Dave Fleming

That's an interesting one, it certainly had them as early as 1976 (having been sold in 1975) - it might be an addition during her MOD(PE) service

haha! I had the NF11 kit in front of me and didn't notice them! Oh well, that solves that problem - get the NF14 kit and use the intakes from the HF11! Thanks all!

The intakes sit below the cockpit just forward of the fuel tank. As noted, they were introduced in the NF13 and added to the NF14s that served in the Far East. You can see them on this shot of the NF13 in the IAF Museum. They are quite obvious on all the 60 Sqn 14s. Not too difficult to scratch build.

Underneath, directly under the cockpit

Thanks Dennis, I've got the NF11 and 12 kits, and couldn't see anything that could be them. need to see what the NF13 has...

I’ve never seen any adverse comment on them. (Other than the price of the original release!) EDIT: Just remembered they got the elevators wrong. They should have a horn balance on the end, but Dragon modelled them inset, with the end of the tail plane fixed. Not a difficult correction!

Does anyone know if the SH NF14 kit has the air conditioning intakes that were fitted under the fuselage of the 60 Squadron aircraft? Had a look at the review, but they aren't apparent

Best I've seen were a set that was produced by someone in IPMS Canada, I had a set years ago but not sure where they are now

Ah, true, i must have been getting my ACs confused.

Double entry!

I believe it is a new sheet. Yes, Palitoy did that with several kits. C-130 to AC-130 and Canberra to B-57B are another two that spring to mind.

I hope they do as none of the existing 1/72 PR noses are completely accurate - they miss out the 'flat' areas around the side looking camera ports

Revell one is pretty close to some of the P1127 (RAF) Development Batch aircraft. The big Airfix one is pretty good, it has one or two strange features and in modern terms is really, really basic. (Like @Colin @ Freightdog Models I still have a Woolworths Harrier and Sea Harrier in the stash). I'm presuming they won't include the GR3 frame in this release.

They treat them as a limited edition, so presumably it's only one run

I always saw them in SEAC instead of the Mosquito

There were relatively few US aircraft that didn’t get at least tested by the UK - the RAF even had an early Black Widow, albeit it retained it’s US markings

1820 Squadron used the Helldiver

Both were used by the RN. The Dauntless was only tested, but the Helldiver served with a squadron.

I have a copy of that from the Douglas archives (before the Boeing take over) and another of the port side. That one only flew in the States before the British cancelled their order. https://napoleon130.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/faf26.jpg They went to the US Navy as JD-1s instead, and some were initially flown in their RAF markings and serials (e.g. KL702 was photographed over LA in May 1946) None of the ones flown to the UK had RAF markings applied, although they did get UK serials.

None of the renders show the all-glass canopy, although one of the colour options shows it. Hope they include both intake styles too

That's an original Roy Cross rough that was never used -

No, the very fact the tooling is/was still in the Uk suggests they are not intending re-releasing it at this time. The Airfix Head of Brand said as much on a YouTube channel broadcast a couple of weeks back

Ye, all four were done in 1/72 first - same for Defiant and Blenheim (and Spitfire XIX)

That would be the Basset mould that was going to be retired after the Kitstarter release (of which I have four). Oh well, at least the decal sheet will be decent on the new one

First rule of Airfix - a statement from Airfix is only good for the time it's given, and even then it may be incorrect (Not saying Airfix staff tell lies, but.....). This is the first new-tool where they've scaled the subject down. I hope it's not the last.