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Think he means XX829 John

Hi just to confirm that the small doors hinge at the bottom i.e inboard of the main gear legs. Having made the single seat KH Jag, IMHO it's a bit of a curates egg, good in parts but they missed the boat in others. The wing leading edge profile is fictional at best and if you fit the pylons they don't match RAF Jags in any shape or form. Shouldn't be a problem for an ETPS Jag but the weapon load is not an RAF one. Good luck though, she's coming on a treat John

Now surely Airfix can concentrate on the Short Sperrin..I'll get my coat! John

Adour 106 was a bastardised version of the export engine and re-used most of the engine core with a few new upgraded sections, it wasn't as powerful as the export engine ISTR. Typical cost cutting... John

No problem, always good to see a nicely built Jag John

If you mean the inside face of the airbrake door, that should be in camo, they're always very dirty especially the port one as this is where the exhaust for the Microturbo GPU is cheers John

Hi LR A bit late to the party. The interior of the airbrake bays is primer but where the airbrake itself closes on to the engine door and recess is in camo. Hope you don't mind but you have a slight issue with the slats as it looks like you have a recess on the wing leading edge into which they seem to be fitted. In reality the wing leading edge was a constant aerofoil profile with the slats themselves having an aerofoil profile with a sharp trailing edge; when retracted the slats 'blend' into the wing leading edge and sit on top of it giving the characteristic dog tooth profile. I may be mistaken but it looks like you have a gap / step between the slat training edge and the wing profile. http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/images9/waJag-44.jpg ALE 40 was a separate mod to the GR1a upgrade but was certainly installed around that time (I was at Abingdon 1984 - 89)

Only just picked this up, awesome work. Trust me from someone who has been working for over 20 years on a 1:1 Stirling, your progress is lightning fast. Wish we had some more original drawings LOL John

Awesome job, my dad used to overhaul RMs and RMLs at the Aldenham Bus Works before they closed it down. Always wanted to get one of these due to the connection regards John

An absolutely beaeutiful kit. It's quite scarey when I think back to making mine, I was still in the RAF and had to spend some time in Halton Hospital. Thankfully depsite being a military establishment they were very relaxed and as I had plenty of time on my hands I whiled away the hours tinkering with the kit. It's the first and only vacform I've ever made and I was really impressed with how it was so well thought out. When it was finished I placed it on display in the Fenland Aircraft Museum and when I left the RAF moved away and forgot all about it. I had cause to go back a couple of years ago and it was still there sat on it's u/c just as I left it. I wonder if it's still there? It must be at least 26 years since I made that kit, where did all the years go? John

Thanks Guys Guessed that might be the reason take care John

Thanks Aidrian Couldn't find a decent photo of the wing upper surface, so they're a great help 🐵 cheers John

Morning I'm building the new Airfix Buccaneer S2B straight out of the box. I have a query though on the upper surface wing fold area on an aircraft with the wings extended The instructions have you fit a reinforcing piece (part nos B7 and B8) before fitting the outer upper wings. However this would leave the forward wing hinge joint exposed when ordinarily you'd expect there to be an aerodynamic cover plate. Is this a feature of late Buccs as I've seen on other aircraft I've worked on where there is increased inspection activity that non-critical panels can be omitted to gain regular access. Notably Airfix provide alternative parts B9 and 10 on the sprues which are not mentioned but would fair in the hinge Any help from Bucc experts would be much appreciated as I've already glued them in so will have to fair in with putty if needed.😒 cheers John

The person to ask would be Freitag on here as he was a Jag driver, I was a spanner monkey LOL

Hi Tim nice to see a Jag getting some attention. First off the cockpit is all over black, ISTR they mistakenly refer to it in the instructions as being grey but be assured it's as black as a coal hole. The Airbrakes should sit flush with the fuselage sides as they fit into a recess in the Engine doors. There is a tolerance when setting up the closed stops on the airbrakes but it wouldn't be much (The AP is buried in the loft) cheers John

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Previous thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234917818-raf-bomb-colours/ regards John

That's a pity, the Italeri MkIV is the best option of their Stirlings. I've painted all my Stirlings using rattle cans with BluTac to mask off the cammo. Halfords matt black in fact gives a very slight satin sheen and is pretty resilient to handling cheers John

I know you haven't got that far yet, but the rear part of the airbrake bay should be the same colour as the external cammo in that area not chromate, and on the Port side very evry dirty due to the APU exhaust John

Hi Tweener where do I start... Nose is more streamlined as you say Rear turret removed and replaced by a truncated observation fairing with twin vertical strakes More fuselage windows Cargo door in Stbd side some aircraft had spinners fitted to the propellers complete with a 'fan' to improve cooling in front of the engine when towing gliders or in tropical areas There are some detail changes to the cockpit There used to be a conversion set by Final Touch available in resin which gave a new nose and tail fairing plus the cargo door, also one by Magna but can't vouch for its accuracy In short you can make a Mk V from the Mk IV kit, if you need any further advice, please PM me your email address and I'll send you some internal and external detail photos regards John

The chap who's made those animations is a long term friend of the Project, he's put a surprising amount of detail into his images and you can do a virtual walk through of a Stirling John

And if you need any help Jeff G, please feel free to ask John

Yes indeed it is black John

Hi Michael Just saw your message. Whilst we haven't got any parts from that actual aircraft, we do have a large number of original Stirling items which we're incorporating into our cockpit project. Whereabouts in the UK are you? You're more than welcome to visit us John