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Hi & welcome Swampster! Looks like the site is getting well stocked up with us RAF types, Regards, Merv (Armourer 84-96)

Jeez,you too,eh!lol One of my fondest childhood memories was of Dad making the model up for me while I watched & then me 'flying it' around the house. I must've been 6 or 7 at the time. early 70's.I remember a white & light blue plane.Cant for the life of me remember what it was. Remember the Dinky toy planes in the square bubble top boxes? Merv

Take a look here; eurofighter merv

I gather it's something to do with making it easier to get out of the parachute if ejected over water.By releasing the jock fittings the chute comes off easier with less risk of the chute becoming water logged & sinking,compared to our aircrew having to pop the buckle or cut the parachute lines. Our aircrew carry a knife on the right thigh of the flight suit/g-pants for cutting chute lines,dont think the US Navy carry them.

It's basically a more modern seat that is made under licence in the US.Must US seat's have the Koch fittings attatching directly to the pilots harness. The internal workings are,more or less,the same apart from the rocket booster pack being more powerful for US Naval Aviation.

I think you're right too.I just looked it up. Funny country,Sweden.

I've worked on the Harrier seat & from my understanding,the is'nt a lot of difference between the two. Mostly cosmetic. Merv

Heller also make (sorry,MADE) a 1.48 Jag kit,basically the same Airfix kit as I've built them both.

Hatchet, Steve M sounds like another Armourer or has worked with Armourer's going by another post. I'm wondering if I know him. Merv

Which ward do we send the flowers & cards to???.....(Just in case) You screw that up,your life's in the

Probably the same as how you felt when Phony Tony bLair's government decided to retire the SHar & Jag when the was plenty of life left in them....

Me is now wondering if our paths have ever crossed..... ESA or AGSE I wonder? Kinloss 85 to 88.

The old huts at RAF Bishops Court over here in N.I have actually been renovated & sold off as holiday homes!

Thanks for that,Been a long time since Kinloss....(I'm getting old) What was scary was when the US Marines came into Kinloss & took over the SW storage site (ESA 2) on excersises What was fun tho was when the RAF Plod strayed over the NLZ to be nosy & was told to **** off!We used to fine them a slab.And practicing the destruction of the left over bombs if the 'enemy were at the gates' Ah the memories..... In fact the other day while going thru some of my old kit in the loft,I came across my old "Man 4 WLT" book!

I had that problem as well as the fit at the front of the wings around the intake trunking.The airbrake wont sit flush & the seat is a bl**dy biatch to fit after the cockpit is complete.

Yea.... ZEPPELINS!!!

And apparently they are au naturale

For those of you who dont know who the lip smackingly georgous Lucy Pinder is.....

Me want....Must have....Need.....

LIEbour.......(Corrected for spelling!)

....Superglueing the model to your hand....slitting a thumb open with a rusty xacto blade....spilling paint over the wifes new shagpile.....Ignoring the wife when she wants to go shopping & your into step 2..... :shithappens:

How do peeps' Here are some photo's I took at the airshow.I was just using a small 5m pixel digi camera,the weather was very overcast. Sorry about the quality. Merv Enjoy

Oh to be young again....67 was such a good year..!

Hi & welcome to the hobby and BM. I keep a lump of BluTac on the top of a old coffee jar (which is filled with lead shot for ballast!) & when painting things like wheels ect,I cut the spru off & stick the sprue end in the BluTac.That was it keeps it steady while painting.You can get a low stick tape to edge the canopy when painting,dont use masking tape as it leaves a sticky residue on the plastic which is a bugger to remove! I'm not a fan of this Maskol stuff for masking canopys. I also have a old metal pencil case as you will always get bits break off the sprue & lie in the kit box.Put them in the pencil box & you wont lose them. Good brush to use for dusting off models is a girls blusher make up brush!I kid you not!!The long fat bristle head means you wont break off bits when dusting. Instead of pliers for cutting the sprues,invest in a pair of fine electrical snips,like for fibre optic working.Nail files & those nail file pads (cheap as chips from Superdrug) are better than sheets of sandpaper.(the file sticks last for ages) Anway, Welcome to Mad Mikes Play Away site for the over forties! Merv

Nae probs,I'm a ex-Tornado armourer so If you need advice on weapons,pm me. Merv