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  1. Dave Fleming
    That's the one I've been waiting for!
  2. Dave Fleming
    The RN ones are, but the Army Dauphin N2s are purchases as far as I know
  3. Dave Fleming
    The latest French types would be the SAS/Army Dauphins
  4. Dave Fleming
    I know, the bit Airfix missed was the change to the electrical system outlets on the upper fuselage (Hence the 'And' before)
  5. Dave Fleming
    Nose, RWR on the fin and tail, increase the height of the fin tip and (missed by Airfix) convert the two electrical system outlets on the upper fuselage to a single one slightly further back. (They got that right on the SHAR). I think there is an additional mesh vent on the tail boom (first appeared on the GR1A) If Falklands, you need to add the bump under the nose too. There are a few antennae as well.
  6. Dave Fleming
    Just passing on what I learnt elsewhere!
  7. Dave Fleming
    Re the upper wing colour, this photo clearly shows it's a two tone finish and it may just have been the wing roots that were repainted
  8. Dave Fleming
    I think it was in splinter camo, let me see if I can fins some images, but there are several of VF241 that suggest a two-tone upper wing
  9. Dave Fleming
    If you look at the enlarged photo you can see the original paint colour behind all the German text - this was quite common for captured aircraft One point to remember with VF241 is that it was captured before the end of the War, It's not one of the Air Min aircraft, it was already at Farnborugh in April 1945, and flew in July 1945. It's understandable that wartime rules (e.g. underside yellow) may have been applied
  10. Dave Fleming
    re Black 10, this is the only photo I know after it had been re-painted in Allied markings (and yes, it is a tiny pic!)
  11. Dave Fleming
    And even then, sometimes the dataplate says one thing as the aircraft was modified on the production line!
  12. Dave Fleming
    An senior offices (e.g. Wing leaders) were allowed to use personal codes, which could look like squadron codes!
  13. Dave Fleming
    Is it mottling or just bumps and dirt on the surface? It always looks pretty solid at the front. I've always thought the fin and the wing root to be in RAF green, but it looks like the wing still shows it's Luftwaffe colours further out. There is a rear view in (I think) Wings of the Luftwaffe too, but I don't have a good copy of that one. A difference in tone between the P/Roundel outline and the yellow underside could just be the anngle of relection, or different paint tins - I've seen it before on other RAF prototypes
  14. Dave Fleming
    I'm gpoing to say any primer looks like possibly just on the leading edge of the fin - the control surfaces look like a darker metal when you see then at a different angle; Possibly the jet pipe but again I suspect just a different alloy
  15. Dave Fleming
    And even then, you can find exceptions to that rule!
  16. Dave Fleming
    Gotta say I'm impressed with this kit out the box, much nicer than the last couple of KP/AZ kits I've bought
  17. Dave Fleming
    I’d guess painted aluminium, but….
  18. Dave Fleming
    Where did you see that? Good to see another issue of the 1/72 Spitfire IX - first they've done since the BFC issue in 2020, and I think 2019 was the last 'main' issue
  19. Dave Fleming
    This may or may not work!
  20. Dave Fleming
    Ordered the mk ll boxing today, but there is a slight error in the colour scheme for the SEAC option. PR527 had white identification stripes on the tail plane and under the wings as well. Hard to tell from photos if it had them on the upper surfaces, if pushed I’d say no.. there were some nice photos posted on the RAF in Burma Facebook page last year.
  21. Dave Fleming
    Hi Troy, it wasn't Edgar (I don't think he ever posted his files) - although he may have been the original source of the images. They came from this post by Nick Millman. I've uploaded the image and the accompanying correspondence below. This is obviously the document that @303sqn mentions in his Paul Lucas quote. The rear of the chips also references a DTD308-83A PRUPinkBlue-vi by Dave Fleming2, on Flickr OR4170841-vi by Dave Fleming2, on Flickr
  22. Dave Fleming
    Having dug into my saved files, I'd saved a photo of an archive chip of PRU pink alongside a PRU blue one. I think it was on here, but not sure so I won't share it but it is a very light colour.
  23. Dave Fleming
    Somewhere I have a note of the mix, which was one part red to 4 parts white if I recalll
  24. Dave Fleming
    It is a colour, but I don't believe it was used on PR Xs - it was intended for low level use, and the PRX was a high altitude aircraft. I think it's a mis-interpretation of the fact that blue/greys often appear lighter in WW2 BW photos
  25. Dave Fleming
    Useful timing, I have all four of their A9/A10 kits in the stash, with the A9 part built
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