Dave Fleming
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Very useful Jens.
You can pick up 1Gb Sandisk Ultra memory cards on Amazon for £6 each.
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Don't know if you've seen these pics of 602 Sqdn planes from the Flight archive. I think they were taken in April 1940. They appear to be split black and white down the centre line. Note that some have silver interiors to the u/c doors (and presumably the wheel wells) and some have black.
http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/G...mp;pagenumber=3
http://www.flightglobal.com/imagearchive/G...mp;pagenumber=4
Pete
Equally, have a look at 'Chico' LO-C in image 42 in that series, and image 34 of the flying aircraft
I need to get the History of 603 book out the library again........
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I thought the roof was meant to be 'detachable' on the original plan.
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Thanks guys, I think I'll go for the proper razor saw, I've got an old X-acto one but it's getting a bit blunt now, wonder if their are any blades out there that will fit the handle?
You could try an Expo blade, which I think are made to fit the Xacto handle
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I waited until I could actually buy one from an RNLI shop (Whitby in this case) so that more of the profit could go to them (As usual, We spent a fortune in the RNLI station, but that's another story.....)
Actually, I didn't buy it, as my father-in-law insisted on buying it as a present!
So, has anyone actually built it? Tips, hints?
One positive result already - my daughter has asked to help build it!
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Don't use them in Handles! As Edgar says, they have no strength and will crinkle! Used as 'hand held' they are not bad.
My favourites of that type are the ex-Trimaster ones now sold by Hasegawa. Sold as 'scribing saws' you can use them fro scribing or for very fine cuts. The 'razor blade' saw that comes from the Czech republic (?) that Drewe and others use also looks the part.
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It was - it's now become the RAF's UAV Squadron = one flight will operate the Reapers, another will be the existing UK 1115 Flight on the Predator program (http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/uav.cfm).
The comment about not being armed is interesting, as the attack option has always been mentioned.
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The tooling exists and was shown on the old Airfix web site, so I would imagine that it may be released at some stage in the future.
I was going to say that! - And I saw the test shot!
Re the undersides of the 603 Aircraft - 602 at the same base had a mix of aircraft with just the wings in B/W and some with the whole underside.
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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)
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Soon to enter service with No. 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
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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!!
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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.
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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
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Not sure about availablity, but pod is called 'Sky Shadow' if that helps
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You look at the back end of the fuselage and wonder of they stole that from EH101!!
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Hello Neil,
Hasegawa did a boxing of their original 1/48 Zero (raised panel lines) in the early 90's.
Isn't it the revised/new tooling?
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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)
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I've also got the props and engine fronts ( they also fit the Airfix 1/72 Jetstream) but I can't really see the point of buying an Italeri/ ESCI Sea Harrier, an Italeri (or maybe Airfix ) Skyhawk, a Heller/ Academy Super Etendard and God-knows-who's Mirage just to get a Gran 1/72 Pucara on which to use them. Strange that there's no Harrier GR.3 in the set. At least there's an Airfix kit of that subject!
Cheers,
Chris.
The GR3 IS in the set - Sea Harrier, GR3, Super Etendard, Mirage, Skyhwak, Pucara
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Just to follow up - any RAF Jeep would be Olive Drab
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IIRC Undersurfaces were Sky Blue with the band in sky - some had black underwing.
The bands etc were added in tthe Far East
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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!
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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.
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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
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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
) Skyhawk, a Heller/ Academy Super Etendard and God-knows-who's Mirage just to get a Gran 1/72 Pucara on which to use them. Strange that there's no Harrier GR.3 in the set. At least there's an Airfix kit of that subject!
Boscombe down Hawk
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Shape wise, I always thought the re-tooled Matchbox was the best.