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  1. Pat! I'd forgotten that. There was a real identity to those cars only really seen recently with the 'grello' and 'Rexy' 911s.
  2. I've seen the SWB homage up-close and didn't like it; it was very well made but too much of a pastiche for me. But for those of us of a certain age, Ray Mallock will always be associated with those wonderful Aston Nimrods and the Ecosse C2 cars "Reggie" and "Henry". He'd also have been responsible for the 1990 Aston "AMR-2", which supposedly instead inspired that year's Nissan Group C car. Ray was a very active racer at one point and drove the awesome Aston AMR-1 in 1989. More recently I've seen him at Revival (in father Arthur's U2) so he obviously keeps busy! In fact I'd say he's a bit of an unsung hero, being a very competent designer as well as driver. And RML cars have not only competed in Groups C1 and C2, but also in BTCC, WTCC and even the heady heights of hill climbing. Quite a legacy.
  3. Yes Steve: a lightweight-spec E-type. It had a bit of a moment at the first corner early on then loads of grass removal!
  4. This Bizza badged as an Iso A3/C. IIRC they were making a short run of continuation cars which if so could be badged as all sorts of Iso/Bizzarini permutations. But yes, of all the cars there, that's the one I'd like to take home.
  5. As far as I know there aren't any Gardner Douglas T70s racing. The red car was John Surtees' original car and had various parts of the chassis autographed by John, Jackie Stewart and Tony Sinclair. I've seen the blue car many times and it's original too (or as far as can be). I don't think the T70 is subject to replication in historics in the same way as the GT40 (Gelscoe) is.
  6. A few from today's Goodwood testing.
  7. I lose track of the 917s I've made in 1/43, but those that stick in the mind include Starter (917/30 lift-off body); MFH (917K and 917/30) and BBR/Project 43 (917/10-71).
  8. I wish I could be precise, but it's Mr Color Silver with Mr Color White and I'm guessing at about 10% white. However I go by the "that looks about right" school of paint mixing!
  9. Those two vents are OK: keep them! I haven't used those paints but use Mr Color Silver with various proportions of black and white to do various shades on NMF schemes. This is my TF-86 using this method:
  10. Erwin, 1. The Fujimi "Mig Killer" kit is Ok for "The Huff". 2. I'm not sure if the intake is present on the "MiG Killer" kit but it's arrowed below. It's a TACAN cooling intake, and not unique to Japanese aircraft but those equipped with TACAN. Delete it! 3. Air brakes are too square - photo above shows how I fix it by adding a plastic wedge and then sanding it flush to the fuselage contour. 4. Yes black cockpit, interior green wheel wells, air brake wells and panel interiors. Seat headrest for The Huff was dark brown/black.
  11. I've belatedly managed to scan the two Hastings AP's I have: images from those are here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBiud4
  12. Rather than hijack a neighbouring thread, I have belatedly posted a few HP Hastings Air Publication scans here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBiud4 You might want to bulk download these because I have a habit of deleting images to free-up storage space!
  13. JASDF has the added benefit of being an overall silver (not natural metal) finish.
  14. No. It was a joke, deliberately thus.
  15. If you need accuracy, book/online probably isn't the way to go. You need manufacturer's loft drawings. AirCorps Library maybe?
  16. I know, but it doesn't hurt to remind every so often that the market is flooded with WW2 types while other eras are very poorly served. It's usually less than a year after the 'definitive' kit of a Bf.109/Spitfire/P-51 being issued that someone's bleating that we need an "up-to-date" kit of exactly the same type.
  17. 100%. There are those who suck the life out of this hobby by spotting 'errors' in kits, which often are no such thing and more usually of minimal importance. In fact often these 'errors' are based on recently-generated plans which are not subject to any kind of peer review. The meaning of 'primary source' is also often not understood. Back to 1/32 Eduard: some inter-war US bomber types please! (starting with Curtiss B-2 Condor)
  18. I remember seeing photos of it built in a period magazine review: it was truly awful! I made the Rareplanes FJ-4 around the same time and wondered why Merlin had bothered.
  19. I really hope that JETMADS stay with resin (I suspect they will). There are already gazillions of styrene kit manufacturers: leave us resin enthusiasts a few crumbs at least!
  20. For QF aircraft, seats were usually only fitted for manned flights. PQM-designated drones didn't have man-rating.
  21. I hope these might help: apologies for small image size but this was my first digital camera, circa 2001! First a view of the shock absorber, brake pack removed: Then this is the top end of the Main Gear bay, with the leg and screwjack removed; the hoist for removing the shock absorber is installed where the screwjack usually mounts vertically to the top of the shock absorber: LH gear, showing the transverse shaft that links forward and aft right-angle gearboxes to their respective screwjacks. One of the right-angle gearboxes: And another view of the track, with removal GSE installed and screwjack in situ. The 'window' (dark patch) next to the top of the screwjack was a panel that could be removed from inside the cabin to allow the screwjack to be disconnected from the drive in flight so that the landing gear could still be wound down in case of a system failure/jam up-stream: there was no excuse to land gear-up in a Herc. It was belt and braces and more braces and belts!
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