Nigel Bunker

Whilst it is not in 1/72, this article by Meindert on converting the Revell 1/32 Hawk into a T-45 Goshawk may be of use to you. I remember at one time Airfix promised a T-45 kit in 1/72. I'm surprised they don't do it as I think it would be a good seller on both sides of the pond.

This one?

Problem solved. I have cancelled my order at the newsagents for this magazine. No point in buying what you don't want.

I received my copy today and it may well be the last one I buy. 9 model articles are in 1/48 and one in 1/32, with not a single one in 1/72. Now before it is said that people don't build in 1/72, we had the monthly meeting of my local club last night, Thames Valley Scale Model Club in Marlow. Of the aircraft bought along, 17% wre in 1/144, 50% were in 1/72, 25% were in 1/48 and 8% in 1/32. These are typically the proportions that appear at our club with 1/72 always being the best supported. So where is the magazine support for this scale? And on the back page, Mr Evans lists next months models. You guessed it - 1 in 1/32, 5 in 1/48 and one with no scale but I bet it is in 1/48. Perhaps the editor should change the magazine's title to '1/48 Model Aircraft'? If you see a column of steam over High Wycombe, it's me still seething. Regards Nigel

Hello You might get a better response in the Military Aircraft Modelling Discussion - WW2 section of the forum rather than here which is intended for non-military vehicles (cars, motorcycles and commercials). By the way, those at my model club who are thinking of doing a 1/32 Lancaster are holding out for the Wingnut Wings version. I hope this helps. Nigel

There's the model And there's the real thing Sorry for the dust on the model - I thought I'd cleaned it all off!

The Fujimi kit is based on the 2005-2012 Porsche 987 Cayman/Cayman S and is a fairly faithful reproduction of the car. The only change I had to make to the model was ro rebuild the dashboard to RHD (not a difficult job) and change the windscreen wipers to UK style (fiddly but doable). So now the model in my living room looks like the real thing on my drive. Looking at the picture you supplied, there needs to be some changes to match the GTS you posted a picture of. There are no conversion kits I know of so I think you may have to revert to filler and plastic.

More to the point, where can you get Fujimi A-4s at a reasonable price?

Could this be a cue for one of the injection kit model manufacturers to start making a P-7/E-7 kit?

No, no, no & no. Fuselage, wings, tailplane & tail first. Then undercarriage. Then pllons & weapons. There is always a way other than the kit instructions.

Airfix oriinally offered the Hawker Hart in their Series 1 range then in the late 60s the tooling was modified into a Hawker Demon.

Antoine, I stand corrected. Nigel

388TFS at Korat flying F-4Es carried the same ECM pods as F-105s as they were (electronically) disguising themselves as F-105s in order to deal with the MiG threat. North Vietnam spots an F-105 flight inbound, sends MiGs to intercept but the MiGs find out they are F-4Es and mayhem follows. I believe this was the idea of Col Robin Olds and the pods were only carried for a number of missions until the North Vietnamese cottoned on to what was happening.

Bonjour Florent Here is a LINK to Ken Duffeys website which should help you.

By the way, this side of the pond it's Aubergine, not eggplant.

Merci Marc

I rather fancy building a Super Sabre in the "Vietnam type" camouflage scheme introduced in the 70s by the French Air Force. I am going to use Modeldecal set 69 however whilst the late Mr Ward gives FS colours for the upper surfaces, the underside is referred to as "matt pale blue-grey". As I am colourblind, I'm not good at mixing colours so can anybody refer me to a proprietary paint that I can use? Regards Nigel

The (very) old Revell kit is basically accurate in outline. The best advice I read for it on an Australian website was to treat it as a vac-form (i.e. basic outline only) then either scratchbuild the details or obtain them as aftermarket components after re-scribing it. If you look here at what Meindert did with the old kit, you'll see that it is not past redemption.

Hello Stuart I suggest you ask this at the Aussie Modeller Forum, here , where your questions will probably be fully answered.

F-35A Hasegawa - see here F-35B Hasegawa - see here F-35C No idea.

Hello Teammuir1 If you want to see what has been said on here anout RN Hellcats try the search function in the top right. If you still need more information, go to Aircraft Modelling then the Military Aircraft Modelling Section. open a new topic and post your question in the WW2 section there -I'm sure you'll get stacks of answers.

There is no Revell GR.4. Take a Revell GR.1, add a Freightdog GR.4 conversion set, source decals of your choice and voila! A 1/72 Tornado GR.4.

I do wish Airfix would re-release this kit. It makes into a nice model as Miguel has shown.

Possibly the squadron's WW1 markings when they were based in Egypt? I can't find a photograph to verify this so it's just supposition.

I believe the white metal pod was made by C Scale. It was jolly heavy when I fitted one to an Airfix Jaguar in the 80s and over the years the weight of the pod caused the undercarriage to splay apart until the pod was resting on the shelf.