Dave Fleming

First step - hold the sheet up to the light. Look for light areas which are thin plastic. Especially around wing roots, radomes etc. These are usually best strengthened before you separate the parts. Some use superglue for this, I use milliput (I find it easier to sand when set)

Soon to enter service with No. 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

Nice build - for Revell read Italeri, it's their Hawk kit. Now that Qinetiq have repainted the Astra Hawk in gloss black, it isn't the same at all! http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1062867/M/ But looking at your location, I guess you know that!!

Burn it!! To be honest, most disposal companies won't look at you for the quantities you are talking about. You could have a word with your favourite local garage/paintshop and see if you can stick it in their sump, but most use water based paints these days anyway.

Mentioned on the other thread, but I noticed it again recently that in 1947, 17 Squadrons mk 14s (i.e. original high backed aircraft - e.g. RN185) in BCAFO in Japan were fitted with the enlarged mk 18 style rudder, whilst 11 Squadrons FR14s (low backed - e.g. NH844) were fitted with the earlier F14 style. There are pics at Miho which show all 17 Squadrons aircraft with the original rudder in Spitfire At War 3, and another in the Lucas 'RAF Fighters Overseas' book that shows all the squadrons aircraft with the later style!!* 'RN' serialed aircraft operating in the SEAC zone in 1945/6 had the F14 style as well - both high backed (RN193) and low-backed (RN218). I've not yet found photos of an aircraft carrying both styles of rudder, but i'm sure they do! This does make you wonder about the wording of any retrofit notice!! Certainly. the F18 style doesn't seem to start appearing on FR14s until into late 1947/1948 (The two FR14es supplied to 602 Squadron had it) There is a photo in SaW3 showing mk 18s under assembly which is dated as late 1945. Thanks for the drawing John, the part I always found hard to envisage was how much to add to the rear of an F14 rudder to make the later one!! * The later style also appears to have been fitted to both high and low backed mk 14s supplied to Belgium

Not sure about availablity, but pod is called 'Sky Shadow' if that helps

You look at the back end of the fuselage and wonder of they stole that from EH101!!

Isn't it the revised/new tooling?

Hasegawa did a release of their 1/48th A6M5 kit in these markings called 'Stange Markings' Although not the kit, you can see the decals here: http://www.internetmodeler.com/2001/septem...mtech_ta183.htm ATAIU had at least three A6Ms- the second in the Photo is an A6M2 (Type 21 iirc, but that's working from memory)

The GR3 IS in the set - Sea Harrier, GR3, Super Etendard, Mirage, Skyhwak, Pucara

Just to follow up - any RAF Jeep would be Olive Drab

IIRC Undersurfaces were Sky Blue with the band in sky - some had black underwing. The bands etc were added in tthe Far East

I suspect they were taken in Glasgow. IIRC TSRjoe has the fin from one of them. The guy who owned the scrappy was so fed up of people wanting to photograph the Phantoms he decided not to get anymore aircraft!

Useful resource is the issue of Seventy Second Scale Modeller that had the table of variation for all the Maurauder versions - explaining the differebces between them all.

Glad to hear because I've not managed to find it yet. I know it's in one of a few boxes, but not opened the right one yet

The discussion on Colin's new decals reminded me of something I recently discovered about RAF Neptunes. Only the first nine had the original short nose (Aero 9B), those arriving after that had the longer Aero 9C version. So all aircraft after WX902 had the longer nose. This was BEFORE the gun turrets were replaced, so beware if converting the Hasegawa kit with the Falcon set (or building the Aeroclub one!) as I beleive they both have the original short nose Short Nose http://www.verslo.is/baldur/p2/british/WX500_3_640.jpg Long Nose http://www.verslo.is/baldur/p2/british/WX505_A-J_a_640.jpg Side by Side http://p2vneptune.com/i06.shtml Colin's sheet is correct as WX500 has the short nose

Yeah, a colour photo of the Blackburn B-20!! Seriously, the I've used your site a lot over the years - mant thanks for all your work!

Brilliant for when I get round to doing the Kit. Thanks. BTW, anyone got the Azure release and doen't nee dthe RAF decals or would be interetsted in a swap for the ones from the Sword release?

From British Aviation Colours of WW2 - hopefully including the other (more familiar) colours will give you an idea of where to go. Direct sunlight Flash Natural but diffused light/shadow

Imagine they will - they are going to hot and sandy places. I just wonder how much of the RC-12 fit they will have.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2815881&C=europe Another new type ofr the British Army

It's down to 12 aircraft now, and the first three are undergoing flight testing at Warton now.

You've been listening to too much Rush - you sound Canadian!

It would fit in with Airfix's Swedish obsession!

Gosh, all you old guys! (Born three days into 1968!!)