Nigel Bunker

My guess (and it is a guess based on the outline) is a Spitfire XIV.

You should be able to build it. Just be aware that it is not a kit that is straightforward. I suggest you type "Airfix 1/72 Concorde Britmodeller" into your search engine of choice and it should bring up several builds of this kit which will be of help to you.

No, just very hard work.

The A-4M kit could form the basis of an Israeli A-4N but you'll need a tailpipe extension for it. Plus the OA-4M has the bits to build an A-4M.

Why not toss a coin?

Rather than messing about with decal sheets, downoad RAF_PW_ATH font (look it up in a search engine - there are free downlaods), buy some clear decal sheet, a pot of Microscale Liquid Decal film (to seal the printed letters) and you can have literally any size serial numbers you want. It's how I printed these, which were 28.5mm tall (try finding a sheet with letters that size):

If it's like when the first movie was released, licencing agreements meant that no aftermarket decals were released. I expect the 'Paramount' (or whoever) lawyers will have their beady eyes on the aftermarket producers, along with those at Boeing and Northrop Grumman.

No, not all of them, just most of them,

Hello Bruno I suggest you take a look here . Kev 67 built a very nice VC10 from the old Airways vacform kit and I'm sure a lot of the modifications he did will be applicable to the Mach 2 kit. Good luck Nigel

Ah, if only. Regrettably printing your own decals has certain limitations so you need markings that can be printed on white decal paper to get the depth of colour. 29 Squadron was one of the few squadrons that was practical to make the markings of.

WEll for those who have been following my sporadic efforts in Work In Progress, here is my 1/32 Phantom. This started as an F-4F and got converted. Apologies for any omissions. WIP here .

And here it is finished. Roundels are Modeldecal, serials are home made using Word and RAF_PW_ATH font, stencils are from Modeldecal and scaled up and Squuadron markings are from Xtradecal, scaled up again. More pictures in RFI here .

I have hunted extensively for an aftermarket 1/32 Phantom canopy and have been unable to find one. The only options would be either to check on eBay where some people break kits and sell them by the sprue, or to mould your own.

Well here's my guess ( and it's only a guess). F-14A Tomcat - ancient Airfix F-14A A-4 Skyhawk - newish Airfix A-4B Mig 28 - elderly Airfix F-5E F/A-18E - old Airfix F/A-18A (and I bet if somebody at Hornby Railways had suggested badging a GWR Castle as a GWR King you'd have heard the screams all over this island. But it's only an Airfix kit). P-51 Mustang - newish Airfix P-51 Mustang And who at Airfix cares if they match the ones seen on the big screen?

Dragging this topic back to the question asked, I have used Halfords Broom Yellow which gave a reasonable rebdition of Golden Yellow to my eyes.

Well I'm sorry for the delay but this model has been fighting me. First there was prime (with Halfords Grey Primer - great for showing faults) fill, sand, re-prime over sanding, fill, sand, re-prime over sanding, fill, sand, re-prime over sanding, etc. Then the fun got going. I checked my preferred Xtracrylix paints only to find I didn't have enough so I'd better get some more. I needed Dark Sea Grey, Dark Green and Light Aircraft Grey. So onto my first choice, Wonderland Models. They hadn't got Dark Sea Grey or Dark Green. So I checked with Hannants, and guess what? They hadn't got Dark Sea Grey or Dark Green either. So after much head scratching and consulting Google I bought an RAF set of Hataka paints, Blue for brush painting from Models For Sale Ltd. Several days later they arrived. These went on nicely, two coats giving full coverage of the grey primer. But the finish was very matt, so it needed glossing so out came the Klear, my gloss of preference. I happily painted it on but when I returned I had never seen such a blotchy finish. I tried a second coat on one wing, with virtually no improvement. So out with the Fairy Power Spray. This was sprayed on, left for 30 minutes and wiped off, and after a couple of trys the Klear was cleared away . Please don't try to tell me that ISP would have worked better as I ordered it from Amazon and am still waiting it's delivery. I wonder what it's like with Tonic Water, ice and lemon? After much pondering I remembered I had an aerosol of Halfords Clear Laquer in the garage so being ultra cautious, I used it to gloss one tailplane on the basis that it was easily cleaned up if it went wrong. Happily it worked so I sprayed the rest of the model. And here's the result. The half white tyres are not some subtle weathering effect but a result of them standing in drips of Fairey Power Spray that had run off of the model. The next step is to add the natural metal sections (and repaint the tyres). Once that is done I can think about decals, which will need to be produced at home. Doubtless the final insult will be HKM releasing their kit on 1st June for £100.00, in which case you will hear my screams all over the country!

That's true Trevor - but will I be able to buy one for £35.00, which is what this has cost me so far? Yours economically Nigel

Definitely Dark Sea Grey/Dark Green/ Light Aircraft Grey scheme, and either 23, 29 or 56 Squadrons. And thank you for the nice words gentlemen.

And after cutting, cleaning up, gluing, filling, sanding, fil;ling, sanding......................... That is the intakes corrected. Well it looks OK so far, until the primer is sprayed on when there will bw more filling, sanding, filling, sanding........................................

After much reflection and looking at pictures of UK Phantoms, I thought the intakes looked wrong. A topic in LSP confirmed that the Revell intakes are oversize, being about the size of those fitted to UK Phantoms. The Tamiya ones are the correct size for J79 Phantoms. So this morning I pulled the intakes apart, removed the spacers and rebuilt them. Much cursing, gluing, clamping and filling followed. Once the filler hardens, I'll rub them down and post some pictures.

I had one of these in the loft, which I purchased from Wonderland Models when they were on sale at £18.49 a couple of years ago. I've long had an itch to see if an F-4M could be made from it. Well like you all I've been in lockdown so here's the results so far. I haven't posted more in progress pictures as I wasn't certain the whole thing wouldn't end up in the bin. I'm not happy with the width of the intakes though I followed the build of a Tamiya F-4J to F-4M whivh said to increase the width by 4.5mm, which is what I have done. Having spent so much time filling and sanding, I don't fancy redoing the intakes so I'll ponder it for a few days. The width only meaures 4.5mm wider than the intakes on my F-4J(UK) conversion fron the same kit. Nose is by Dave Parkins, and I have a set of aftermarket F-4J wheels to fit. Otherwise it's down to the kit, Slaters plastic card, Milliput and Humbrol filler (as that's all I have left). I'll post more pictures when it progresses.

Well time has passed and I am building the Lynx. Here's a picture of it so far. Decals from the spares box. Just a few more to add, finish painting the rotors, add a torpedo and it's done. I'll post another picture when it is complete.

The aircraft that I am not so much obsessed with but that I can always find shelf room for another one are the Spitfire and also RAF/RN Phantoms.

"What influences your model kit collection/selection?" Scale (1/72 for preference though the odd 1/32 jet creeps in) and most important price. My late wife said I was like my mother in the way I could never resist a bargain. Still can't.

Just to save all that googling, I think you meant 'The Final Countdown'. And am I the only one to think 'Topgun' would have been better set in the gull grey/white era? A far nicer scheme than tactical greys.