Dave Fleming
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Useful timing, I have all four of their A9/A10 kits in the stash, with the A9 part built
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1 hour ago, Giorgio N said:
Leading edges could well be yellow, a colour often seen on the leading edges of MTO Spitfires (although IIRC it was not officially required).
See for example these two pictures:
http://magazine.ipmsnsw.com/33-1/ahmwa/P029334.jpg
Interestingly in both pictures the patches on the MG ports are not in red...
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
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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.
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20 hours ago, 71chally said:
1:72 or 1;48, I still don't understand the forward fuselage parts breakdown.
I suspect to allow for Swiss ones with the different nose
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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!
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22 minutes ago, The wooksta V2.0 said:
Hopefully, Xtradecal will rerelease the sheet they did around 2005? Can't find any and I need them for whiffing!
That would benice, I don't think any of the units were duplicated on their recent sheet either (Maybe 64)
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On 15/02/2022 at 17:39, stever219 said:
The earlie ailerons have a single tab which protrudes behind the line of the trailing edge whereas the later ones gave two tabs which follow the line of the trailing edge from the centre-section joint to the tip.
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
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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.
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41 minutes ago, Wez said:
I'm hoping the various colours on the CAD drawings we're seeing are indicative of small and large breather intakes as well as pre and post Mod ailerons. I'm quite looking forward to this, hopefully the outer wing won't be as thick as the MPM/Xtrakit/Special Hobby version.
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?
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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.
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Back to Meteors, does this image hint at a separate nose piece (and there fore possible future FR9?)
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1 hour ago, TEXANTOMCAT said:
Though if you'd pounced then the Airfix Shack was £30 at The Works until just before Xmas with free shipping! You can pick up a 1/48 Hunter at the same price right now from them...
TT
I had a 20% off code and got mine for £24!
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2 hours ago, Glen said:
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To build a K2 you would need to cut back the wing leading edge extensions so that it is a straight line from root to tip and modify the wing fences. The engine stub wings are different too but hard to explain without pictures!
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)
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14 minutes ago, Hook said:
The only 'threat' were Argentine 707s, so not a lot of ACM called for
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Not just No 1 in Belize
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15 hours ago, RAGATIGER said:
Hi there
Please allow me to ask this silly question I always under the impression that those fuel tanks were the ones used by the Harrier GR3/Sea Harrier during the reinforcement of the Task Force Air Wing during the Falklands War in 1982
So please tell me if I was wrong and please don't laught too much
Regards
Armando
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/
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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!
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15 hours ago, Troy Smith said:
a few had a unusual dark green disruptive pattern added over the MSG as well.
|OK, it's an option in the CMK kit
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
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As an aside, re Hunter tanks - Sea harrier 190 gallon tank were made from repurposed Hunter 230 gallon ones
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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
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20 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:
Airfix F.8 in 1/72 you say ? Is this new/re-pop ?
https://uk.airfix.com/products/gloster-meteor-f8-a04064
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16 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:
Airfix F.8 in 1/72 you say ? Is this new/re-pop ?
Brand new
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11 hours ago, sloegin57 said:
Just found this in the files - shows the air con ducts a bit clearer - (39Sqdn aircraft based in Egypt at the time) :-
HTH
Dennis
Cracking shot. Thanks Dennis
RAF PRU Pink?
in Aircraft WWII
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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