sammy da fish

Very nice model. I am about 10% behind you in my build. Mine will be 64 from the kit decals. I like the weathering very convincing. sammy

Yes that’s looks the right colour, remember it was very Matt indeed and bugger to remove when we got back from Iraq. sammy

Remember pilot & co sit on buff coloured fluffy cushions, seat backs are a grey/blue colour. sammy

Thank you Homebee we will just await for the release then Again thank you. sammy

Ok where did you get that information from Dreamwriter?

OK it’s now mid to late January 2021 when is this kit going to be released? sammy

Hi Ghostbase although the special hobby Tempest II looks very nice in the box don’t be deceived it’s a sod to get right, it caused problems at ever turn. sammy

Yes very impressive build there, only thing that I would say is how much pressure in those tyres must be well overinflated. However if mine was as good as this I:would be celebrating with a nice Pint🍺 sammy

Lovely model there, dirty, in use condition and worn, superb. sammy

Very nice model, would be proud of this one. Sammy

Ah I can see a nice diorama from the film ice cold Alex when the ambulance is being wound up the slope by hand. Oh yes. sammy

Yep that will be another drain on the bank of sammy. sammy

Oh gosh another one to buy. sammy

Cooooooool model. sammy

Keep going Jabba starting to look very good. I have been watching this thread trying to get my Fiddler mojo going. sammy

Thanks for letting us know about these add on’s. sammy

Thank you Both for input, I shall be considering which 1/350 ship to buy now. sammy

Grutze Bruno. sammy

Yep can confirm they are easy to use, I managed to use these superb decals on my Si-27UB and finished both cockpits within twenty minutes using PVA glue. Only down side is that they were £22 which quite a bit of dosh. Will I be using them again oh yes. sammy

Thanks very much for your reply. I have a while longer to think about it first before making my decision.

Hello has any body built one of these models and are they good quality. I am looking at their SMS Elsass model in 1/350 not cheap, just wanted to know any more information on these kits before committing lots of money. sammy

Just remember it has restraint cable from the forward bulkhead to the pole. And two small bungees from the pole to a p clip on one of the arms of the footstep. This is to stop it banging into the edges of the load pole bay corners. sammy

Those clear pots have hydraulic fluid in them which when new is strawberry red colour after a while turns straw colour or weak tea colour. Are you fitting the load pole?

This difficult to explain Speedy. M R Head looking down from above as we will do mainly, the MR Blades are not 90% to each other. They flop forward on their drag dampers. One drag damper per blade. So most of the times the blades are parked to make it easier to fit better in to the hanger. So with ease These pesky drag dampers and looking down on the aircraft most of the time the two forward blades are parked what is called 10 to 2. But once the drag dampers come in to effect which only about 10-15 seconds after shut down then these two blades actually start moving forward under the slow movement of Hydraulic action. This movement is about 9-12’ so they go further forward. This action also applies to the rear two blades which try to come forward until they hit the stops on the head. This is not that easy to explain. Further to this when the pilot shuts down the a/c he tries to gauge where to stop the blades so that he gets this 10-2 position of the blades. Reason for as explained above it’s easier to get in to the hangar and if and when you have to fit blade socks which are secured to the tie down points below cockpit and one each on the sponsons. sorry I know you a little past assembling the MR blades/ head. sammy

Sorry what is the time frame of the model. As I think yet again I some helpful or more work tips for you. Sorry Sammy