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Sorry, I wasn’t trying to correct anyone, I was just noticing that this merely being a rumour resulting from Airfix’s recent photo kind of made it a more appropriate thread in this section. But you are right; despite the title, this is largely a news section rather than simple rumour. Sorry for the thread drift.

When you think about it, this thread seems to fit the subject Rumourmonger more than 99% percent of the other threads in here which are actually news rather then rumour.

I'm confused. Is this really happening? A new tool 1/48 Jaguar kit from Airfix? Could that be why Heller got one more release out of their/Airfix's old tooling earlier this year? Would they have had a heads up? And is that box art a leak or just two minutes work in Paint?

This place is on my bucket list. The YF-23 and Hustler are jets I really wish I'd seen in the wild, or at all. Must say though, the B-58 does remind me of my wheelie bins. One for paper, one for cans and bottles and one for green waste.

Great shots Andy. You certainly see some great stuff on your travels. Not envious at all - honest!!

Thanks. My wife is taking our lad back in December, but I wasn't invited this time. Gutted!! Hopefully I can get there again next year though.

Fantastic stuff. The photos are absolutely wonderful and thank you for sharing these. It's quite strange (but maybe not really surprising) seeing a Soviet machine in India covered in English stencils.

Thanks gents. And it's nice that your responses have given me the chance to take a look at my photos again too. We take all these photos and so often go without looking at them again for a very long time.

I've seen quite a lot of the Australian break dancer in the last couple of days and her presumably mickey taking effort in Paris and if break dancing is now an Olympic sport, what chance of scale modelling being included? Imagine all the different categories; scales, brushed, airbrushed, with aftermarket, out of box, scratched etc. I wonder what the uniform would be like? Anyone imagine sitting there in a tight lycra ensemble emblazoned with your national flag and a 3M half face mask?

This looks great and nice decals, but I'm more a Woodbridge/Bentwaters man, so could we hope to see a re-issue of the excellent Caracal cold war hogs sheet? It certainly sold out fast.

They are each and all fine photos Shaun. Great work. Mine don’t come up to your photos at the best of times, but I also made the decision, for a change, to head to P&V East for arrivals this year, on the basis of getting landing shots for a change. But as they say, ‘West is best’. We live and learn.

That's awesome stuff. The quality of the subject matter matched by the quality of the photography. If only we could have exercises that interesting in the UK from time to time.

A bit late, but a few years back I was unfortunate enough to be 'honoured' to be appointed best man for my mates wedding. The fear of having to be funnier than Peter Kay for 10 minutes sent me into a proper state. I spent more time trying to figure a way out of it than thinking about what to say. My best idea was to get arrested the day before for something serious enough to be put in a cell for 24 hours, but not serious enough to have long term repercussions. Given that was my best idea, I of course ended up having to be there and make a tit of myself making a terrible speech.

Thanks Andy. I did get some good fortune with the weather, especially at Iwakuni and my first day at Iruma, and even though it didn't necessarily feel it at the time, at Komatsu too. It's still hard to get my head around the variety of types and schemes you can see in Japan. I still have to thank you though as without your advice I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the good weather and numerous types. On the modelling front, I didn't get to many shops in the end and just got this modest haul of tools and bits. Interestingly, the Mr Hobby Normal Blade for Modelling Saw I bought in the local hobby shop near my wife's family home cost 1600 yen, or £8.90. About a week after I bought it, by some coincidence I received an email notification from a UK online hobby shop that they were back in stock - at £27.27 inc p&p. Maybe next time I will commit more to the modelling pleasures of Japan!

A pleasure to meet and chat with you too. I hope you enjoyed your trio to Japan in all aspects. That's frustrating. I read recently that they deploy to other bases for about 100 days a year, so I guess a 1 in 3 chance of catching them at home. I'd definitely recommend visiting Iwakuni, but I'd advise checking the wind direction before going. You really do need stuff landing from the Hiroshima direction.