Anatol Pigwa

What do you mean by "pawed"? Left in place - I assume from the context.

Consider yourself counted then

I am trying to find out if the RECCE Tornado's used by the Bundesluftwaffe where armed or not. I know that the ECR Tornado's don't have the cannon, but is it true for the RECCE variant as well?

My favourite is the Phantom with the Blackbird in hot pursuit. I am not sure I can give you many pointers on the Raven, as I will be building a Hasegawa kit. I am pretty sure though you can stand your ground against my build. You are welcome to follow my RF-111C build in the ANZAC GB. It is currently on hold, but I should recommence work on it by the middle of next week.

Since a quarter of the fun is musing about the various options one will choose to build, I'll present my options along with a possible thread title for your feedback. And no, I will not do an Enzo, Pick one! + "Descending to 70,000 feet" a SR-71 Blackbird + "You ain't got a thing if you ain't got swing" A EF-111 + "Unarmed, unafraid and alone" - A RF-4 Phantom (B or C) + "Eye of the storm" a RECCE Tornado. I have to confirm though yet, that German RECCE Tornados where/are indeed unarmed. + "Lost in France" the Mirage III-V VTOL Research aircraft.

Would a feasible approach be getting thin masking tape like 0,7mm width (or less) mask out the edges of the RAM panels with it and then fill the interior with a masking fluid?

Actually there are certainly some slight differences regarding wing (the F variant has wing-top spoilers). This is also reflected in the HB kits. Since the A-4G was based on the A-4F I would suggest this kit as the base for your build.

Very cool indeed. Is there a particular reason you painted the base of the hump black?

Thanks, These are brilliant photos! You may be correct about the colour being a reflection issue.

I finallz decided which aircraft I#mgoing to build It will be A8-126 in the farwell scheme, with a Popeye slung under its's wing. Here a pictureof the Popeye + Data Link pod (fromt the Skunkmodels Workshop IDF-weapons set): Now I need tofindsome goodre sources on the undercarriage of the Pig asI amnot quite sure which parts are to be painted red and which remain white.

THe internet has a way of teaching you things. I alwazs thiough there were only two paint schemesof RAAF F-111s (bar the ARDU machine): SEA camo with a black underside, or overall gunship grey. And then I find this picture: The wing is clearly brighter (white?) than theoverall scheme. Why would that be? Was the machine loanedto ARDU or is there another explanation?

The plastic has been butchered: Mostly basic priming ATM.

The picture might be slightly misleading the SuE is slightly longer and wider, not as high though as a Skyhawk. But the difference is surprisingly small.

Here is my first take on the Skyhawk: the lovely Italeri kit. While it may not be good as the Arfix or Fujimi offering it still offers great value for money, and a quick and easy build. I suggest to seek out either the Revell rebox; or get some nice AM decals,. As part of my "1 new build, 1 SOD project finished policy" I present the Super Etendard companion project.

The first Skyhawk is finished (well kind of - the photos showed mercilessly all defficiencies of the project): I decided to take some Zunis for the ride besides the Walleye. Probably a load mix that makes little sense, but both were widely used in during the Vietnam war on Skyhawks, therefore quite fitting for this aircraft. And I also finished his little friend: Kind of ironic: a Skzhawk and Super Etendard finished during a GB on Britmodeller and neither of them has argentine markings!.