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Interesting, but unlikely. The overall length would be four feet 1.25 inches, span just over 1.25 inches and height 12 inches. To get a decent level 9f detail and completeness, e.g. cockpits, avionics bay(s), weapons bay, wheel bays, legs and wheels, full-depth intakes and jet pipes, positional flaps, taileron tabs and auxiliary intake doors and maybe some speculative stores you're probably looking at a parts count greater than 450. Please don't get me wrong; a 1/24th TSR 2 would be many of my birthdays and Christmases at once, but I don't think it's going to happen. If it does would anyone like to buy a pre-loved kidney or child to help pay for one?

Hawker Typhoon's unlikely as it's specified as a new tool; personally I'm hoping for a late Hurricane.

A ver6 brief and dirty web trawl shows white pylons, even after tone-down and the introduction of black and red squadron markings.

R5868 was indeed laid down as a Manchester and was converted to Lancater during construction. After service with 83 Squadron she was sent to Barkston (?) Heath for major overhaul; it is enrltirely possible that she left there with a "new" rear fuselage that did not have the Manchester-style windows or that her original rear fuselage had Mod 870 applied. As she stands now it is clear that she does not have overpainted windows.

NOW somebody tells me!!

RAF Hunter T. 7s were all rebuilt from F. 4s, which had "small bore" Avon 100-series engines. The F. 6 and its derivatives were powered by large-bore Avon 200-series engines. The difference in jet pipe diameters is noticeable and most olobviously in the upsweep of the bottom line of the rear fuselage. The T. 7 was fitted with a brake parachute fairing similar to that on the F. 6A and FGA. 9, but not identical due t9 the differing end-diameters of the tailcone aperture. The T. 7 only carried 1 ADEN cannon but, IIRC, the T. 66s (re)built for the Indian Air Force had two.

The Airfix Mosquito II/VI/XVIII kit has the stiffener moulded in, so it needs to come off for very early Mk. IIs. The main undercarriage is a bit of a pain to fit: it's slightly too wide to accommodate the very wide wheels. By dint of sanding down the mating surfaces of the wheels, removing the locating pins on the cross braces and elongating their locating holes in the legs towards each other and sanding down the insides of the nacelle walls they can be made to fit better.

Or plywood.......

You're welcome! Yes, Resolution took over from Sovereign late last year/early this year, but it's still owned by a BM member (sorry I'm having a brain fail and can't remember who @ present!).

If you haven't already done so you could also try Resolution Hobbies' Colourcoats range (formerly by White Ensign Models and Sovereign Hobbies), very good colour matches for MAP and BS colours.

Thanks Tim; I'm too far from my references and relying on a memory that leaks more than an Argosy trying to be a boat.

XP413 went for a swim off the end of El Adem's runway. She was recovered, dismantled, shipped back to Hawker Siddeley at Bitteswell, dried out, refurbished, reassembled and returned to the RAF for further service.

The spanwise spar capping strips are quite noticeable (even with my eyesight) on TJ138 at RAFM Hendon.

Did you hear about the blonde who lost her job at the M&Ms factory? She rejected all the ones with E, 3 or W on them.

The example shown towing a Hercules is definitely a Douglas Tugmaster and could be found on airfields operating V-bombers, Britannias, Belfasts, Hercules and similar types. The vehicle that @TheyJammedKenny! depicted came along rather later (1980s) IIRC.