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  1. Dave Fleming
    I've seen dope patches in a variety of colours, especially over seas - Grey Green was another The leading edge on the first photo is interesting too
  2. Dave Fleming
    I had a minor involvement in the discussion regarding these cannon covers when the kit decals were being designed, and whilst the consensus was they were 'probably' red, the decal artist didn't think there was enough evidence to say that on the sheet.
  3. Dave Fleming
    I suspect to allow for Swiss ones with the different nose
  4. Dave Fleming
    Having done the 1/48th Korea version with rockets, I can see them doing similar with the 1/72 version. Bearing on mind how good the 1/48th ones were, there's no excuse for missing anything!
  5. Dave Fleming
    That would benice, I don't think any of the units were duplicated on their recent sheet either (Maybe 64)
  6. Dave Fleming
    Ah yes, fingers crossed for that! Be interesting to see how they break the kit down. The darker sections on the CAD suggest separate ailerons. Would be nice to get a multi option F8 kit
  7. Dave Fleming
    I still have the old SAM RAuxAF sheet somewhere….., although the 615 markings might be used for ‘Winston’. And I have a real soft spot for the 229 OCu/ 79 Squadron ones.
  8. Dave Fleming
    If my refs are right, and looking at photos, the 500 Squadron aircraft has the smaller intakes, the 74 Squadron one has the larger ones, so hopefully both are in the kit. Can you remind me of the aileron differences?
  9. Dave Fleming
    The £135 limit is the one where the seller is supposed to collect the VAT payments and send them directly to C&E - HLJ do specify they collect these taxes for other countries, they may not have updated their website to reflect this. I can't find anything that provides a derogation on VAT for purchases from Japan. I've never been charged in 20 years of occasional buying from HLJ, but have heard that bigger/heavier parcels are more likely to be intercepted.
  10. Dave Fleming
    Back to Meteors, does this image hint at a separate nose piece (and there fore possible future FR9?)
  11. Dave Fleming
    I had a 20% off code and got mine for £24!
  12. Dave Fleming
    EDIT - just checked , the kit is sold as a K2/1101 so will need the wing extension added for the C1 (Effectively doing what Vickers did when they created the C1)
  13. Dave Fleming
    For all things VC10, this is the go to site. https://www.vc10.net/
  14. Dave Fleming
    The only 'threat' were Argentine 707s, so not a lot of ACM called for
  15. Dave Fleming
    Not just No 1 in Belize
  16. Dave Fleming
    GR3s yes, Sea Harriers didn't use them. The GR3s that were flown from Ascension direct to the Task Force used them. If you look at pictures taken on Ascension, you can see them, including AIM9s fitted to some of the aircraft used for temp air defence there.until the F4s arrived You can see the 4 tank fit here (Outer ones were 'dry') Armed and on alert One of the other occasions they were used was on 1417 Flight in Belize, in case of evacuation to the US due to Hurricanes, or ferry back to the UK. This saw at least one have a sharkmouth applied to the tank. I think the last RAF use of the tanks was the return of 1417 to the UK https://www.airfighters.com/photo/32496/M/UK-Air-Force/Hawker-Siddeley-Harrier-GR3/XZ964/
  17. Dave Fleming
    Good stuff. I built most of the MB conversions back in the 80s, but the PR10 was one I missed. Still have unopened F8 and FR9 ones I bought last year!
  18. Dave Fleming
    The PR10s were also operated (for a short time) by 2 Squadron, the markings are those of A flight of 2 Squadron, (at the time A flight operated PR10s, B flight operated FR9s and C flight was a Belgian attachment on F-84s. ) - 541 used similar coding, 2 only used PR10s for about 5 months
  19. Dave Fleming
    As an aside, re Hunter tanks - Sea harrier 190 gallon tank were made from repurposed Hunter 230 gallon ones
  20. Dave Fleming
    The original Airfix 1/72 kit had them, not sure of the dimension issue as it's been 35 years since I last looked at them, but they were missing the upper fins. You might recall Spencer Pollard had a pair made for his big 1/24 T2 conversion a few years back (That T2, probably on the same Malta deployment, was one of the few users of ferry tips I've seen in service)- I think he got the dimensions form the ones at the Norwich museum The big tanks weren't very common in use, but you did see them- used for ferry flights between Med and Germany, the Sea Harrier deliveries to India used them, they were used on the Gr3s to Ascension and the Task force (On the flight to Hermes they carried the 100 gallon tanks on the outer pylons, the 330s on the inner ones. the big ones were dropped before landing, although John Farley had operated a GR1 with big tanks off Delado years before) - I've even seen them on USMC AV-8A, although they more commonly used the Aero tanks (as per A4, AV-8B) There have been a couple of aftermarket manufacturers have done them, but i don't think any are in production at the moment
  21. Dave Fleming
    https://uk.airfix.com/products/gloster-meteor-f8-a04064
  22. Dave Fleming
    Brand new
  23. Dave Fleming
    Cracking shot. Thanks Dennis
  24. Dave Fleming
    If anyone saw Dale from Airfix on the Interesting Modelling Company broadcast a few weeks back, it was clear they regard Vintage Classics as a nostalgia thing, and he was also clear that they regard them as limited edition, one run product, even if they don't class them as such. He also indicated that some tooling is in India, and some in the UK and the ones in the UK are unlikely to be used in production anytime soon (including the Rotodyne) Separate previous conversations with other Airfix staff have indicated that they have access to pretty much all the historic Airfix tooling, with only one or two missing (SS France and SAM2 being the two acknowledged) and a couple not economic to use (1/48th Buccaneer due to all the production difficulties with warping for example). I do wonder if they have things like the old Hurricane mk IV, Westland Whirlwind fighter, Fw190D and P-38J that were replaced in the 70s
  25. Dave Fleming
    And that answers a question we first looked at in 2011!! https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/77543-meteor-nf-14-question/&do=findComment&comment=857040
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