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Hi Gang, I'm working on a 54mm Gurkha, which I think is about 1/32 scale. Does anyone know of any British pattern mess tins or cooking equipment (hexi burner would be great) appropriate for the early 80s? I'm guessing 1/35 wouldn't be too far out if that's available. I've searched and searched but can't find anything. Cheers, Gareth

Thank you for all the extra information. I wasn't aware that Humphrey has been largely untouched at the FAA museum so was discounting that as modellers do with restored examples. Look at that pic of the aircraft airborne I can see that the Royal Navy title has been done in black. I think the scheme was evolving so quickly at the time I might have to abandon my attepmt to tie it down to one moment in time. Thanks again, Gareth

Thanks for that Pappy. I'm hoping to show the helicopter as it was on the morning of the rescue. I've corresponded briefly with Chris Parry (radar operator on the day) and he says it had been repainted, most stencils overpainted in black and the Antrim crest 'toned down'. Not sure whether this means totally blacked out, so I'll have to go back to him if I can't find out.

Thanks Bo. It's been a while but if I remember correctly I used Xtracolour enamels for the camouflage. I think I found a source for closely matching FS numbers. Sorry, not much help!

Marvellous, thanks David.

I get that, but WHAT gun is it? Manufactrer and model. I'm trying to find one in 1/48 scale and the choice is baffling. Not all, if any, have GPMG as part of the description.

Thanks Trevor, but I'm trying to tie it down to which GPMG it was.

Hi All, I'm starting the Italeri HAS.3 built as Humphrey on the morning of the SAS rescue from South Georgia. Italeri's decals are crap / inaccurate - is there a third party sheet, or at least an Antrim crest on a sheet somewhere? Knowing the square root of nothing about guns, what, exactly, is a GPMG that was fitted in the starboard window? Is there a 1/48 product available? Many thanks, Gareth

Hi Everyone, I hope you're all well, staying safe, and not being too affected by the current situation. I'm so glad to have modelling as a hobby at the moment. On Facebook I am a member of the Model Factory Hiro build group, and one of my fellow members posts fantastic photos of his WIP with a 1/12 pallet, and a reconstruction of the disitinctive boxes MFH kits come in. I wanted to do something similar, and went trawling the doll's house pages. (1/12 is apparently a popular scale.) I bought a wooden workbench kit, and a photo-etched brass toolbox and tools. I had the idea to paint the box as if it belonged to a 787B enthusiast. Here are the first shots with it, showing the front cooling assembly, and the brake disc rotors. (I have enhanced these with silvers of plastic with the ventilation grooves cut in on my plotter cutter as MFH provide them as flat discs. This may be accurate for the original spec but I'm building from a reference book of the 2011 restoration, and sticking to that for consistency.) Thanks for looking in, Gareth

All the photos show the probe still in place so I assume that if anything actually broke off it was jus the tip.

Thanks for all the positive comments everyone, glad you all like it,

Hi All, Here are some shots of a model I finished a while ago. It's Great Wall Hobby's 1/144 Vulcan, shown after it's emergency diversion to Rio at the end of Black Buck 6. I'm sure you'll be aware that the Black Buck missions were flown against Argentinian forces occupying Port Stanley in 1982. The recovery to Rio was an outstanding piece of airmanship, that you can read about HERE. It's posed on a simple base, with Preiser 1/144 NATO figures to represent the crew. There's a full build log in the 'Completed Models' page of my blog - www.latibuliser.com Thanks for looking in, Gareth

Signing up to follow this one. I rode the Tozan in 2015 and will look forward to seeing it in miniature.

Lovely! I’ve got one of these in the stash and it might come out to build next after seeing yours. It’s been 30 years since my PPL lapsed and I’d love to get back in to it.

Thanks for the further replies. It really is an amazing story, and a close shave!

Thanks both. That's much clearer version of that photo than the one I have seen. It does look like the outer of the two misiles is the problem one. Cheers, Gareth

Hi gang, I'm building XM597 as she was after diverting to Rio on Black Buck 6. Does anyone know which Shrike hung up? I know the two starboard ones were fired, but I don't know which was still aboard as the aircraft landed. I could also do with ascertaining where the IFR probe broke. It looks intact on the few photos of the plane on the ground at Rio, so was it just the tip missing or perhaps it was just damaged rather than actually snapped. Thanks for any help, Gareth

Very kind of you Iain, I'll drop you a PM. Gareth

Hi Gang, I'm building the Daco 1/144 Simpsons 737. Can any one recommend a match for Thrifty Blue? I can't get hold of the Daco colour and Xtracolor X317 is out of stock everywhere. I'm hopeless at mixing colours, so could do with something easily available. Cheers, Gareth

Hi Gang, I'm building the Tamiya Mazda787B. There are some areas of the green decals that neat touching in / neatening up. Has anyone got a tip for an off the shelf paint match for this colour? (I'm trying to modify the ZeroPaints colour I have, but colour matching is not a skill I possess! I should have masked and painted, but laziness won, and has come back to bite me on the bottom...) Thanks for any help, Gareth

Marvellous!

Likewise 'front office' and 'bang seat'. Please stop it!

What a beauty! I have this in my stash, and have so far only scribed the panels on. I know how much effort has gone in to your result.

Thanks again everyone. @Uncle Uncool - I used the colours in the original Hataka Acrylics set. I think they were intended for the Pucara, but they looked close, and retained the 'character', so to speak, of Argentinian colours at the time. (They're a bit less saturated in real life, I boosted the contrast of the photos a little.) Glad you like them! Gareth

That's fantastic. I love the shading.