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Unless things changed towards the end of each of the aircraft service lives I’ve never seen an F-1CR or M2KN wear any other colour on their undersides rather than Flat Aluminium(FS37178).

It’s Flat Aluminium FS37178. It’s actually a French colour so not FS but for modelling purposes it’s the closest you’ll get.

Fairly sure the wings can be folded with any cleared ordnance inc Martel and Sea Eagle so 1000lbrs shouldn’t be an issue.

The Red band would have indicated incendiary ammunition or indicates the presence of highly flammable material. Which was used on Torry Canyon in order to try and ignite the oil.

If the M109 can be carried I see no reason why a smaller and lighter Warrior AFV can’t,

Both the PW & GE exhausts are ceramic finished from the nozzle down to the burner ring. The closer you get to the burner ring the dirtier it gets and in most cases the ceramic finish disappears under a layer of soot.

Hoping to get the modelling bug back up and running after a couple of years off. Which means I’m needing to replace some building materials and wondering what the masses are using as filler/putty. I was always a Squadron Green man myself and when they changed the consistency I struggled on trying to locate original batches, however it now appears that all Squadron putties are discontinued. I need a filler that actually bites into the styrene and not just sits on top of it. Any suggestions/recommendations?

Both a/c in the picture are AUP standard, the only difference between the two is the DIAS equipped one in the foreground with the fairings that you mention. Both have IFF ‘bird slicers’ and the cockpits are identical. DIAS equipped jets are all in 015** serial range but not all a/c in the range are so equipped, check references to be sure.

That’s simply gorgeous.

F-111 F-14(ok, unknown numbers still flying with IRIAF) F-117(ok it’s only 42yo) SR-71

Surprised no one had mentioned the U2, 68 yrs old.

Still active though. T-2 Buckeye 66yrs on the 31st of January.

Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster still in active service.

Last Cheetahs were retired in 2022 by the Ecuadorean Air Force. The last user of the T-33 was Bolivia, which retired the type in 2017. BAe Hawk, first flight August 1974 so another one celebrating 50yrs this year.

Yes, quite a few Hellenic F-4E’s were painted in the same scheme, although it doesn’t really matter which Squadron’s as the aircraft rotated between 337/338 and 339 Miras and didn’t carry Squadron markings. 337 and 339 were probably the initial recipients as their primary role at the time was Air Interception for which the scheme was devised.