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  1. Dave Fleming
    Unlikely
  2. Dave Fleming
    There aren't any in the kit, but (a) it has a separate nose and (b) the windows for the FR/PR nose are on the clear parts - I suspect there is a separate frame for the alternative nose for later releases
  3. Dave Fleming
    That was what prompted my question earlier about when the MATRAs came into service - LACG came in in 1966, but it's not going to have propagated immediately so there may have been some crossover
  4. Dave Fleming
    Yes they could carry the Matra pods. This is 1968, can’t recall offhand when the Matra type pods came in.
  5. Dave Fleming
    On the ASAC/HAS ones, it reduces a shadow on the under side
  6. Dave Fleming
    The demarcation is right along the line of the 'boat' hull along the lower fuselage. You can see it shown in the instructions below - the Airfix artist took this from the official RN paint scheme drawings https://www.pdf-archive.com/2020/04/12/airfix-72-westland-sea-king-har5-a50113/airfix-72-westland-sea-king-har5-a50113.pdf
  7. Dave Fleming
    The wheels are certainly short shot, but hopefully that's just a correction - might even be the mould isn't finished (First test shot of the Jet provost lacked one pilot) Not sure that is flash around the nose, so much as an artifact of the lighting; The 'missing' gates on 53/54 might just be protective pieces to stop those parts getting knocked off the runner, or they might be slide moulds or drop ins for a different variant
  8. Dave Fleming
    No FR9 nose (in this boxing) but the F8 nose is separate and there are 3 clear parts that I assume are the camera ports for the FR9
  9. Dave Fleming
    Update on Workbench today - note separate nose, alternative ailerons, canopies and the clear parts for the FR9 nose windows! Although hard to see, both early and late (Deep breather) engine fronts are on the left hand side of the fuselage frame. https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/airfix-update-meteoric-proportions
  10. Dave Fleming
    Now you mention it it is a bit off! I keep looking at that engine thinking 'I've seen bit that before' - not sure what kit though!
  11. Dave Fleming
    That's funny! Looks like they have used something similar to a PW 1830! On the real thing, the gap between the spinner and the cowl is so small you can hardly see what's behind it
  12. Dave Fleming
    There's a weekend edition of the mk VIII boxing coming in June too
  13. Dave Fleming
    Thank you Lee! It must be CAFO 1951/43 that I saw referenced
  14. Dave Fleming
    Been back through my files (and searched several old boards as well) and I can't find the reference - I know I saw it, because suddenly all the camouflage tones I was seeing on late war FAA communications types made sense. Unless someone else can come up with it, I'll shut up until I can get to TNA some day. (It might be CAFO 750/42 or it might be the later one) Annoyingly the Royal Australian Navy have put all the AFOs upon their website but not the CAFOs!
  15. Dave Fleming
    I'm sure it was @iang that first posted it, it might have been on the old FAASIG board
  16. Dave Fleming
    Err, I'd have a look at the title bar at the top of the page Chris.....
  17. Dave Fleming
    I don’t have the reference to hand, but Admiralty Orders for second line types from mid-war were for TSS over yellow (in direct contrast to the scheme laid down in the AMOs)
  18. Dave Fleming
    Freightdog/Blue max did a conversion set for the older Eduard kit, but it's the first time I can recall in a 'normal' kit - we knew there were other versions as the kits issued so far have had 'A' and 'D' sprues - this gives us the 'C', suspect the 'B' is a 2F1
  19. Dave Fleming
    That's something that's puzzled me for a long time! Oxford Blue is brighter/more blue that RAF BG, Post-War US Sea Blue is quite a dark colour, I think RAF B-G is closer There's always the possibility it was because someone in the RN objected to their helicopters being painted in a colour called 'RAF'.....
  20. Dave Fleming
    Yes, I beleive it was chosen as the nearest equivalent to US Sea Blue in the then MAP/MoS (can't recall which) range. (Ian Huntley wrote of a 'British' produced Sea Blue Gloss that was replaced by RAF B-G)
  21. Dave Fleming
    yeah, it's the nose part from their separate FR9 kit. It's not perfect (doesn't really have the shaped 'flat' either side of the camera windows) but it's not a bad stab at it.
  22. Dave Fleming
    Oh yeah, but it's an example that there are cases where non-aviation specific paint has been used
  23. Dave Fleming
    I'd heard 'applied by rollers bought at the local B&Q', which just slightly more plausible. It may happen - when the USMC first took the AV-8B onboard a ship (VMA-331 on USS Bellau Wood) they found the paint on the composite surafces started to peel away (Nose, intakes, leading edges) so they were touched up at Subic bay with what an eye witness described as 'tank paint', https://nara.getarchive.net/media/a-pair-of-marine-corps-av-8b-harrier-ii-aircraft-are-parked-on-the-flight-deck-b86581 And when 41 Squadron painted the tail of their anniversary GR7/9, they used what's claimed to be a BMW pearlescent white
  24. Dave Fleming
    SR915 was a TF10 used at the RAE, but used to test the ML target pod that was later used on the Tempest, hence why it had the pod. The pod wasn't adopted for the Beaufighter When looking for other pictures, I found one of RD850 in this scan from Flypast (p93, p4 of the PDF)- not sure if that's a standard or thimble nose? https://www.jets-are-for-kids.ch/pdf/bristol_beaufighter_target-tug_FlyPast_01-2019.pdf Also here https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Aircraft-Royal-Air-Force-1918-Thetford/30178449795/bd#&gid=1&pid=5
  25. Dave Fleming
    I'd imagine the scheme will be very similar to the BAE146 scheme, white with a red/blue cheat line
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