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Thanks guys, It was a nice pleasant little build with no issues except maybe around the nose intake. Regards, Simon

Yes, Sorry about that Mike, thanks for that ! Regards, Simon

Airfix F-86F Sabre ‘Little Rita’ by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

wider shot for you too 🙂 Bulldog2 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

Looks like Grey to me, Bulldog1 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

Count me in....I'll probably go with a Wessex, not sure if it'll be a 'Pinger' or 'Junglie' yet tho Simon.

Or..... just spray the noses yellow, slip on an O ring, spray the green and when the paint has dried, roll the O ring off and you have a yellow stripe on the nose....simples 🙂 Regards, Simon

I've got the Artmodel MiG-27K (Kaira) Flogger J2, its a limited run kit with a few bits of resin (cockpit, exhaust and Gatling gun) and fit is so so, therefore expect quite a bit of filling, sanding & smoothing but at the end it certainly looks like a MiG-27 to me ! Regards, Simon

Hi, Thank you ! I used the excellent AK 'Xtreme Metal' polished Aluminium, with the gun bay cover done in a slightly different shade. Regards, Simon

Oh yes ! ....the the 'sprue gates' were bigger than the antenna, same thing with the control column ! other than that it's a lovely little kit. Regards, Simon

Finished Airfix Mustang built OOB Airfix P-51D Mustang_72 (1 of 1) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr Airfix P-51D Mustang_72 (1 of 1)-2 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

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I'll put up the files or rather a DB link so people can download them as they need

How do these look to you ? supports have been snipped off, but not cleaned up yet British HE MC 540lb Bomb 3D printed in 1/72 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr British HE MC 540lb Bomb 3D printed in 1/72 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

Thank you........that could come in handy

found a drawing on this site : https://balkaninsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/3.pdf and came up with this initially, still got the suspension lugs to do 2021-04-06 (1) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr

If I can get dimensional data I'll be quite happy to

Did a few test prints of the files 3dPrints (7 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr BL755 3dPrints (6 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr Different Versions of the same tail 3dPrints (5 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr 3dPrints (4 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr 3dPrints (3 of 7) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr a little additional work needed based on the feedback above, but reasonably happy so far, Once I'm satisfied with everything and its as close as I feel I can get, I'll be happy to put up the STL files for download if anyone is interested in them.

so looking at the image, the nose is too blunt ? other than that I can't really see anything else that stands out to a layman like myself........ anything ?

Indeed it is, I found some dimensioned sketches of 'Red Beard' on the internet

Early CAD drafts using the VERY sparse details I could glean from various sources 2021-04-03 (1) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr 2021-04-03 (2) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr 2021-04-03 (3) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr 2021-04-03 (4) by Simon Johanson, on Flickr 2021-04-03 by Simon Johanson, on Flickr Designed for 1/72 so some of the details are deliberatly a little bit 'clunky' so they'll print out.

Hi, Does anyone know if there are any drawings available for British 'dumb' bombs with dimensions with them ?, I'm just starting out dabbling in Fusion 360 and thought it'd be useful to model some of these up maybe with a view to 3d printing them in various scales. TIA, Simon

Hi, For the F-4G in 'Euro 1' you could try Milspec 72-007, this gives markings for a 52nd TFW a/c serial Number 69-0247 based at Spangdahlem in Germany 1985. Hope this helps, regards Simon

Nice review Mike !....One thing these birds did usually fly with the rocket pods as I believe they contained chaff rockets rather than the usual HE ones Regards, Simon

that looks amazing mate , well done indeed !