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Source on that, please?

Now pixel cam Gepards have appeared.

More.

Look armed to me.

They are being supplied with armament. There’s a picture of two in a training environment with the barrels (& maybe the bodies, as well) of the 25mm guns. That is a normal procedure when the gun is not required. It can be fitted in minutes.

* had. M119 design is from the 1970’s, M777 design concluded in 2003. Time flies.

Agreed. This looks like an accidental collision, not ninja-like piloting skills to nick a prop tip at several hundred knots.

Another view of the Su-27:

Updated pic

Highest altitude, operational air to air kill in history, which is notable.

Fake news - F-22 w/photoshopped balloon kill mark.

One can hope!

Skyhawk served in the Royal Australian Navy & the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

First one on its way home.

More progress on the UK Wedgetail fleet. https://twitter.com/raf_istar/status/1598718926896111616?s=46&t=p2Omq1LNqeDxh6GYpP8zBg

“Sprue tour” by Brett Green.

Very helpful. Last pieces of the puzzle are in the table below in red. Anyone with better eyes able to have a look? Eta: one easy way to draw something up is to trace it. That method is reliant upon a good quality, undistorted drawing. Sadly, @BS_w drawing is a bit distorted. The more accurate method is use the table of offsets to position each point in three dimensional space. That’s what I’m trying to do. I’m using the drawing as a canvas to ground truth my read of the table of offsets, not to trace. Due to some gaps in the table, I’m not there, yet.

Drawing up the Vokes in 1:1 as I type. Will make the digital model available for anyone interested. Just need to get all the information gaps filled.

Wow, again. Guess it’s time to learn how to turn that sheet into a 3D design. Some incredibly frustrating blurring of the right most columns! Also, some gaps in locating stations A, B, C, & I. Looks like Station 0 is .22” aft of the datum, with 10” between that & Station I. What I can’t determine (help!) is the spacing from 0-A, A-B, B-C, & C-I.

Amazing find! Don’t suppose you’ve managed to find the cross sections from the datum & station data?

Which could be matched with a notch or extension on the wingtips ton cover the gap. Iirc, ICM used this approach for their short-span ailerons. Can the u/c be built retracted on the new Airfix kit? ETA: just read @Mike’s review: ”If you plan on displaying your model wheels-up, the main gear is made up starting with only half the tyre, inserting a two-part hub in the middle, and then sliding the leg into the centre.”

Beautiful work, Marco. Looking forward to seeing the next instalment.

Those canopies certainly look tinted.

First multi-role electronically scanned array - or MESA - is lifted onto the RAF’s first Wedgetail.