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  1. Can anyone suggest a match for the grey used on the FF, F3, F2, and F1 frames made by Arch Motors? Apparently used on Lotus (among others) tube frames and some interior panels. A "gloss battleship grey" is mentioned in some references, others suggest Ocean Grey or Medium Sea Grey (both RAF colours and therefore matt). Any advice on a gloss version would be much appreciated.. TIA David M in Oz
  2. Which one...surely 'loud-mouthed and obnoxious politician' is a tautology applicable to all?
  3. Yes, an Airfix 1: 20 Grey Fergie in a box of spares, broken and missing a couple of minor parts but rebuildable. Well pleased!
  4. Thank you one and all...it worked a treat. The AMT/Ertl panel lines were well defined and a No11 blade did most of the work. Just a little in the corners with a stainless entomological pin in a pin vice just to establish the curves. The slight ridge the blade formed on the sides of the cut rolled down with a bit of pressure and closed the gaps a little. The gaps look OK but I can adjust them slightly with strips of 5 thou if need be. Thanks again and Merry Christmas! David M in Oz
  5. I need to open the boot (trunk?) of a AMT/Ertl 58 Edsel. The straight bits look OK but the plastic is surprisingly thick (1 to 2mm) and the front corners are radiused; both scare me! Any advice as to the best way to open such panels on injected styrene kits would be much appreciated. Cheers, David M in Oz
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    Vesikko

    Thanks Kristjan for your prompt response. I contacted Special Hobby and received the following: thank you for contacting us. The gun on the deck is retractable and the artist decided to pain the u-boot with the gun out. But it would have been too difficult to actually make it that way, so we made the kit with the gun in. Unfortunately we don't sell the gun separately. So...the question is now: does anyone make (or have drawings for) a 20mm Madsen AA gun?
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    Vesikko

    Special Hobby's Vesikko box art shows her in splinter camouflage and with a deck gun. The instructions make no mention of the latter so: 1. Did she have one? 2. If so...what was it and 3. Does anyone make one in 1/72? TIA, David in Oz
  8. DC, Having made two props for a pair of 1/16 scale wind wagons and enjoyed the process I would be happy to make you a two blader. Scoot me a copy of the PSL pages and I will take a crack...ready for the December APMA meet if you are quick! Cheers, DM
  9. Peter Lewis's book also frequently notes the overall and trim colours for the entrants he mentions that helpfully supplement the Flight list. There are even a few that have been kitted with their 1949 NAR colours. The ones I have found so far include: Miles Gemini (1/72 Croco Models) Benes Mraz BE550 Bibi (1/72 Kora Wings) Sea Fury (1/48 AMG with bands but with incorrect serial?) Balliol (1/72 Special Hobby) There may be more and there is also the Oxford Diecast DH Hornet mentioned above A surprising number of the entrant types have been produced as kits. According to Scalemates (not always the most reliable) he only ones that haven't been done in recent memory seem to be: Miles Mercury Parnall Heck Blackburn B2 GAL Cygnet Globe Swift Goodyear GA2 Duck All the rest have been available in one form or another.
  10. Flight also published a short article (July 21st 1949, p75) on the background and colours to be carried. It said in part: "It is typical of the extremely thorough organisation of the Races that the eleven colours are explicitly specified by their numbers in the British Standards Institution scale No. 381C, 1948. Competitors are advised to use paint specially made for such purposes by the well-known aircraft-finishes manufacturers; it can be easily removed after the race without damaging the finish beneath." Sadly Flight then fail to note the numbers and their list uses generic names for the colours as listed in Zephyr's post. Their list of colours is: Red Black Violet Yellow Green Light Green Orange White Blue Dark Brown Brown My earliest copy of BS 381C is dated 1964 and has lots of Blues, Greens, Yellows, Reds and Browns and even has a couple of Oranges and Violets. For example there are nineteen greens identified by number and by name ("No 217 Sea Green, No 280 Verdigris Green, etc, etc). I am guessing that the colours are identified similarly in the 1948 edition, but hoping that it may have used the more generic names given in the list. If anyone has a copy of BS 381 1948 and could take a look to see if there are any obvious colours to match the list it would be much appreciated. Failing that I guess I will just take a punt and use something that looks 'right' from the 1964 edition's range. TIA, David in Oz
  11. Fabulous, many thanks Zephyr, exactly what I was after. Was looking for some Proctor schemes and now fancy G-AIHD on the basis that overall pale blue with orange and violet bands will offend many sensibilities...including my own.
  12. Hi Steve, Much appreciated! I look forward to any results...it is an obscure topic and request...especially from Down Under so any help will be gratefully received. David in Oz
  13. Does anyone out there in BM land know what colours were used for the bands applied to almost all the entrants in the British 1949 National races organized by the RAC? Some appear to have single colours (eg the Spitfires), others had two colours (eg the light a/c). Google seems to think that the American Nationals were the only event that year. However, I assume it was a condition of entry and that here is probably a record somewhere.... TIA David in Oz
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