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That makes sense; the instructions do make that clear too

I think in fact it's reversed; the horizontal part of D20 should go aft with the vertical portion acting as the cockpit aft bulkhead; they way it's shown it clashes with the seat and control yoke:

Love the animated instructions but is there something strange about part D20 at about 3:10?

Wow. That does look gorgeous and some of those civilian schemes look just too good to miss. Bravo Lukgraph!

I find it hard to describe my reaction to this: since when does any particular group 'own' this type of data? If it's in the public domain (however deep within an accessible archive it may be) then these people have no legitimate right to ownership. Personal images or documents maybe they do, but even then, if a document was promulgated by an official body, the owner of the printed document doesn't necessarily have sole rights to it either. Typical example would be the myriad photographs which have "AAF Official", "USAF Official" etc printed on their reverse; I've seen folks try to claim these as their personal copyright despite my having exactly the same print (again marked "xxx Official") in my collection. Ditto for printed Orders; these were usually issued in quantity and so your grandfather's "personal" copy will likely be one of hundreds of "personal" copies. Meanwhile I suspect LRG's membership will gradually dwindle to the point that it becomes an echo chamber for its delusional admin. Doesn't sound like somewhere you'd find the accurate or detailed exchange of information.

That is cool as a cucumber! I remember this from the book "Project Cancelled" and never thought I'd see one modelled. Looks epic, and really very well done. 👍

IIRC there was a Hasegawa F-86D issue with 512th FIS markings too; the decals will be better than the Airfix versions.

Already requested at post #1 and answered at post #2, 3 etc. The Airfix kit markings were for a Bentwaters/Woodbridge machine.

Why would they leave bits out of a conversion set?

Hadn't seen this kit: looks great. There was a nice article on the Mazda 360 in The Automobile a couple of months ago.

Those camouflage schemes promise to add another 'must-have' aspect to the book: can't wait. Apologies if it's thread creep, but further to my comment above regarding missing archive documents (and thus related to the difficulties added to an already challenging search for primary source information by an author), this is the UK National Archives insert sheet which researchers dread finding. I was determined to locate a photo I knew I'd taken of one. I think this individual was discussed at length on one of the WW1 forums some time ago:

Only the Me 262 (the sturm bit of sturmvogel) fits with the tease. So I'm still going P-47 or P-38.

Totally agree: this is my intention too, and that goes for 2026. I'm 100% sticking to it and NOTHING will sway me from buying another kit for at least 12 months. NOTHING!!! And then Alpha announced their Ferrari 296 GT3 kit...

Interesting subject, and not one I've seen built as yet. One note however: the French term was apparently "SOP. 1A.2" and the type was always "1½-Strutter" in-period, not "Strutter" (the latter makes no sense). The use of "Strutter" on its own appears to be a latter-day affliction I assume by people who'd interpreted the full name incorrectly and not understood its derivation.

Sadly not a great example to use; the NEAM team removed the sugar scoop intake expecting to reveal the earlier-standard NACA fuselage duct but the mod was not done by simply scabbing on the sugar scoop. Thus '171 doesn't have a mid-fuselage configuration that represents either.