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If you mean the Thunderjet, there is a color photo of an F-84E with the gun bay door open, on page 72 of Osprey Frontline Color 3 F-84 Thunderjet over Korea. The inside of the door is dark green while the inside of the gear doors and speed brake are zinc yellow. Sorry, I have no photo if you mean Thunderstraek. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Totally agree with Pete. The photo is not clear, but the fin shape is characteristic of the BLU-1/27 and the size also matches. The BLU-1/27 is listed on page 1-128 of the A-7K Aircraft Weapon Delivery Manual. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

According to the Pilot's Notes Hunter F. Mk. 6, the flaps are lowered during landing only. The flaps are raised before taxing as the Pilot's Notes instruct the flaps should be up after landing. For take off, normally the flaps are not used, but to be set at 38 degrees down when external stores are carried. The flaps are still in up position after the engine is shut down, but they can be lowered by means of pressure from the air bottle when the hydraulic pressure is not available. Cheers, Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

There are photos of WB202, XF310, WW594 and XF378 in Putnum book, Hawker Aircraft since 1920 by F. K. Mason. Another F. K. Mason's book, Hawker Hunter Biography of a thoroughbred has a close up of the dummy Firestreaks and pylons. Warpaint No. 8 Hawker Hunter has a color profile of XF378. The Flight magazine features a detailed article on the Fireflash in 16 August 1957 issue. You can download this article as PDF files from the Flightglobal/Archive at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957 - 1136.html?search=fireflash Cheers, Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

The tail plane span of the single seater is 14 ft. while the two seater has the longer tail plane of 15 ft. 8 in. Cheers, Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

VA-56 used the tail code "AH" during 1970 when the unit was deployed in CVW-16 (tail code AH). They did not use the A-7A in this period, but used the A-7B with modex 400. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Sorry, those photos should be of RF-4E, not F-4E. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

This photo was taken by a good friend of mine, "nabe3" during the annual Fighter Meet in 1982. According to the photo caption by him, these F-104Js were painted in grey two-tone overall. I'm not sure but they could be Dark Grey (1) (#3706) and Light Grey (2) (#3702). Here's the link to his photo page. http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/aF1042j.html The Ministry of Defense Japan has its own color standard NDS Z 8201E for the equipment and a PDF version can be downloaded from the link below. https://www.mod.go.jp/atla/nds/Z/Z8201E.pdf I will ask nabe3 to post here more information on Komatsu F-104J. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

There are some walk around photos of the hard wing Hellenic F-4E on pages 38 and 39 of F/RF-4E Phantom II from Periscopio Publications. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

See this. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

The early Hurricanes and Spitfires used the different two-blade props. On page 141 of "The Hawker Hurricane", Francis K. Mason wrote the prop of the early Mk. I as "Propeller: WattS two-blade right-hand wooden Type Z38. Diameter 11 ft. 3 in. Weight, 79 lb. While, Alfred Price wrote on page 81 of "The Spitfire Story" that the first production Mk. I, K9787 used the Airscrew Company two-bladed fixed pitch wooden, 10 ft 8 ins diameter. Hope this will help. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

This guy built an all yellow Hotspur based on the article in Airfix Magazine August 1976 issue. https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=379&start=540 Scroll down to almost the bottom. The magazine said, "A handful of Hotspurs survived long enough to acquire an overall yellow finish with black under surface stripes like HH130 which carried A in black on its nose and FCVP aft of the roundels during 1946-47". Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Here are scans from the two Canadian books, titled CANADIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT Finish and Markings 1968-2004 and ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE Aircraft Finish and Markings 1947-1968 showing photos of the Mk. 5 with wing tip tanks. Scanned images were deleted as advised by a forum member. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Very close, but not the same. F-104G, Histoire du Lockheed Starfoghter en Service a L'Otan by Robert Verhegghen quoted the Belgian camo colors as Dark Green 24064, Tan 20219, Green 24102 and Grey 26622 while the US SEA colors were Green 34079, Tan 30219, Green 34102 and Grey 36622, as per the diagrams below. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

On page 207 of FALKLANDS The AIR WAR, there is a photo of the FRS. 1, ZA194/251 from 809 Squadron armed with two Sidewinders under each wing. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Hi Sean, According to the Red Star Volume 34, Mikoyan MIG-25 Foxbat, Guardian on the Soviet Borders, three MiG-25 RBTs were used by the Bulgarian AF and at least 5 were used by Iraqi AF. there are some photos in this book but, you can find photos by Googling with keywords "bulgarian mig-25 rbt" or "iraqi mig-25 rbt". Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

I'm pretty sure that this site helps you a lot. http://www.ww2shots.com/gallery/v/Weapons_+military+equipment/Air+Force/Japan/Japanese+Aircraft+Captured+by+the+Allies/France/ Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

This photo is a part of the IWM photo collection and the image is available from the URL below. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205209407 The photo caption says as follows. Martin Baltimore Mark V, FW332 'R' "Redwing", of No. 13 Squadron RAF, taxies out for a night sortie over the Gothic Line at Cecina, Italy. The bomb-tally on the nose of the aircraft indicates that it had carried out a total of 80 operations, 66 of which were at night. It also appears in Ian Allan book, Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War Volume Two by Christopher F. Shores along with a closeup shot of the nose with the 7 crews standing in front of it. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Hi Jim, Here are a couple of photos to show the camera window on each side. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

I have posted some diagrams from the original handling manual in my Frickr Photo Album. Those will help you when detailing up your model. https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums/72157633971637160 Jun in Tokyo

The first half of the film was a part of news reel No. 157 of Japan News released in June 1943 and the last half was a part of No. 204 released in April 1944. Therefore all the K5Ys in news reels were painted usual orange yellow. Here are the link to the original NHK archives of Japan News. https://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/shogenarchives/jpnews/movie.cgi?das_id=D0001300543_00000&seg_number=003 http://www2.nhk.or.jp/archives/shogenarchives/jpnews/movie.cgi?das_id=D0001300332_00000&seg_number=003 Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

Sorry for getting you confused. I mixed up the FRU with the FRADTU.

Hi James, Here is a link to the photo album. http://www.dhc-2.com/Abbotsinch - HMS Sanderling.html Scroll down to half way. Jun in Tokyo

Thanks guys for your responces. I have checked the Sea Fury thread already, but found nothing answers to my questions. The bulges on the gear covers were introduced on the late aircraft after Korean War. I found a photo of WJ231 with these bulges taken in 1961, a decade earlier when the FRADTU was established. I think that the bulge was related with introduction of the longer stroke oleo to secure more clearance between the prop blade tips and ground. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums

I got the kit a couple of weeks before and have checked it against the Sea Fury reference books and photos. I'm very happy with this kit in respect of the shape and details except for some minor drawbacks such as a lack of the gunsight. After weeks of reserch and check, I got the following questions. 1. What is the purpose of the tear-drop shaped bulge on the main gear cover and when it is introduced? 2. Why both the left and right ailerons droop when the wings are folded up? 3. The kit parts almost perfectly match with John Levy's MAP drawings. However the chord length of the tail plane is too narrow by about 2mm. How wide is the root chord of the real aircraft? Any information will be highly appreciated. Thank you inadvance for your help. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums