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Thanks Neil & Dave, as it happens, I may well have identified it, having fiddled around some more with different search terms to what I had used before. I think it is the 1950s BP book of IATA Airline colours, published 1958, by John Stroud. Now to keep an eye out for one I can afford. Steve.

Can definitely see that & yes, I think it is obvious enough to be worth doing. 👍 Steve.

Yes. Steve.

The Land Rover is in the kit Colin, I'm guessing the RL Bedford might be Oxford. Steve.

Nice one Tim, I like your take on the splinter camo, it really looks good on this. Steve.

Many years ago, we're talking 60 & maybe a bit, my Grandad, who was an inveterate fossicker in second hand shops, gave me a small book of Airliner profiles. From memory, it was probably published in the States, was about pocket book size, printed on a horizontal format (landscape) & had quite simple colour profiles of airliners in various Airline liveries. It covered from prop liners to early jets ie, 707s & DC-8, I think. I've searched google for this on many occasions & never found anything close but have long thought I'd like a copy for old times sake. I don't recall it having any photos nor much in the way of captions but after that time am a bit hazy on that. The cover was predominantly blue I think, maybe with a profile or two on it? Anyone got any ideas on this. It sounds like a long shot but a similar search some years ago paid off. Steve.

I like it. I bought one of these recently & from your small image (hint ) it looks to build quite well. I'll be happy if I can get a similar result to yours. Steve.

Very nice indeed. The FVs have long been on my dream list, possibly the HK500 rather than this one but this is sure a bit yummy, especially in this colour. Steve.

Nice one Rick, no, I've not built a chopper either, other that the old Airfix Whirlwind about 60 years ago. I've got the same kit in stock & its most heartening to see how well it comes up. 👍 Steve.

That looks Fantastic. 1/72 decals please. Steve.

Inspired by this thread I dug my Academy Mustang 1 out of its incarceration & compared its fuselage to my Brengun one. The top fuselage line was a good match & while held so, it was plain to see the Brengun fuselage was approx 1 mm deeper but I was surprised to see the bottom of the rear fuselage from the radiator outlet back was level with the Academy fuselage & thought maybe you didn't need to split it right to the tail. I think when I do mine I'll look to take the 1mm slice from the firewall to the vertical panel line behind the radiator duct. Well, that's this weeks plan. Steve.

Those are looking very smart Roger. For those of us with short attention spans & who might just have been playing hooky early on, , what paints & shades are you using there. They do look very good for a dusty desert scheme. Steve.

Many thanks Andrés for that very generous offer. Steve.

Too late for a dark wash in there? Steve.

Which is probably the smart solution. I went for this because of its scheme but also & incredibly, the price from Sprue Bros in the US was very little more than a Revell one would have cost me out here & I'd have still had to find decals, from memory Ha-Hen were the only ones I could see & they are an unknown quantity to me. Steve.

Andrés. it wasn't the colour from the mix I was worried about not getting, it was all the other stuff you do to it to make it look so good, I tend not to weather, I like to keep it simple & am happy finishing them that. My first question was a forlorn hope you had found some magic out of the bottle paints to give that finish. You did, but many bottles. I may try to arrive at similar shades using what I have & your build as inspiration next time I do a desert bird. Steve.

It seems to review quite well but in truth I bought it for the scheme, hopefully it doesn't have too many faults & will build up nicely, I need more of this kind of kit. I haven't got to that Chris, not even sure what is in the kit but have a couple of others in stock to rob if I need to. The sort of load out you describe would make sense. Steve.

I'll try to do it justice when I get to it. Luckily 45+55 is an aircraft with quite a few photos available on line so I should be able to get something representative. Steve.

Great colour mixing Andrés. While I don't mind mixing some colours, I think I would not get the result you have. 👍 Steve.

Just a place holder for now, got to make progress with a couple of other builds first but will hopefully kick off before too long. Aiming to use the Hasegawa Tornado IDS `Marineflieger´ kit I purchased last year to do the Norm87E option in it as discussed toward the end of this thread. I did consider the Italeri kit but rather fancied the Hasegawa one as potentially less hassle. Steve.

I bought one some years ago after watching someone on here produce a cracker out of it. I'll be interested to see this come together too. Steve.

Very smart Andrés, sorry I missed it the first time around & pleased to see it now. It is a hard worked desert bird very well modelled. What were your top side colours, I saw Vallejo MA Azure for the underside which looks good but then got lost in your effects? Steve.

Alan Deere- Nine Lives Colin Gray- Spitfire Patrol @PatG IMHO, it is a mistake to include only autobiographies. I'd rather read a well written biography by a competent author than a poorly written autobiography. I have many more of these on my shelves. My contribution to date is alI can recall off the top of my head. There may be more. Steve.

I would call that part of the plane the elevator. Airfix only show the reinforcement on the underside, I'd go with that but I'll try & find my Scale Model magazine drawings & see what they say. I don't have any Valiant wings books & by their reputation probably won't get any. I'd be tempted to trust Airfix on this. Steve.

I don't recall the details now, I let them sort it out themselves. I wasn't one of the ones with teeth in the jug, mine or most of them are still in my head. Steve.