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    The props are handed, they are actually moulded as separate blades, in pairs. I can't remember the exact part numbers but I think they are C15 and 17 with two of the same number from each sprue forming each propeller. I can check the instructions later if anyone wants.
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    It is a bargain really, the panel lines aren't bad imo and are recessed and the decal sheet has some good schemes on it. Admittedly it is a hybrid model, based on the MkV from the late 1970's but the finished model is not that bad. Alternatively, for that price you should get close to your money back.
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    And the Coffman starter, for those wanting to build a Mklla.
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    The main external difference between the two marks is the oil cooler under the port wing. The Mk1 has the shallow one. In their website Airfix list the latest Mk1 as a new tool but unfortunately there is no mention of this on the box. By the way, the new tool is a Mk1, not a Mkl/ll although parts for both marks are in the box.
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    What's your definition of reliable please and are we talking fiction, reference or both? Thanks in advance.
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    I must admit I am very careful when applying Sol and Set as some of the decals I have are fragile at the best of times and don't need much persuading to disintegrate.
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    Mine did, in fact if they hadn't told me about it I might never have got to see it.
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    GS stands for Gunze Sangyo.
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    If it's as good as their gloss cote then you're on to a winner. I use Tamiya paint most of the time, thinned about 60/40 with their own thinners but water will also work.
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    Edgar, Graham, many thanks. To quote Dean Martin, "you've just freed the slaves again".
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    Apologies if this has been asked before (and I have trawled the thread) but can anyone tell me when the switch was made from fabric to metal ailerons please? I thought about building the new Airfix Spitfire as P7966 as the Coffman starter is included but the ailerons in the kit look more like fabric than metal to me. Thanks in advance.
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    There was an episode where Scott came home from holiday. I'll always remember "I don't know if you are ready for me but I'm coming in" followed by a shot of T1 turning to the vertical and descending into the, fortunately open, pool. I'm sure there's other episodes as well.
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    I wouldn't be surprised if the shots of T1 and T3 were filmed the same way.
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    I remember that in "Security Hazard" there was a young stow-away on-board Thunderbird 2. She landed back at base using the "retros" to turn 180° and then reverse into the hangar. The security alarm went off and said stow-away was discovered to be a young boy. Excerpts from earlier episodes were used to fill out the programme.
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    The episode you refer to is Terror in New York City where T2 is attacked on the way home from a rescue. In a subsequent scene of the same episode she is surrounded by scaffolding undergoing repairs having been recovered. How that happened of course is open to conjecture.
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    Return to base was shown reasonably frequently in the original series. Thunderbirds 1 and 3 descended vertically into their respective launch bays, Thunderbird 2 reversed into its bay. Obviously most of the time Thunderbird 4 came back aboard Thunderbird 2 but we never actually found out how she made it home in Terror in New York City. In the new series no return landings have occurred so far.
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    Derek had a very talented team of Modelling builders working for him, the name Mike Trim comes to mind but there were a host of others. It is correct to say that Derek Meddings was responsible for the original craft designs, originally called Rescue 1, 2, 3 and so on but most of the models were actually built by his teams. He had a book published called 21st Century Visions just before he died. It's a must read for all Fandersons, like most of us here by the looks of it!
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    Zero X never appeared in the original Thunderbirds series, it was used in the first feature film, ironically called Thunderbirds Are Go! Captain Scarlet was made after the film was completed so I suppose it makes sound financial sense to use an existing model, as long as you ignore the fact that it was totally destroyed in the film..
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    Thanks for the review Mike, nice choice of markings. Might have to look out for one tomorrow.
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    1:24 Mossie

    avro683 replied to Flektor's topic in Aircraft WWII

    Due in October according to Airfix, same plastic, interesting decal choices.
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    Looks like an interesting book, pity that it appears to be out of print? In stock at Dalrymple and Verdun (the publisher) £24.95, free P&P
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    Sorry but they are not both early Lancasters. W4118, a Mk1 is and has the shallow blister. ED593 is not, it's a Mklll built around 1943 and has the larger blister.
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    I use Lifecolor for RAF colours most of the time but for Dark Earth I normally use UA092 from their original acrylics range. I wonder if their RAF set has been mixed differently?
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    The first Admiral Prune was W4118, a Mkl with fuselage windows and no H2S. The second one was ED593, a Mklll, again no H2S but I believe the windows were fitted but painted over.
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    I've heard that story too, can't remember where I read it but in that version it was an erk. Either way, it must have been a very red faced human being exiting the cockpit.
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