Dave Fleming
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Too long - at the time MB made the kit it was widely beleived that the NF14 nose was longer than the NF12. In fact both are exactly the same. It's down to an optical illusion due to the shorter windscreen and a mis-interpretation of the nose of the 12 being longer than the 11, and the 14 is also longer, being translated into the 14 being longer again than the NF12
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Just remember to throw away the NF14 nose!
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They produced one last year - Alcock and Browne colour scheme - but mucked it up by including the F-4K armament/nosewheel detail
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Aren't the ones the RAF are getting the undelivered Utility ones rather than the SAR ones?
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Shots are from the Flight Archive
http://www.flightglobal.com/StaticPages/Archive.html
Well worth a browse or two!
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Oh you anglocentric devil Edgar!
October 16th 1939 was when 602 and 603 Squadrons intercepted a raid by I/KG30 on shipping in the River Forth and brought down 2 Ju88A-1's, the Spitfires first success in combat. The air battle for Scotland was fought and won long before the Battle of Britain, or the Battle of France for than matter, had even started.
Did someone mention 602 and gun patches??
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I might have to do a spreadhsheet thang of possible variations of colour schemes, markings and versions for the early RAF Harriers.
Dig out one of the old Harrier SIG newsletters and you'll find some bloke called Fleming already did one.
Must update it - managed to get a few more entries over the years (The 4 Sqn Winter ones) but some things remain elusive - 3 Squadron coloured tails on GR3s, and grey wing tips on GR1s for an Exercise in the 70s.
... but you did take one (at a Scottish IPMS) didn't you? Or am I going totally doolally!!!God, you're right I did - my thought was that that pic was too good for the little camera I was using then, but I'll check the Cds.
EDIT - Oh that's neat! I added my reply to Bill as a second 'Add reply' and it automatically added it to the one above!
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Actually, the Hasegawa/Italeri re-box pricing is fairly easy to explain.
Hasegawa kits are imported into the EU as completed goods. they therefore incur import duties as such, and the importer passes that on to the end user. Revell imports just the plastic, so it is classed as 'components' and incurs a lower duty.
I suspect Italeri maintain their profit margin on the Revell boxings.
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Not my pic Bill.
If you could include the Beleize tail art and shark mouth...........
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The two-seat Typhoon did initially come out at that price Dave, but then I've seen it in other shops for around the 7/8 pound mark as per the single seat.
Email incoming.
I took the prices from Hannants current price list.
Might be to do with the £/Euro exchange rate as well.
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Yeah, really love those early GR.1s... and there's so many subtle variations on the camo and markings.
Did I ever point out to you the Dark Green/medium Sea Grey 20 Squadron one..........................?
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Two seat Typhoon - £12.99
Single Seat (with better decals and weapons sprue) - £8.99
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I'm going to try some photo measuring later!
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My thought was 'the T birds all had the brake chute, was theirs the 'original' tail piece?'
Be interesting to find out.
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Thanks Edgar,
Now if someone can measure an F1/F4 that will complete the set. (Must get to Dumfries one day).
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And Tornados have just started using the Litening pod
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Beware American references as well, the phrase 'rubbing alcohol' can refer to what we call Surgical Spirits, or to iso-propanol, or to combinations.
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Though a thread for all those useful online databases would be a good idea!
First off, probably the most well known:
http://www.airliners.net/search/
also
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The GR7s are easy because they tail numbers are unique (14A is ZD347) - I'll need to dig out the other pics to check the SHARS
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It was not that the indians did not want them.
The SHAR's were AIM-120B capable and the US does not want certain comtries to have this so we would have had to have US permision to sell them, I think this was part of the AIM-120 deal.
I should have been more clear.
The AIM-120 capability would have been stripped out them, as would have Blue Vixen - they would have been supplied to the Indians as training airframes.
The Indians weren't interested in that.
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it's NOT Azure Blue, it's not even a BS381C colour.
The reference is upstairs at present, but the blue colour used on the underside of Hunters was to an ICI spec. It may have been close to Azure blue, it may have looked like Azure Blue, but to call it Azure Blue is wrong.
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Hi Dave- this kit isnt my bag, so I havent bought it, but I am assuming you have?
If so, apart from the points you make, how is the fit, finesse, engineering etc? obviousl yI could only examine through the sealed inner packet.
Haven't bought it - not my scale - but had a look at one. That said, some of the recent MPM stuff has been very nice.
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One drawback - completely fake panel lines. Now we can argue the benefits/disadvantages of engraved panel lines for washes etc, but the Fulmar kit had panel lines where there is NOT a panel junction on the real aircraft.
MPM have depicted by engraved lines what on the real aircraft arerows of rivets acros a solid sheet of metal.
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All of these things are covered b y a series of Defence Standards. I have a copy somewhere, will have a look, but IIRC the colours allowed are White, Light Aircraft Grey or Dark Sea Grey
Brasso as a polishing agent
in Modelling Tips
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Toothpaste - it works if you use a plain white toothpaste (especially the cheaper ones)
Brasso - the solvent attacks plastic, as others have said, but you can use it by soaking a piece of rag in the polish and then leaving it to let the solvent evaporate off. You are then left with a polish-impregnated cloth which can be used to polish plastic.
that said, I'd still prefer Micromesh. If only there was a UK retail supplier of the large sheets.