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Hi John The photo's below may help you locate the scoops etc. If you PM your email address I have some Sabre6 drawings i can send you. Hope this helps Cheers Ian

I have 3 books on the Albatross and none give a definitive answer, the Schiffer book just says aircraft grey. I don't recall the ones I saw being as dark as the Neptunes or WV2s that used to visit Prestwick,my guess would be around Dark Sea Grey or pretty close to it, only an opinion. Cheers Ian

KF472 Did fly with the RAFC at Cranwell until 7/47,from 4/49 until 12/52 she was with 7FTS and wore the codes FBB:L later changed to T:O. FX240 Also flew with 7FTS from 7/51 until 5/53 and wore the codes FBB:L also, later changed to the one in the photo. Hi John the one your father flew was despatched to India and has no record of service there, presumably it was in storage, sent to the Far East by 9/46 and allocated to1315 Flight until SOC 11/10/48. I would agree with you that the aircraft is yellow as it has the same markings as a lot of the Canadian units and some of my fathers photo's show the same markings, these were taken during one of his instructors "rest tours" which he always said were as dangerous as operational flying.I think he sometimes forgot he was a pupil at one time!!!!! My own guess at the nose ring colour would be blue as it seems to match the roundel blue, only an opinion Cheers Ian

I saw several of the Norwegian ones at Prestwick in the 60s and would agree with Scimitar that they were a dark grey, if I remember correctly the grey extended to the bottom of the fuselage and only the underside were white including the floats. A quick Google search found several photo's showing the demarcation line on the fuselage on abpic Cheers Ian

Nice build Tony,glad to see you've got your mojo back Ian

Another nice pair, if you will excuse the pun. Ian

Hi Folks The last stop on our US tour was in Washington DC,I've visited here before but on a very short visit as I spent most of the day at Udvar Hazy.Its a bit crowded in places but still very interesting,I had read that part of it was closing for refurbishment but it seemed to operating OK. Cheers Ian https://i.imgur.com/CBH7qgU.jpg[/img

Hi Folks A few from Florida on a day when it was hissing down, just my luck. Last time I was here was around 26 years ago when there were a quite a few hulks around, it's been tidied up and looks the part ,nice museum very friendly people willing to give up their time for visitors. Cheers Ian

The Scimitar moved on some years ago along with a couple of other exhibits when the Space Shuttle arrived. From what I can gather it it now resides in an upstate New York museum. Below decks the following can be seen,Avenger,FJ4 Fury A4 Skyhawk and an HUP2 helicopter. Cheers Ian

Good build Tony,two for the price of one. Did the other half stop you buying two Halifax kits? Ian

We used the water taxi from Patriots Point by far the easiest way to get about without using a car,parking charges are way more than we pay in the UK. Ian

Hi Folks Taken from the other side of Intrepid a few different views of the aircraft. This was our second port of call after Boston and our ship docked right next to Intrepid,I visited the carrier a couple of years ago and it looks as if the only new aircraft is the F16 so I didn't visit again, instead I went with my wife shopping only to stop the credit card suffering from friction burns. Cheers Ian

Hi Folks A few more from my recent trip,Yorktown is docked at Patriots Point a few miles outside Charleston. Unlike Intrepid in New York most of the ship is open to the public and shows very well the conditions the crews had to work in and also how the ship worked. I was struck by how small the stairwells and corridors were, images on newsreels show aircrew running out of doors and up ladders,all I can say is there must have been a lot of banged heads and knees. This is a very impressive museum and the Vietnam experience which only opened this year is excellent if you are in Charleston go and visit.Recommended. Cheers Ian

Hi Folks Slowly working my way through the holiday photo's. Boeing build the 787 in Charleston but the line up was too far away to get to in the time I had at the airport but it was pretty impressive, the Dreamlifters were parked closer but there was too much in the way of buildings and equipment to get cleaR photo's, however it was interesting to see two of them. The 787 in the previous post was brand new out was performing taxiing and braking runs on one of the runways, if you look closely you can see locking stats on the U/C. Cheers Ian

Looks like I'm late to the dance again, hope the following helps, XB727 Went to 422Sq RCAF,then to 234 Sq as Y,then to italy.This aircraft flew with both types of wing. XB772 Went to 112 Sq as P,to USAF May 1957,then to Yugoslavia.Only flew wit the 6-3 wing. XB837 K and XB694 N were both with 92 Sq and had the high demarcation PRU blue undersides and flew with both types of wings, there may be other 92 Sq machine with blue undersides. As far as I am aware most 92 aircraft had HSS undersurfaces, as always a photo is the best form of ref. Cheers Ian

Hi Folks Had a couple of hours at Charleston waiting for a flight to Washington DC on our recent holiday[or should that be trek]as my wife would say. I was allowed!!! to visit a few museums along the way so I must have been a good boy for a change. I will post a few more when I get some time Cheers Ian

Hi Martin Thanks for replying,I already had that picture you sent the link to in fact it may well be the next project to show the same aircraft in both schemes. I was a young aircraft spotter in the early sixties and have great memories of hovering around Scottish Aviation and creeping through dozens of RCAF aircraft on the airfield and incredibly saddened to see the Sabres and CF100S chopped up en masse. Great days though. The build is now well advanced and ready for decalling,thanks o those who replied to the query Cheers Ian

Hi There Sorry not to be in touch sooner ref. the T33 query,first of all thanks for the assistance. I have printed off the info ref the Belcher decals and seem to have opened a can of worms, the info says that there were two camo schemes but I seemed to have discovered another two variations. However I have enough now to finish the model and would like to thank you again for your help. Cheers Ian

Hi Folks Would anyone have any details on the upper surface camouflage pattern used on the T33AN during the early 1960s. I am using the Canuck Model Products for the decals but the instructions camouflage pattern for the aircraft differs dramatically from the 2 photo's I have showing the fuselage and tail. The aircraft being modelled will have the serial number 21607 which I saw at Prestwick along with many others of the type, any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Ian

I read somewhere the Germans were updating 50 of theirs, think it was in Aviation News. ian

Hi Dave The info came from the Air Britain Harvard File. The File state's the aircraft was delivered to India/Ceylon in a batch FT179-FT206 between Dec43 and Jan 44, it went to 45 Sqdn in May 1949. FT186 was in a batch of 361 aircraft FT100-FT460. I've built around a dozen various RAF Harvards and went with RAF grey/green for the sidewalls and black for the tubular frame, several colour photo's exist but I can't remember where I saw them. Cheers Ian

FT186 was built in Canada,went to 45 Squadron then to 1301 Flt,Station Flight Negombo SOC April 1955. My father has FT165 in his logbook which was based in Rhodesia where he was instructing in 1946 he liked the Harvard but always said it was better to bounce it rather than spin in on landing. Ian

Hi Folks Another T33 from Academy,finished with Experts Choice decals,Xtracolor HSS and for the high gloss finish Windsor and Newtons acrylic varnish.Various bits of black toned down on the matt painted areas with Revell matt varnish. Aircraft depicts an aircraft attached to the 5th FIS. Ian

Hi Andy This one is a bit outside your comfort zone, it's not a fifties jet!!!!!! Nicely done though. Ian