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I still see them... but Village has become slower and slower and recently I started using Imgur. Chuck I can send you some of the pictures directly if you want. Ciao

Still the best way to have a good Mk XIV is hybridizing Eduard and Airfix; the Sword engine cowling is mis-shapen

Thank you @Giorgio N!!

Coming back to the Lightning drawings topic, this morning I took a couple of (bad quality) pictures showing Airfix fuselage against Hargrave (Echelon) and Caruana (SAM modellers datafile) plans. Both are aligned to the intake ring line Hargrave: Airfix fuselage is nice although it is 1-2mm short Caruana: Airfix fuselage is generally not tall enough (about 1mm) and it is too long by at least 1-2mm Sincerely, Hargrave seems much more accurate if only for the fact that the length coincides with a scaled 55'3" figure that I can find in many references (Caruana's being short).

Britmodeller tells me that you can't receive messages! Anyway my e-mail address is [email protected], grazie mille!

Hello, and thanks for the answers! my intention is building a 1/72 Sword F.1A with some Airfix parts. The two are identical in shape/size of the fuselage (Sword obviously simply "filled the gap" left by Airfix not producing F.1 and F.3 variants and reproduced the same general shape). When I compare the fuselage with the SAM modellers datafile plans the length is more or less correct while the fuselage is not tall enough, in particular in the nose section. It seems to me that Airfix is more accurate than the plans, and here comes my doubt about them. @gingerbob : thank you for the link! @Giorgio N@tempestfan : if you have available a copy of the Echelon or DaCo plans I'd be very happy to try them!

Hello, does anybody have factory drawings for the fuselage of the English Electric Lightning? Comparing Airfix fuselage to SAM drawings is no joy at all! Thank you for any help!

Great work Giampiero, excellence in the True Scale!

If I understood correctly the translation, Spitfire I-V are still in the pipeline (after the P-51D I suppose)

The current 1/72 Eduard Fw190s have several shape issues and really deserve a re-make. Otherwise, the 1/48th new moulds are very well done , and they should be down-scaled to get the ultimate 1/72 Fw190A

Jari that's great!

Noooooooooo😑 I remember the Thud front fuselage there... that's because I had great hopes

This is the best I ever found: the D/F nose contour seems reasonably accurate!

Hello Memphis, the nose contour seems to be the part that most drawings are missing. I do not remember the FAOTW drawings though

About drawings: I'm not aware of factory drawings available for the Thud. Possibly the most accurate are the D&S set, but still the lines look suspect in some area. Consequence is: there is no "ultimate" F-105 model out there... I hope that Airfix will scan one and produce it!