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    Your Top 5 Cold War Aircraft worldwide use

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    My five would be, judged solely by the Top Gear "cool wall" principle

    1/ EE Lightning

    2/ Sukhoi Su15

    3/ Viggen

    4/ F15 Eagle

    5/ Sea Vixen

    Would Kirsten Scott Thomas be seen in any of these?

    :whistle:

    Anyhoo my tuppence worth (again in no particular order):

    MiG 17: the backbone of many a conflict

    Douglas A-1: just because it just looks so cool all loaded up

    Mirage III/V family: for all those neat colour schemes

    C130: so good its replacement looks remarkably similar 50 years on

    UH1: the best thing ever with a rotating wingspar

    Sea Fury TT.20

    in Aircraft Cold War

    Posted

    I've a feeling that I know the answer already but.................

    I have the PM Sea Fury TT.20 which is rapidly (for me anyway) nearing the painting stage and at present intend to finish it like this

    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...DN%26start%3D18

    (check out the other photos on the site!)

    However, before I commit paint to plastic, can anyone confirm that the only EDSG/Sky TT.20's are warbirds like the Fleet Air Arm Historic Flight's new example?

    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...sa%3DN%26um%3D1

    This is quite an attractive scheme and if 'real' would be tempted by that instead (however those patches of zinc chromate primer might be interesting?).

    Over to you gang!

    Regards

    Optimal Cranial Clearance

    1.72 Spitfire

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Wooksta!

    I seem to recall that the Airfix kit had a problem with the wing chord and that the aerolons on the upper surface needed filling and rescribing. Plus it has raised details whilst Italeri has inscribed. Oh yes the canopy is pants and has minimal internal details! TBH rob the aerial and prop and throw the Airfix kit away!

    So then pistols at dawn?

    1.72 Spitfire

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    From memory not a lot and what follows is mainly cosmetic but here goes:

    Ariel is just a featureless pole - Airfix from spares box far better

    Prop blades -don't look quite right - again Airfix

    Cockpit walls have no detail - plastic strip or even thick transfers cut into strips and then painted over

    Don't use the seat mounting bracket as the seat will be too far forward otherwise

    Use Tamiya tape or whatever to simulate the harness

    and finally not an inaccuracy but cement the nose to each fuselage half and lay flat on a surface to set before sticking the fuselage halves together.

    Otherwise as I recall it's a great little model - no filler or cursing needed.

    Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk.1 & Mk.9

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Hi Doug:

    I've built the MkI / MkIIa boxing as a MkIIa and enjoyed it. I knocked up a build article that breaks down the tweaks I threw at mine...Spitfire MkIIa

    S-1.jpg

    Lovely build - especially like the totally flat finish. Just a thought though, does the windscreen look slighttly odd? It has the rake of the internally armoured later screen, but shouldn't it be more 'sit up and beg'?

    Fairey Firefly Mk.1

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    Very well done! I have the Novo release in my stash and have done for longer than I can remember. One of the things that made me twitch was the two part rear canopy - may have to invest in that Falcon set then! I have the Ian Huntley series of articles from SAM ready for the day I commit scalpel to plastic!

    Rhodesian Air force 1/48 scale

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    The colours I have been using are Humbrol 29 & 30 as these are the closest to the RhAF colours. Bear in mind that under the african sun the colour shade changes very rapidly. The aircraft were painted in a Rhodesian variation of the Dark Green/Brown that gave off a very low infra red signature.

    The Vampire T.11's had a Sky blue/Duck egg blue underside, but all the othe aircraft were brown. No idea why the Vampire T.11 was left skyblue.

    Colour pic of the Vampire T.11 below. The underside looks to be Silver in colour:

    RhAF2sqnVampireT-11SA.jpg

    many thanks - if/when I get round to it, definitely RhAF!

    Rhodesian Air force 1/48 scale

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Hello '603 - great models of an air arm not frequently built.

    Can you answer a small question for me please? Is it true that the 'brown' and 'green' are actually from former RAF dark earth/dark green stocks of WWII vintage? I have also seen reference to 'sky' undersides too.

    After seeing the pics, I'm seriously considering doing my 1/72 Aeroclub Vampire T.11 in RhAF colours

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