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Plus, of course, those narrow slatted wings may also be finding themselves transplanted ......

Good Morning, There was a well detailed article in Aeroplane Monthly vol.5-8 August 1977. Your searches might throw up a bit more if you include the name 'Stratoliner'. Good luck.... N Edit: Here is one for sale. I have used this 'site many times and they seem very reliable.... https://www.magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/aeroplane-monthly-magazine-august-1977-issue.html Hope this helps.

Happy birthday Roger Lindsey Bunce, 71 today. Always thinking of you. N

Well I don't think it was strictly speaking. The cliff top is about 550ft and we were on it, looking down. Nice to see though but I did straight away think about it meeting a big herring gull myself, lots of those about there always.

Yep, saw it flying below cliff top level on the Highdown near Freshwater Bay today, c.12:30 15/2. Barely legal by the looks of it. Lovely noise it makes. A bit stunned to make too close observation but definitely a yellow fin otherwise, only saw the top of it as it went by !

Well this might be good news for you: https://www.freightdogmodels.co.uk/product/freightdog-1-72-british-testing-colours-decal-sheet/ or https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airdecal-7211-raspberry-ripple-fixed-wings-part-2--280667 The former is available on Colin's site (Freightdog) and the latter I'm not sure about, you may have to search them out.

Yes, certainly Ray and thanks for considering them. Cheers, Nige

The current (January 2024. Vol.45/11) issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling has a very detailed kit bash of this model, if you can get a copy. Should still be on the shelves at time of writing.

PM sent, thanks v much.

Those look really nice. Are you interested in selling a set of them ?

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/X144003

I should have thought that a series of test flights using different small adjustments (shims, temporary fairings etc) was how they arrived at the compromise. Calculations and wind tunnel data take you only so far and the real world with actual flight results were and still are essential.

Ecko Radar company supplied it’s ARI 5820 for the Hunter and probably the Swift which gives you a bit more chance in your searches. This was a British company and those plugs on that unit in the images are Plessey 1950s types so that gives some small confirmation.

Try this site for Scale Models magazines. They call it ‘Scale Models Collecting’ https://www.magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/scale-models-collector-magazine

You might find the 4+ monograph useful if you can find one. Published 2001. A quick look online showed this one: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/books/miles-magister-4-publication-8090255944-35481.html