John R

I stand corrected. I think that I was measuring the diameter of the blue ring. In fact a standard 48" roundel fits beautifully over the existing one which saves trying to remove it. Similarly a 30" one fits, not quite perfectly, over the one on the underside of the wing. It leaves a tiny white border which could be taken as the carrier film if you don't look too hard. John

No way! a. It's stuck on the model b. Even if it wasn't that sort of delicacy is beyond me John

If you simply type WG774 you get the 'gap' between the 7 and the 4 and that's how it appeared on the decals but the illustration in the kit shows it the way it appears on the a/c. Interestingly theWG774 on the rear of the fuselage of the a/c does not have the 7 and 4 closed up when it first flew but this was changed when it appeared with its brother at Farnborough in World Recorder Holder markings. Now it's me being unobservant. I had seen the white ringed decals on the coloured a/c and felt sure that I had seen them in pictures of the NMF version so didn't check further. Even worse the rather grainy picture I have of two of them together on the runway appears to show the fuselage decal with a white ring but the one supplied in the kit for that version does not have one. Even worser (sorry, but this is getting to me) replacement of the white ringed decals is not going to be easy. A quick check of the spares box showed nothing suitable and a measurement of those supplied seemed to indicate that they were 45" diameter which I think is a non-standard size. Gordon Bennett! why do we do this to ourselves? Thank you John

For better or worse this is how it has ended up. John

As the Americans say 'Close, but no cigar' The slope of the 4 and the 7 seem to be different but if you were not too picky one could get away with suggested remedy but here's how it looks as a lash-up and this was the only picture I could find of the a/c I'm off for a lie-down in a darkened room John

Ooh Err! I saw your post just in time as I have wasted an afternoon putting it 'right', as shown below. Fortunately the decals had not set and I was able to remove them. Thank you John

It does make me wonder if the manufacturers ever build their kits before releasing them

I just went to apply the decals and came across a 'Showstopper' which I have not seen flagged up by anyone else. Has it been corrected by Dora and have I got an early set? John

Really nice model but from the title I expected it to hanging from the HANGAR roof. Sorry about the sarcasm but some things do irritate and everything else is great. Please correct the title. John

Thank you. I should have thought of looking there. It was double whammy because it cleared up something regarding the fairing on the top of the exhaust John

Thank you. That sounds like a reasonable explanation but why were they left unpainted? Possibly so any cracking or delamination would be easily seen. That would also explain what colour they should be. John

What are the light stripes either side of the central frame? Are they inside or part of the frame? What colour are they and why? The picture is of WV318 when at Delta Jets but other T7s look the same

Nice work - for a youngster! When you are my age it's not seeing the tiny parts, it's not being able to handle them. Make the most of the time you still have the ability to produce work like that. Have you got one of the magnifying lenses with ring light built in? Worth every penny John

Really nice work. I think that I built mine at the same time as your first attempt so, unlike your second attempt, it was built straight from the box with no worries about accuracy or aftermarket additions. Innocence is a wonderful thing! John

All I can say is...WOW!