancy......Yeah, that VF-33 scheme on the old Microscale decal sheet! Unfortunately my progress is disgustingly slow in comparison to yours so there's a fair chance you may still complete that before I do. Top notch work Sir, we're loving it, dig deep and keep these beauties coming. Eng

Loving this! That paint job is outstanding. Eng

Said it before and I'll say it again this thread just keeps on giving, absolutely superior workmanship. I've gotta hand it to you Tony, your patience for adjusting colour schemes and repairing/blending decals is mighty impressive. I'm already slightly envious of your collection of 'Cats and yet there's more to come! Beautiful work, Eng

Nice work, this is gonna be superb! Great choice of aircraft too, what squadron and markings are you going for? I see you have a huge array of reference material but I can highly recommend the following book, a massive selection of images and info on all aspects of the F.3:- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tornado-F3-Years-Air-Defence/dp/0951265652 Eng

Nice work so far. Take your time with the assembly of the nose to fuselage, particularly the panel just aft of the cockpit. This area can be a bit of a nuisance, have a read through some online builds for a bit of guidance here. Eng

Beautiful, superb work. Eng

Awesome! Loving the painting info, absolutely cracking results too. Looking forward to your next update Eng

Wow, that's beautiful Eng

This looks stunning, I was really tempted by one of these when it was released. How does it build up in terms of fit and quality of the detail? Very nice work, Eng

Absolutely stunning work, the A-6 is tremendous but the figures, their positions, the painting, poses are what makes this extra special. Simply outstanding, Rgds, Eng

Cracking build, what a real beaut! Eng

Took a run down to Ayr for a walk along the beach as the forecast was better down the coast than at home. As we passed Prestwick my daughter asked what the big jet was by the old Polar Air hangar, a very quick glance and it appeared to be a DC-10 and I never thought anymore about it, being a Saturday the place was likely to be very quiet. Literally minutes after setting foot on the beach, Maddi again called over to me "Dad, what are those?". Two jets in a gentle left climbing turn...... Ohhh, yes!...... These 2 Super Hornets, one a VF-103 high vis bird, had passed through last week on their way to Paris I believe. I was gutted I'd heard nothing about it, so today I was over the moon to have a.) seen a Super Hornet, b.) seen fast jets on a Saturday and c.) seen a Jolly Rogers aircraft. They literally passed right over head in an orbit whilst said DC-10, the Omega tanker, also got airborne. The Hornets then headed out Northwest splitting up to formate on the DC-10 as they disappeared out of view. Fortunately my wife had her 150-600 lens on her camera and snapped the above pic's, so I can't take the credit for these. Also turned out to be an Armed Forces day event on at the Green so both the new Coastguard AW189 and the S-92 put in an appearance and performed nice low passes and orbits over the beach [URL=http://s128.photobucket.com/user/eng1170/media/825D6772-CB43-4987-B4CE-07D4DA879578_zps8dqlo0ma.jpg.html][/URL] All in all a great day out, apart from the sunburn I'm now sporting this evening! Eng

Looks like you've got no issues there! What a stunning set of builds, beautifully painted and the photo's just finish off the whole thing quite nicely. Welcome back to the hobby. Eng

Whoa, they're all appearing now, this is superb! Amazing that everyone's saying it's not actually that bad a build, just proves that reviews are only one individuals opinion. Lovely work and nice to see a different scheme too. Eng

Thank you chaps, I meant to say I'd be airbrushing, and my chosen ammo is Tamiya, which I have to admit are lovely to spray. My initial instinct was to go white then yellow, but interesting to hear Jamie suggest black basing. Will have a play on my test jet tomorrow. Thanks for for your help guys Eng

A quick question and probably been asked a hundred times before but here goes anyway. Got a small aircraft tug on the go and the overall finish is gloss yellow, what's the best way to get a nice vivid finish? I recall reading somewhere that undercoating in red is the best option. Can anyone confirm if I'm on the right track here or is there a better undercoat option. Rgds, Eng

Nice work Muzz, that's a beautifully turned out jet. The tremendous paint job and very nicely weathered and detailed finish is incredibly eye-catching. I love the look of the F-111, and remember seeing loads of them round the Scottish highlands and Borders as a youngster back in the mid 80's. I've got one of these in the stash with aftermarket decals and some resin bits and this is just the kind of inspiration that could lead to me digging it out. Really, really beautiful bit of work. Rgds, Eng

Lovely build and a great choice of markings too. Beautiful work. Rgds, Grae

Boom! Straight off the back of a stunning Su-17 and now this, absolutely superb. Love the work so far, this kit seems to be getting some good feedback and seems to build well. I'll be watching this one too, very nice. Eng