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    At that time, we'd just switched from a left-leaning Labour party-led coalition to a centrist-right cabinet - partly fallout of the Lockheed bribery affair which involved HRH Prince Bernhard. So a lot of dour faces and general distrust of the 'industrial military complex', and don't forget there were already major anti-nuke protests* going on. Best not to present a too 'happy' face on a new purchase *yes those were to an extent sponsored by the USSR with money transfered to activist anti-militaristic peace movement groups - par for the course really during the Cold War....
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    You know Airfix is going to pull a Schwarzenegger, right? "It'll be back!"
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    FSD or Production radar nose & fuselage stretch as opposed to the slimmer nose as seen on the demonstrator/ YF-16 like in the DVH cover in your first post If it matches the Italeri or any Hasegawa kit you have, it's good.
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    Page 63-64 to be exact.
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    I'd just go off the box art, mainly. Reasonably useful angle on this one. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/azmodel-az-7856-heinkel-he-162b-6--1505765 No-one can prove you wrong!
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    Weird, the later A05042A did not have those issues so it's not the moulds themselves.
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    Wouldn't be the first time decal sheets contain errors.
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    I'm a simple guy. I see a nice Brüggen Phantom, I press like. What can I say?
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    Once in a lifetime experience, that.
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    Lovely finish on that black. At least you had the benefit they were 1/48 scale I did the BC-1 aerials in 1/72... still recovering
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    IIRC many of the cartoons were from Ton van Andel, nicely referring to the then-political climate with a typical Dutch slant. Published by Martin Leeuwis, many probably know or recognise them from the 'Say Again' series comics. Nice to see the venerable Revell H-219 showing up. I still have the engine on carriage & tow truck extras, although the F-16 itself was replaced with a later kit. Did the Revell have the FSD nose? Not sure anymore...
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    It might help if you mention the kit number. I think they released about a dozen versions!
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    As a corollary to that, Ventura (yes that Ventura) has several PR Spit and other related videos recently recorded. https://www.youtube.com/@VenturaPublications
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    As an aside to this subject: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/videos/flying-leatherneck-aviation-museum-to-leave-san-diego/3373022/ Leaving for.... Irvine. btw: haven't these guys ever heard of a weed hacker? If I were to stumble across that collection, I too would believe it abandoned because of the lack of groundskeeping.
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    Why, may I ask? 514 Sqn is documented as JI and later A2 for C Flight.
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    Well, the ancient Greeks did not have a word for a primary blue either, so who are we to begrudge this use of green?
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    I admire your boundless optimism
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    uhm.. DB-7 (no suffix), yes. B/C models however.. some of the ex MLD order were reassigned and shuffled around. Some even went to USSR. But besides that: a short-fin DB-7 means a new fuselage as the MPM/SH one is complete halves except nose parts.
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    Low fuselage or high-back? https://www.eduard.com/aircraft-and-helicopters/1-48/spitfire-mk-ixe-overtrees-1-48.html Otherwise, hunt for one of these: https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q=Supermarine Spitfire Spi*&fkSCALENORMALISED[]="1:00048"&fkSECTION[]=Kits&fkCOMPNAME[]="Eduard"&fkSUBJECT[]="Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk.IXe"
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    A nice Ventura vid that might be helpful in really finetuning the early IX:
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    No. This is an early Mk.IX, with the bigger intake, but not the Aerovee. Eduard has moulded the lower wing such that replacing that is serious hacking about. For a Mk.IX with E wing, you would need the specified kit that actually has all the parts needed including the different lower and upper wings that have the appropriate gun hatches.
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    All the best, Des!
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    I feel very old

    alt-92 replied to Max Headroom's topic in Chat

    As I understand it, a couple of Lindberg kits were also released under the French brand Aéros. Perhaps that was one of those?
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    welll... there were...
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    That might be the switch to indirect (single point) injection, which was also used on Mitsubishi engines.
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