Redstaff

Couple of hours free this afternoon after the rugby, so managed to get the wings and tailpanes fitted and held in hopefully the right place Looks like I've got plenty of filling to do all round this kit as the fits are awful Going to make a concerted effort to finish this with my limited time available at the minute, as it's the only one being built. The other build of the vampire will probably fall by the wayside though as there are another 2 being built and I've totally lost my mojo with it as it's so small I'm struggling with it due to my aging eyes and sausage fingers. I knew there was a reason I didn't build in 72nd scale any more Ian

Hi Pat Still not touched anything for a few weeks with one thing and another, just don't seem to have any spare time at all lately, don't know where it all seems to have gone Must try and knock the dust off them and get back in the saddle so to speak Ian

Hi Pat Still not touched anything for a few weeks with one thing and another, just don't seem to have any spare time at all lately, don't know where it all seems to have gone Must try and knock the dust off them and get back in the saddle so to speak Ian

Hi Pat Not touched anything for over 2 weeks now with one thing and another, going to try and get back on track this week again Ian

Hi Pat Not touched anything for over 2 weeks now with one thing and another, going to try and get back on track this week again Ian

Hi @exdraken, it was the only solution I could come up with I got mine from Hannants, but it looks like they are awaiting stock at the present https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/QMTR48009 You get a lot of resin for your money though and the quality is superb Looking forward to getting back into modelling after a family bereavement, then ending up with a stomach virus myself, but all ok now Ian

Hi @825, of course you should, I was looking out for one of those to build, but with sods law one never materialised so I went down different paths Just wish someone would build a decent 48th scale one Ian

Many thanks @Col. for another superb GB with plenty of banter and tips along the way It was nice as well that someone else liked my build by voting for me, hopefully that means my skills are improving and not just a sympathy vote Roll on the '90s build for another fun filled GB Ian

Primed it and it looks like the wing roots need a little more fettling, it was difficult to see properly in the dark blue bare plastic, but it shows up a lot better in the grey. I've also added one of the wings to the intruder that's being made in the background, the size comparison is huge between the 2 planes Ian

Well, this is the little piece of plastic I lost from the T5 This is my solution around the problem, not a cheap one, but at least I'll get around to adding another aircraft to my growing collection of 56 squadron Firebirds, and I get to go to town on the cockpit of the T4 with this lovely resin set

Decision made now the resin cockpit set has arrived from Hannants It is one of the best looking resin cockpits I've ever seen, so this is going to go with the T4 when it arrives and the Sword plastic one can go here on the T5 as I think it wouldn't do it justice without all of the fancy cockpit installed, so definitely not going to make the deadline now as the T4 is supposed to arrive tomorrow according to the tracking Ian

Hi Dennis The USMC took delivery of their first AV8 harriers in '71 Ian

Pics as promised showing how much tape was needed for the banana fuselage halves

Pic finally uploaded with all the filler Awaiting a final sand and primer maybe tomorrow