Dr S

I'll be doing this beauty! I have lots of pics such as: Gav

these are excellent too http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/luc_coli..._gr7_walk_1.htm G

Try http://www.geocities.com/ipmswestglam/RAFCOL1.htm G

For those who haven't seen them super F1 walkaround photos on http://rides.webshots.com/album/553285509suXcNp G

I have the revell (1/144) and Heller (1/125) A380s BUT the 1/144 is the very first issue with the "old" blue and orange" house colours and the 1/125 is in Lufthansa colours. I fancy the current blue house scheme. Anyone know where I can get the decals (particulary for the 1/125) ??? Will buy or swop or whatever! BTW the A380 at Farnboro' this week had a new scheme claiming it was "recylable"!!! Gav

According to the Afterburner instruction sheet the FS colours are 35450 and 35109 Matching Humbrol paint chips from the binder they brough out a few years ago against my FS fan deck, the best matches are humbrol 47 for the 35450 and humbrol 157 for the 35109 35109 is quoted as modelmaster 2031 in their literature. Modelmaster 2131 flanker medium blue is a decent match to the 35450 and modelmaster 2132 flanker blue grey is a good match for 35109 (from the chips I have made) Those are what I will use on my 1/32 aggressor F-15!!! G

Yeah and Clivey is from Suffolk! (thats almost Holland!) G

Glamorgan in SCOTLAND!!!! Luckily I am English and only live in Wales!!!! (had a hard time this year though, what with the 6 nations rugby and all that!) HOWEVER the other club members are locals (it's a local club for local people!) so the Welsh may rise up and invade Canada!!! For more information on typical Welsh culture, pop over to you-tube and search for Gavin and Stacey!! To further muddy the waters for you my wife is CANADIAN (Hamilton Ont.) and thus my kids are English/Welsh/Canadians. Gav (now increasingly known as Gav-la)

OK, as promised to the Boys at the club, here are some photos from IPMS West Glamorgan's (Swansea) latest club Competition All the F-4s and the Nimrod are Clive's, The Spit is Dave's and the Tiffie is mine. As 'Nessa would say, "Tidy" Hope you like them G

Also some side drawings in an old issue of SAM Don't know how accurate they are?

Anyone got any links or photos to SAAF Canberras? (for the new afx kit of course) In PRU blue?? Some on the web but they are a bit "fuzzy" ??? Gav

Conversion charts for a whole pile of manufacturers including tamiya AS spray cans at http://www.geocities.com/ipmswestglam/paintcharts.zip includes testors 1/4 oz bottles airfix humbrol humbrol acrylics (old style) humbrol authentics revell AG enamel revell AG aqua tamiya tamiya AS cans testors acryl pouches testors modelmaster testors modelmaster II You will need wizip or similar to open the folder and pdf reader to view the charts I haven't updated it for a few months but should be reasonably current. All colours are named and given an approx humbrol equivalent. Gav

From and old, old conversion sheet (for the nostalic amongst us who like me still think of black as M6) AIRFIX HUMBROL FINISH COLOUR G1 19 Gloss Bright Red G2 69 Gloss Yellow G3 22 Gloss White G4 21 Gloss Black G5 3 Gloss Brunswick Green G6 14 Gloss Meditteranean Blue G7 16 Gloss Sovereign Gold G8 11 Gloss Silver Fox G9 10 Gloss Service Brown G10 47 Gloss Sea Blue G11 20 Gloss Crimson G12 12 Gloss Copper Plate G13 15 Gloss Midnight Blue G14 40 Gloss Pale Grey G15 54 Gloss Brass G16 53 Gloss Gun Metal G17 18 Gloss Orange G18 9 Gloss Tan GV1 35 Gloss Gloss Varnish M1 70 Matt Brick Red M2 27 Matt Sea Grey M3 30 Matt Dark Green M4 71 Matt Oak M5 83 Matt Ochre M6 33 Matt Black M7 61 Matt Flesh M8 90 Matt Beige Green M9 72 Matt Khaki Drill M10 34 Matt White M11 96 Matt RAF Blue M12 73 Matt Wine Red M13 64 Matt Light Grey M14 74 Matt Linen M15 24 Matt Yellow M16 23 Matt Duck Egg Blue M17 75 Matt Bronze Green M18 76 Matt Uniform Green M19 60 Matt Scarlet M20 78 Matt Cockpit Green M21 86 Matt Light Olive M22 79 Matt Blue Grey M23 26 Matt Khaki M24 95 Matt Concrete M25 65 Matt Aircraft Blue M26 80 Matt Grass Green M27 25 Matt Blue MV1 49 Matt Matt Varnish

I was in 111(F) sqn's crew room last week and they have a mix of green and grey helmets. When I asked if green or grey were current, I was told you can get both, just depends on what's in the box you are given! (and they both have the light grey reflective + on the top). The kit-racks in the crew room had a fairly equal mix of green and grey. They also have a black cloth visor cover which the pilot flips up when flying (this had the pilots nickname embroidered on it). It protects the visor (obviously!) but also stops the top of the helmet from scratching the inside canopy. here's my boy, ready to go! G

I spoke to 2 red arrow pilots on Monday morning and they told me that the while chatting to the general public at shows, the most common question was "who do you work for?" !!!!!!!! The majority of the "great un-washed" (remember we are talking about "Muggles" here) did not know the Reds were RAF. The guy I was talking to said that most people thought they were sponsored by Coca Cola!!! He was most depressed by the whole thing and he wasn't winding me up! hence the new branding with the big ROYAL AIRFORCE down the side! G

Looks really boring!!!

They'll be at Telford. Come and find us and have a look. His output this year has been awesome! He must have done 10+ models! G

That and the fact that is was stuck to the toilet as that is where he spent the first hour after he arrived home on Friday night! Bernadette

Excellent! Thanks (back to Match of the Day!) G

Anyone got a lower photo of a FRADU Hunter? Need to see where the tail hook goes. Does it follow the centreline of the aircraft and the "bump" thing is move to the side? (going to convert an F6_ ???? Gav

WHOA!!! Too many clicks on the mouse there! Sorry! G

Hiya Shaun, The resin is fine. Only thing I got wrong was the engine intakes. They are not 4 identical parts. 2 have square intakes on. Don't do what i did and stick the 2 with intakes together as a set and ditto of the 2 without. Too late by the time I had noticed and thus had to fill and scribe. Hope mine turns out as nice as Clive's pair. A T17 and an Argie B2 Gav

oooohhhh yes!!! The nose is full of ball bearings. As is the forward region of the engine nacelles. The rear ejection seat is left out and every available fuselage space forward of the leading edge is stuffed with bluetac! Its bl**dy heavy, hope it's enough! G

Well I have got to finish something for Telford. Only a few weeks left so I'm up late filling the wings seams (again) on the ol' girl. CA Canberra T17. She's still gonna need painting! Hemp and LA Grey. Filling with filler/nail varnish remover. Dries quickly but causes the Halford primer to orange-peel like mad. Out with the wet 'n' dry! G

****! you win!