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Apart from that......this is the link for a bit of information: http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?141922-Bf109E-replica-being-built-in-Cornwall It is a fibreglass gate guardian, non-flying. Nice job, though. Now, can they build a few Tigers or the odd Matilda or three? John

John You can get it in the UK with just Post Office postage. Try here: http://www.kingkit.co.uk/plastic-model-kit-minicraft-1-48-11677-piper-cherokee-24009.html or here: https://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/minicraft-piper-cherokee-11677-p-66222.html There may be other UK shops, too. Go Google. It is probably cheaper and with faster delivery..... John (who has used both companies to buy kits and can recommend both)

John, Scalemates will give you a range of kits, but there is also a wide range of Piper Cherokees, I think: https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q="piper+pa-28+cherokee" Also a rather old kit review of sorts: http://www.austinsms.org/article3_05.php And here on Britmodeller if you put 'Cherokee' into the search box you will find some more useful information on kits that members have built. Another John

Mick, This site may help with some of your questions (but not the Rb24E) : http://www.robotmuseum.se/Mappar/0E/Robothistorik/09_Air-to-air/ARM_RB98.htm Look around that site, Swedish numbering off their missiles isn't always as clear or logical as you may expect This is worth looking through: http://www.x-plane.org/home/urf/aviation/text/missiles/aam.html Strangely. a Google quest makes no mention that I have found of an Rb 24E in Swedish service but that does not mean it does not exist! John

Dear Paul, Although I have not read or even seen this book, there is a useful review here: http://www.combinedfleet.com/Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier.htm Some booksellers (Amazon for example) have reviews by purchasers that may be useful to you. Sorry I cannot be more helpful, but it would appear that none of us aviation fans here have read the book! John

This is a very useful site: http://www.armourinfocus.co.uk/a22/index.htm John

Brilliant! Thank you for finding that, I think it was my inability to plunge-mould a decent canopy that stopped my model from being completed. Now how come I can remember something like that and yet I forgot why I went to the village shop this morning? John

Going back thirty odd years I recall reading something in a book about the Meteor referring to Swedish interest in a night fighter variant with ejector seats. Has anybody got the Brian Philpott book, I suspect that may be the one? I got it from Kent library service, but it is no longer listed there. There was a small diagram illustrating an extension to the forward fuselage giving enough space to install two Martin Baker (or even SAAB?) seats. This was a project that never went any further as far as I recall. Cost, handling, performance, stability are all matters that could have been relevant. All I know is that somewhere in the furthest corners of the loft is a box of 'dead projects' and one of those was a Matchbox 1/72 attempt at this 'what-if' Swede that I abandoned. Can anyone else recall seeing references to the Swedish interest? John

Gordon, could this be the image you saw? https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yk88ycoGpOIC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq='Hurricane+P3707,+NN-A+images&source=bl&ots=eXJ6_KgTlI&sig=yUrTenYh1fmCDPy_DXByGNWcymQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj184Kg6b_RAhUsKcAKHXV-D0sQ6AEIRDAJ#v=onepage&q='Hurricane P3707%2C NN-A images&f=false I haven't yet sussed the magic of 'LINKY', apologies. John

At the other end of the scale, nice pictures of an Omani Beaver and Provost..... Thanks for passing on the link. John

Go Google, Gordon! What you seek is the Cambridge Flying Group, if you put this in to Google: cambridge flying club tiger moth it will give you a nice box on the right of the screen with three nice colour pictures of their two Moths. Even nicer, try this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWZ_1aJO0no Next, choose your yellow, it looks like a nicely rich egg yolk to me! Have I won the 'getting the word nice into a reply more often than anybody else' award? All the best, John

While I am deeply sympathetic to the funding problems imposed on the MoD and particularly the threat to the Red Arrows, nobody has yet mentioned the idea of sponsorship. It has been said that the team is in many ways promoting BAE, UKplc and Great Britain in general. So can we try to keep 'The Reds' going with a bit of proper commercial input? Obviously 'Red Bull' has been taken, but other companies could perhaps help out financially for the remaining years of the T1. Rawlplug, Radweld and RadioShack spring to mind, add Rothmans for the smoke and Rustins for touching up the paintwork and the team name may be longer but it still flies..... I am already wearing my coat...... John

Oh, that is nice. Very nice indeed. All we need is a decent kit..... John

Oh, that do look nice. Why do ships finally attract me when the eyes and the fingers are telling me that I need to move up a scale from 1/72 aircraft? HMS Armeria in 1/350 is begging to be taken from the stash as a trial run for the Revell Flower in 1/144 but can I make it worthwhile? Thanks for adding to my list of finished kits to admire and aspire to getting close to. John

Bruce, I found this site which may be useful to you: http://www.brigandboys.org.uk A number of the images are now missing, but it may give you some dates and a few names that could be helpful to you. Another site that is useful is : http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?103657-Bristol-Brigand-in-the-Met-Recce-Role However, do not use the link near the end that takes you to a download of the Bristol Brigand booklet by Chris Ashworth, it is a blind end on a site that seems to know it not..... John

Dear Bruce, I cannot help with the losses list information that you seek, but I will PM you with what little information I do have. I get the impression that being aircrew on a Brigand wasn't considered to be a good insurance risk. The mechanical and electrical failure rate on Brigands was pretty appalling for any sort of machinery, never mind an aircraft. All the best, John

In the picture the ailerons are deflected slightly, starboard up and port down. I suspect that the strip/stripe is a repainted area of repair that had not yet had a finishing coat. Nothing more exotic than that. John

Just to add to the discussion, I had always assumed (dangerous thing to do) that the tanks were the same colour as the underside. However a bit more searching on the internet gives this debate: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=58904 Thankfully the camera never lies...... Is it possible that the tanks were delivered in silver dope and painted in the relevant underside colour at squadron level? Sky/MSG/Smooth Night would all be applicable in Europe, silver in the Far East. John

This is on Britmodeller: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234988837-anson-i-with-asr-squadrons/ It may not help much, but it does have a couple of images.......ASR is a rather neglected area, there are a few references on this site, but most are not involving Ansons! Nice job on a none-too-easy kit. John

If you look at the earlier threads on this section, 'British Warships in East Africa 1950-65 there is one picture of HMS Albion with Victorious beside her showing the 'Alaskan Highway from astern.... Not huge, but capable of enlarging. John

Richard, This link will explain all: https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1961/1961%20-%201663.PDF 1927 3 litre Bentley, registration plate 'NA39'. If i recall there are some white metal kits around, but go seek a 1/76 die cast if you are modifying an Airfix 1/72 Bucc to the S1 version. The 1/48 option may be more difficult...... John

There are already a number of threads on this topic here on Britmodeller. The easiest way to find them is to allow Google to be your friend and search under 'ASR Spitfires'. This usually brings up the Britmodeller links all in one place, there are at least three or four that you will find helpful. There are some clear cut facts and some uncertainties along with just a soupçon of conjecture, just what we all enjoy. A bit of doubt can make modelling so much easier...... John

The aircraft has a badge with four bars below a star; it is marked as 'U.S.Navy' below the tailplane. I would suggest it is an Admirals Barge, probably with a blue fuselage and silver wings. As to which blue is debatable, but the overwing 'stars' are prewar. This book may be helpful: http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/ref/gin/book_gin_nf100.shtml As may this: https://issuu.com/saniyazmanas/docs/united_states_naval_aviation_1919-1941 page 233 covers the Staggerwing. Good luck, John

I think it looks really nice, a thoughtful change from the more obvious camouflage or unit badge schemes that are usually associated with celebrating anniversaries. How long will it be before the decal sheet appears? There seems to be an increasing modelling interest in the 'off beat' schemes, and long may it prosper. Anything must be better than the more-than-fity shades of greys that predominates today. John

This is obviously part of the survey to find out who actually reads the editorials..... Agree with the praise for the Britannia review, I am still awaiting a new propellor as my kit had one with two blades missing and not even any remnants in the bag or box. Two attempts at hand crafting a repair looked pretty awful, so I await the change of importer to catch up. John