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Darn it wish I had seen this sooner I could have provided door art for Grey Kansas Air National Guard Phantoms (if I hadn't already) John

I look forward to seeing your build My late father was in the 354th and deployed to Korat in 1972 when they made their initial deployment Regards, John

Yes, I believe the A-29 will participate

Yes, they are The Scorpion and the AT-6 will participate in the flyoff this summer Cheers John

So far, this is all I have received back Hopefully more to come

I've copied your questions to a post in a British F-4 group that I am part of I have explained that you're under a deadline Hopefully get some feedback from there Cheers John

Slightly different shape to the engines and the engine intakes plus GPS bumps on the nose plus, like you said, the rest internal

Geoffrey Lee of Planefocus has a great book out on the Typhoon It's called "Above the Rest, Eurofighter Typhoon 2nd Edition" http://www.planefocus.com/?page=books Regards, John

Someone on one of my FB pages mentioned something about a squadron having a "sponsor" within the MOD to be re-established and that this was why the traditional convention of seniority has sometimes been overlooked. What exactly does that mean? Sponsor within the upper halls of the MOD...? John

The only issue with that is the initial release is a 208 and the Iraqi AF Caravans are 208B Grand Caravans

I also think that you might see a 1/48 Sea Hurricane given that the parts (or most of them) are in the Mk.1 kit which has already been released John

If I might ask, why are you going with an A-7E when 354th TFW operated A-7Ds... is it due to kit availability? There are differences between the Navy E model and the Air Force D model. Also, the photo above was part of Korat's transit ramp (probably photographed right after the wing arrived in country and before they were re-positioned). The ramp was not typical of the layout where they were parked on the rest of the base. Cheers! John

Sure would be nice if Airfix released a 1/48 and 1/72 Typhoon...

I ordered a set from Sprue Brothers here in the U.S. The description says (for Rev/Has)... (Don't know why I didn't check there first!) That being said, I'll let you all know how the fit is... who knows, maybe they got it right with the intakes (for the Hasegawa kit) too bad about the exhausts.... On a side note; I just wish that Airfix would produce a new tool 1/72 and a 1/48 kit.... amazes me that it's the tip of the spear as far as the RAF is concerned but yet Airfix haven't released one....

Thanks for the quick reply Cheers! John