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  1. AjD
    Awesome - thank you very much.
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    Chaps, Would anyone happen to know what grey the current Merlin HMA.2s are painted in FAA service? I am after a good acrylic spray-able paint in perhaps the Gunze/Mr Color or Tamiya ranges but want to make sure it's the right one. Cheers for any help. Andy
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    Keep your eyes peeled 😉
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    Harrier Mk 7

    AjD replied to Angels49's topic in Aircraft Modern

    If you're building a GR.7 from the days of the dark/lichen green camo then cannon pods were commonplace, used as Lift Improvement Devices (LIDS) as mentioned above. They were modular units that were fitted in stages but contained no cannon. Strakes could also be carried but it was quite normal to see a mix both at home in the UK and on jets from the Germany-based squadrons. Point to note - if cannon pods were fitted then different 'ears' were attached to the LIDS dam fence that dropped down aft of the nose wheel when in the hover as the normal ones used with strakes would have been obstructed by the pods. Cannon pods were also seen on grey GR.7s but by the days of the GR.9 they had been pretty much phased out due to reasons such as those above (intro of TERMA/SNIPER ATP). At home it was almost exclusively strakes used by this stage. The only Squadron that still occasionally carried them was 41® at Coningsby. So, depending on the timeline your model fits, it may well be appropriate to use them as you seem to be talking GR.7...
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    I'm sorry to say not a lot. I've had some big projects going on recently and at best any spare time in the evenings has only really materialised at about 10pm so there never seems much point rushing things when I'm tired.
  6. AjD
    Et voile...albeit on a rather dull day.
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    Definitely domed nowadays Si. Bit out of touch with developments on BM recently but great to see you still cracking on. I'll be browsing back through this evening. Keep it up!
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    You won't be waiting long ;-)
  9. AjD
    Fabulous model of a fabulous scheme. I really like that.
  10. AjD
    Stunning photography. Very nicely done and great tribute.
  11. AjD
    Another very negative comment Mark. Perhaps you could show us all how it should be done?
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    Hi chaps, Nice of you to be interested. I've had some pretty enormous projects on at work recently so every spare minute has been completely swallowed up but I hope to find some time of my own this week. It would be nice to get back to the Jags. I'll perhaps try to explain what's had me focused elsewhere in a few weeks. Thanks again for your interest in it all. It's pure chance that I've swung past BM tonight but I wasn't expecting to see my dormant thread on page 1! Hopefully a bit more to come soon. Andy
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    Hmmm. Interesting. The Sqn colours are yellow and dark blue so either that's an oddity where that badge is concerned or the artist has made an assumption with reference to a photo taken from distance. I wonder which... Thanks.
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    Thanks for your help - the background will be dark blue. The badge just looks like a slightly different style to today's version though which is why I wondered what it looks like close up. Andy
  15. AjD
    Hello all, I am after a good quality image of the badge shown on the tail of this 28 Sqn Wessex. Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction? Many thanks, Andy
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    To my mind there's a quick, easily repeatable way to do this... Measure the diameter of your circles. Cut a square out of a small piece of plasticard with sides of that length or ever so slightly bigger. Drop your punched circle in to that square hole. Use a ruler and a sharp pencil to draw two lines between the opposite corners of that square, across your circle. Where the lines cross is your centre.
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    I once had an Army Air Corps colleague called James Scarlett. Caused some amusement every time someone came looking for Captain Scarlett! I've also known various people with ridiculous names outside of the mob. I always thought these were joke names that no one would ever actually have for years but in my younger days I knew a Jo(anne) King. A friend of my mum's dad was called Iva Cramp and my wife once worked with a Teresa Green...
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    Lovely finish on that. Like it!
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    Stunning. Absolutely love that. I must build that scheme myself one day.
  20. AjD
    Awesome. I'll be disappointed to see the end of this build - we've been quite spoilt with 3 or 4 of these on the forums recently. Fab job, well done.
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    Looking really, really good Shaun. Keep going!
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    Just come back online after a busy stint. Sorry, just seen your message about pylons and presume you've moved past that point now?
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    Beautiful Piero! This is turning in to another stunner.
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    Starting to look very cool indeed. Loving the bags of detail.
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    I could email David, although I don't want to sound cheeky, asking him to strip down a set. A very kind offer indeed but unfortunately it does for what I have in mind. It's a long way off but it'll require tanks for sure. I'll have a think and either email Mr P or adjust my plan. Cheers.
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