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  1. I built mine in Hoverlloyd colours, but the tail logo decals disintegrated. If you don't do the Hoverlloyd livery, could I have the tail logo decals please? As mentioned above, fitting the skirt needs some pasticard as there are gaps at the back. Also it was difficult fitting the transparent roof. Not enough cars in the kit, so I added some N-Gauge cars by Oxford Diecast.
  2. I think we might see one from Micromir later this year, after I encouraged them with my Warpaint book on the Varsity
  3. The Revell Rotodyne kit is far superior, albeit in 1/87th scale ( but close enough for 1/72) and can still be easy found. It has full interior with passenger seats, passengers, luggage and an opening side panel so you can see the interior. It also has a removable rotor head engine panel and depicts the Rotodyne at a later stage in development in 1960 with additional central tail fin.
  4. I have buit this kit as one of my Schneider Trophy racers theme . Very simple construction but looks the part.
  5. I photographed this Buccaneer at Boscombe Down on 18th March 1971 and it was in a high gloss finish then and only had the polar bear badge on the port side of the tail. Instead it had a small white shield on the starboard side of the nose with that polar bear badge on it.
  6. Very nice - built for the film but never used as it was found to be too difficult to fly. Instead they used radio controlled Stuka models.
  7. The red and green paint faded as it was actually fluorescent/ dayglo paint which always faded quickly in prolonged sunlight.
  8. The box art leaves a lot to be desired with distorted RAF roundels and a C.19 in 'silver/white' with 'Air Support Command' titles, as they were painted Light Aircraft Grey when they had those titles!
  9. I am delighted that they have chosen WM159 as that is the actual aircraft I have flown in out of Hurn on 5th June 1968 and believe they used my photos as reference!
  10. Is that the old FROG/NOVO kit, as I am not aware of any other Mk.1 Wessex kit in 1/72?
  11. Well that's 29 pages of incredible CAD drawings and 3D printed parts. I wonder how many pages on the forum before we see a completed model? How are you planning to make the transparencies? Vacu-form or is it possible to 3D-print them using clear resin?
  12. Very good - I wasn't aware of any Bassets have a single prop blade painted black & white on each engine?
  13. Preiser make seated figures for railway modellers in 'N' gauge which is close-enough to 1/144th
  14. Absolutely - it has to be 1/72. Indeed 1/48 would be too big. We are in contact Sergey!
  15. If Xtradecal had done their research properly, or waited for my Warpaint book on the Beaver, they would have provided decals for the wing markings. This Beaver should have ROCAF roundels above and below both wings and white Chinese serials beneath the wings! Bestfong decals No.48069 provide the correct decals in 1/48 scale.
  16. As author of the Warpaint book on the Whirlwind, the cover photo is WV204. Inside there are close-up starboard side photos of WV223. Yes, both were designated HAS.22s
  17. I am curious about what scheme you are doing. Why are you keeping us in suspense? I have four Beaver kits in my stash, one will be Army Air Corps as flown in by me, one in United Nations colours, one in the short-lived South Arabian (S.Yemen) Air Force camo as seen at Hurn before delivery and one in a polished metal and dayglo orange USAF scheme with colourful tail insignia. Go on, spill the beans on yours?
  18. Interesting and great job for a fantasy project 'What if'....and the USAF were so close to having these!
  19. Looking good. Be aware, depending on which scheme you are doing, not all Beavers had the four cabin roof windows. There will be a Warpaint book on the Beaver coming from me soon.
  20. I think he means this is a rumours thread, not an announcements of kits scheduled for release thread.
  21. I think " Rich Royal Blue" was just a colloquial term to cover it! From all the above I think we can deduce that the main body colour was BSC108 Aircraft Blue which was 'a smidgen' lighter than BSC110 Roundel Blue. Therefore Delta Jets at Kemble got it right on their Hunter T.7. Very sad that that aircraft no longer wears the " Blue Diamonds" scheme and was repainted in a boring over silver scheme by the new owner!
  22. Wow 23 pages later and a couple of years down the line. I am in awe at this incredible work, but call me the devil's advocate, the S&M 1/48th Wasp kits were made and just waiting for boxes and decals, when Mel Bromley suddenly passed away. So where are these kits now? Will they suddenly emerge under another brand name?
  23. Thanks Dave - I'm glad you came in on this. Despite that quote, that still doesn't define what shade of blue Cellon used? As Paul alluded to, why would it be necessary to use a different shade of blue when BSC110 Roundel Blue was readily available?
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