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Apparently, in addition to eight Type 26, and five Type 31 frigates, the RN will also get the new Type 32 frigate, of which details are sparse but Sky News` Deborah Haines just described it as a better armed version of the Type 31. No political drivel please, we`re talking about the ships. Anymore info on the Type 32? https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-vows-to-make-uk-foremost-naval-power-in-europe-with-boost-to-defence-budget-12136302 Cheers, Ian

`tis true.

No mention of the Wildcat conversion. Is that going to be this year or next year? Cheers, Ian

Advertising on Hannants as RV3841 for issue next year. Any info beyond this? Can`t find an existing thread here. Cheers, Ian

Thank you. I came across the same foibles in all six kits, so whiles number one was a bit trial and error, the remaining five were a breeze. First time I`ve done a GB in a while; a deadline isn`t a bad KUTA once in a while. Cheers, Ian

Thank you. It helped that I really love this nice little kit from Airfix. Enjoyed this, even if the last 48 hours were a bit of a rush! Cheers, Ian

Got this one in, just under the Chain Home! Posted pics in the gallery of six Airfix Spits in 72nd scale, of 603 Sqn , RAF Hornchurch. XT-A L1070. XT-B N3050. XT-E R6752. XT-H N3288. XT-O X4163. XT-P X4274. They have the black spinners, and are joined in this picture by previous builds: XT-M X4277. XT-R X4348. XT-W R6835. XT-Y R6626. with grey spinners. I`ve been lurking about the GB and it`s been excellent, what a brilliant show! A fitting tribute, Cheers all!! Ian

Six Airfix Spits from 603 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch in 1/72nd scale. Joined by four friends in the final pic. Cheers, Ian

Excellent stuff, just what I was after, thank you very much! 👍

Interesting. So, she was overall light grey at Mers-el-Kebir, two-tone grey at Matapan, and finished her Med career and went to the far east in a four tone dazzle scheme. Thanks for that! 👍

Happily, they are all the same kit, otherwise I would lost my rag a long time ago!

Hi all I`m thinking over modelling the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Valiant, as she appeared during her Mediterranean service about the time of Mers-el-Kebir (3rd July 1940) and the Battle of Cape Matapan (27th to 29th March 1941). She started the war overall light gray, and at some point changed to a four colour dazzle scheme before heading to the far east in 1944. I suspect that this dazzle scheme may have been applied during her repair after being damaged by Italian frogmen in December 1941, but have reached a dead-end. Can anyone help with the timeline of Valiant`s colour scheme please? Thank you in advance. Cheers, Ian

Just to prove I`m not asleep at the switch. This is what pre-painting six Spits looks like:

Going to give it a good go anyway; six Spits from 603 Sqn based at RAF Hornchurch. All Airfix, all in 1/72, using Xtradecal and Ventura decals for codes and serials. Plan to add XT-A, XT-B, XT-E, XT-H, XT-O, and XT-P, to the four I already have (XT-M, XT-R, XT-W, XT-Y). Ian

I`ve had that before: People telling me: "Chinook was NEVER called the `wokka wokka`", "no-one would EVER wear anything other than regulation kit on exercise or operations." I must have been hallucinating when I heard and saw those things then, it must have been the exhaustion. 😀 When I get round to it, the football shirts a go-er, I`ll post here. All I have to do now is make the figures.

Actually, you make a very good point; I`m going to consider that! 👍😀

Thanks for the replies. I have given-up getting a ready made solution, and am going my own route. 593jones- I`ve got myself a couple of the Italeri sets and they look quite nice. 👍 mbthejester- When I was in the reserves, we had a chap that wore his Brechin City shirt under his jacket; something I won`t be modelling for all sorts of reasons! 😀 Thanks for the helpful advice! Cheers, Ian

Thanks folks, I guess I will have to sit and wait for an HAS.5, or get weally, WEALLY good at scratchbuilding. 😀

Surprises me that given the wide range of accessories that one can get for aircraft I`ve never heard of, one can`t get a decent Sea King HAS.5, or a Lynx Wildcat. That`s it!! I`m getting out my green crayon and writing to Airfix again!!!! `Dear Sir/Madam Why, oh why...etc.....` 😀😀😀

What are the options for getting this version in 1/72? It has been asked before, but the options were very limited then, has anything changed? Has anything new come along? Is there an option to convert an existing Sea King kit in 72nd scale into HAS.5? TIA Ian

Thank you all for those informative replies. And thank you for the king offer 10btaff. I`m more at the research stage at the moment and have plenty to digest from this thread. Appreciate the time folks, thank you! Ian

This is excellent to be going on with, thank you everyone. Scaling-up from 72nd scale tanks to 35th scale doesn`t necessarily mean easier, but at least it`s more expensive. And did you know that the Tamiya Challenger has sixty-five individual camo net tie-downs? SIXTY-FIVE!!…. my poor eyes... Thanks again! 👍 Ian

Hi I`m embarking on my first 35th scale builds in donkey`s and am finding it difficult sourcing accessories for Cold War Brits, late 1970s - early 1980s. I`ve got my Challengers and Chieftains, but I`m looking for AFV crew, infantry, stores etc. Most of what I find on t`interweb seems to be geared towards Granby onwards; SA-80 and the like. Even the Falklands stuff is usually of Marines or SAS with M16. I`m aiming at the SLR, SMG side of things. Is there 120mm ammo available for the L11, or ammo boxes? Is there 70s/80s infantry with SLR available? Where can I get accessories that fit this time period? Thank you in advance for any help you can give Cheers, Ian

Nice find! The 1973 war is well covered in terms of vehicles, and I`ve been surprised how difficult it is to source appropriate crew. I`d probably would have preferred another Israeli tank crewman that I could use, rather than Ariel Sharon looking for an argument with his own shadow, but it`s a valuable set all the same, bagsie me one! Cheers, Ian

Hi I`m finding it difficult sourcing British Cold War infantry of the 70s and early 80s with SLR, GPMG, etc. The kind of standard infantry you`d find in Germany at the time. Any suggestions? https://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/gallery/entry/253 It`s even seems tricky getting contemporary pics, but the above is representative of the kind of infantry figures I`m looking for. Top left with SLR. TIA