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Looks like the replacement sprues are available as my wife have just received some for the batch of Tonkas she has in stock in her shop. Graham

Nice one Frank!!

Will dig it out this afternoon :-)

Julian, we have one of those 'pods' at Bentwaters. It was planned to fit it to our GA.11 but we won't be using it now. Graham

If you are after comments then you don't need the formation strip lights. Apart from that the decals look ok. Graham

Ours is/was a U.16/D.16 based on a F.8. As with the U.15, ours was capable of manned as well as remote piloted flight. Graham

This one is also in the original colours (although it has a replacement radome in standard RAF colour). The tell tale sign is the lack of full colour ejection seat warning triangles and other full colour stencilling. The only ones I saw repainted when I was based at Wattisham were ZE354/R, ZE361/P and ZE364/Z. Graham

Finally finished my Tamiya 1/32 F-4J(UK) after nearly 18 years in progress! The list of extras is as follows: Avionics/Black Box F-4J Cockpit Set AMS Baggage Pods Eduard F-4 Phantom Placards Eduard F-4J Detail Set Eduard Brassin F-4 Ejection Seats Eduard Brassin F-4 Wheels Master F-4 Pitot/AOA Probes Nautilus Models F-4 Reinforcing Plates Quickboost F-4 Intake Blanks Yellowhammer F-4J(UK) decals Painted with Xtracolor enamels and weathered with Promodeller and Humbrol washes and powders. Graham

That's interesting Spike. I was expecting the one in my kit to be smoked but it was clear. I would have preferred a tinted one but should be easy to do when I eventually start builing it. Regards. Graham

The Italeri kit is 1/48. I bought the kit last week after seeing Tony's build here. Regards. Graham

The rear fin recesses are wells Jennings....hollowed out, fin shaped fibre glass fairings that attach to the inside of the respective panels. The forward fin recesses are part of the launcher and I think they are covered with a spring loaded door. Will have to check. We have a real FGR.2 in bits at Bentwaters at the moment! Regards. Graham

Am I that predictable?

Thanks Tony. You've convinced me. Decals and kit have been ordered! Regards. Graham

Very nice!!! I really want to build a 7th SOS -22 but everything I've read about the Italeri kit has put me off. You've done a cracking job! Cheers. Graham P.S. Your HH-60 was stunning too!

I am planning to build this with the Tamiya C/N Aggressor kit and the Syhart decals. The only hold up so far is I am waiting for the Daco F-16A/B/ADF/MLU tail set. Seems like I've been waiting an eternity for this to be released! Graham