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The left hand side with the dragon looks wrong, should have red spines and the right hand side is missing some markings too. See these links for a photos http://gajets.net/gallery/displayimage.php...um=43&pos=0 http://gajets.net/gallery/displayimage.php...um=43&pos=1 http://gajets.net/gallery/displayimage.php...um=43&pos=2 Shame it is a "pretty" scheme otherwise.

Hi Smiffy All I can say at the moment is that the next sheet will be post Battle of Britain, through to mid 1941, "The Lean into France" for want of a better phrase. So stock up on Spitfire II & Vb, plus 109 E and early F kits. There may also be room for a couple of other slightly more unusual subjects if we can get the space or references confirmed. Regards Peter

Hi Ian Drop me a PM and I can sort you out a set or 2 if you are interested. £7.50 a set including postage in the UK. Regards Peter Southern Expo Show Organiser

You can also try http://www.sbmodels.net/ or http://www.historexagents.com/shop/hxshop.php I've no connection with either but have used SB Models as a customer, although it was a collection of an order at a model show so can't comment on the website ordering

I suspect you are correct. When we were doing the research for the Southern Expo decals (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/Decals2010.htm) featuring Al Deere's Kiwi I (which has a Rotol prop too) we expected it to be the classic centre split black/white scheme, however looking at the photos we obtained (we don't have the copyright so I can't post it here alas!) it appeared that this plane had remants of the silver undersides on the nose and aft fuselage, as the view of the plane from the left/port side showed a light colour on the underside of the aft fuselage so couldn't have been overall black/white. However looking at the photos in the forum link I would say there is no silver in evidence. Hope that helps. Peter

Well done Calum, it looks really good to me. Nice to see the decals being put to good use.

There's always these http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/Decals2010.htm PM me if you want some. £7.50 a sheet including postage within UK. and the proceeds go to a good cause

If you look in the book ‘JagdWaffe (Luftwaffe Colours) Vol.2 Sect. 2 Battle of Britain Phase Two August - September 1940’ by Eric Mombeek, on page 170, there's a picture or 2 of Arnolds 109 after it was captured by the look of it. There does appear to be a hole large enough for cannons in the leading edge.

Hi Pete I would definitely be interested in any more information you have on KL T, it would be a definite contender to put on a further BoB decal sheet, should we do another one for that period. The main reasons why we did Al Deere was a) because I'd noted that there were people asking about the markings being available as decals on some of the forums in the months up to the point that we started the project and also that when we relooked at the few pictures there were of Kiwi I the colour schemes previously shown were all slightly incorrect. Perhaps also lastly for us the exciting find of a 3rd Kiwi, not previously known of before. It sort of all fitted together. If we can match one or more of the KL T kills to a particular Luftwaffe aircraft then even better as we can put that on the sheet too. Please PM me if you could to arrange for any more information/pictures/scans you would be willing to make available. Regards Peter

Can I sell you a sheet?

Hi there In order the answers to some of your questions are:- Yes it is still possible to purchase the sheet - PM me about that and I can give you details The information on the versions available from the sheet are here http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/Decals2010.htm I can't really comment too much on the kits as 1/72nd is more my scale. Hope this helps slightly Regards Peter Bagshaw Southern Expo Show/Decal Organiser

You "could" always do Kiwi III or just a plain KL-B but you'll need to use a different serial number. See here for some more information http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/im...KL.B%20Inst.jpg Can't help with the 1/32nd scale decals though as we only did them in 1/72 and 1/48

Hi Davec The Stug III does not come with Schurzen but as you've seen the StuH 42 does. There is a build thread by Sean Padraig (I think I've got the spelling right!) a month or so ago regarding his build of the Cromwell. The Achilles and M-10s have no interior at all. The bottom of the turret is completely closed off (inaccurate).

The very latest Military Modelling (one of the "Special" issues) has a build article on Sparta Modellbau’s 1:35 scale A7V resin kit resin kit plus an article with quite a few pictures of the Germans use of the A7V. http://www.militarymodelling.com/ Scroll down the screen for a picture of the magazine cover.

Also some Hornchurch based Spitfire Is had an internally fitted mirror. Having done some research for this decal sheet to be released @ Southern Expo, the fitters went to a local car dealers and obtained some mirrors from there. I have definite photographic evidence for at least 2 Spitfires, Al Deere's N3180 "Kiwi 1" KL-B and Sailor Malans K9953 ZP-A that have them internally. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/Decals2010.htm The early Kiwi 1 flown by Al Deere also had a Rotol prop, there was a small batch fitted with these as a trial, although I belieive the de Havilland was selected for the mass production.

Hi Ron I haven't personally had to buy any yet but if you search for "Plastic Pasteur Pipettes" that should point you in the right direction, non-sterile would be acceptable for modelling. It seems they can be obtained in boxes of 500 for a very reasonable amount of money (about £15 inc vat), that should last a while and you could even break even by selling some to fellow modellers.

So far (17/02/2010) we have these traders booked in to Southern Expo (no guarantee that they will stock SNJ I'm afraid) Aero Shop Aviation and Military Book Centre Barbarossa Books Collectakit Dorking Models FreightDog Models G. White & P Francis Guideline Publications H.G. Hannants Ltd (Lowestoft) Just Bases Kit Krazy Little Cars Lonewulf Models LSA Models Man Sells Models MDC Mr Models Mushroom Model Publications Osprey Books Paul Davis Pol Models Retrokit S&M Models SB Models SNC Hobbies The Aviation Bookshop The Aviation Workshop TwoSix Decal Vintage Fighter Series Wojtek Benzinski

and of course if you want some decals for subjects, Southern Expo model show are releasing a sheet of 7 BoB Spitfires, 3 109E and 1 He-111 in both 72nd & 48th scales. See here for more details http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/southernexpo/Decals2010.htm Cost will be £5 at the show and we are planning on it being available from other traders after that, but it will be a bit more.

Hi Dave, I would like to add my thanks for the extra information on Yellow 12. This has come just at the right time for me as we are planning to launch a new set of decals incorporating amongst others this aircraft at the Southern Expo model show next March. The sheet also offers markings for the Spitfire flown by F/O Carbury who shot this aircraft down along with a selection of other Battle of Britain Spitfires that were based at RAF Hornchurch and some 109s and a He-111 which "tangled" with them. Regards Peter

Yes indeed, 'Sailor' Malan did indeed bring down some He-111s with ZP-A. If you are interested Southern Expo model show will be releasing decal sheets at the show next year with markings for both ZP-A and one of the Heinkels. 1/48th & 1/72nd scales only though. Plus the proceeds are going to support the St Francis Hospice as is usual for the show.

Hi Sprug, No problem. The Revell 190 is a nice little kit for the money, I've made a couple of them so far. The only issues are the canopy, the clear bit isn't the whole canopy unlike the Hasegawa and Tamiya ones, and the nose is a little "odd" shape wise but is no where near as bad as the Academy one, stear well clear of that one!

I'm not what could be described as an "Experten" on FW190s but the A4 variant is different enough from the A8 that it is not possible to make a truly accurate A4 this way. The major difference is that from the A5 variant the nose was lengthened slightly. http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/fw190jb_1.htm Gives a good rundown of the different variants. For a "good" 190 A4 variant you could try the Tamiya A3 with a few modifications. Not entirely sure about a source for tropical filters, I think the Hasegawa A5 is the one method for obtaining them.

Not sure about the Su-27 but the Mig-29 Fulcrum is by all accounts one of the better 29's available. There are rumours/thoughts that it's a "copy" of the Italeri one, which Ken Duffy, aka "Flankerman" rates reasonably well.

Here's some photos of the one I did

It's certainly the same Condor/MPM etc release. If it helps here's my review which went to SAM some years ago. I've got some photos which I'll try and post up to photobucket if I can remember my logon. Regards Peter Condor 1/72nd Focke Wulf FW-189 Part Number: C72017 The Focke Wulf FW-189 was an unusually shaped design, not too dissimilar to the Lockheed Lightning, but by all accounts very effective at its designed role of reconnaissance. This kit is an update to Condors’ previously released kit; featuring 3 sprues of grey plastic, 1 clear sprue, a new bag of resin update parts and a small etched brass fret. The resin parts are to replace some areas of the original plastic, namely wheels, bombs carriers and additionally provides for 2 bombs and racks and for added interest an exposed engine and separate cover. The etched fret provides fins for the bombs. The kit has been made using a newer moulding process and is much nearer to the standards expected of the major companies than the limited run techniques used in older Condor kits. There is some very fine panel line scribing in evidence and I think that the rudder pedals are worthy of note. It does not however have any locating pins; so all parts will need to have their mating surfaces rubbed down to ensure a clean joint. Condors’ instructions are the standard exploded diagrams with colour references given using the RLM, FS numbers and Humbrol paint equivalents. The cockpit detail is adequate for this scale bearing in mind the large amount of glazing presenting plenty of opportunity to view inside. Obviously the superdetailers could “go to town” here. Some filler was needed for some small sink marks on the rudder pedal mounts and the boxes added to the rear of the pilots seat. The wings and tailplane required some scraping of the rear inner mating surfaces to provide a sharp trailing edge, as there is a large amount of plastic stopping the edges joining cleanly. The tailbooms were missing their characteristic strengthening strips across the top and bottom; these were added using strips of plasticard and also helped camouflage the less that perfect fit I managed. The wheel wells are boxed in but are devoid of any detail, again another area for improvement by the superdetailers. The engine front intakes are open and needed to be blocked off using plastic card. Fitting of the front cockpit glazing showed that there would be a large step between the glazing and the under fuselage. I trimmed a little plastic off the fuselage halves to bring the two sections together. The rear glazing required a little sanding to bring it down to the correct level. With a configuration like this bringing all the fuselage, wing and tail components together is always something of a struggle. The wing is in 4 main parts, 2 upper parts from fuselage to tip and 2 lower sections from tip to where they meet the tailbooms, with an under fuselage section incorporating the lower parts of the wings up to the tailbooms. Whether you choose to assemble all of this in one fell swoop or in stages is up to you. In my case I constructed the 2 wings and the tailbooms separately and then brought everything together after that. I had some gaps around the fuselage to wing joint, although I suspect the earlier trimming required when fitting the glazing caused some of this. The kit is missing the pitot on the starboard wing and was added using a piece of wire. After a lot of masking for the canopies, the paint scheme was airbrushed on. Condor supply markings for 2 aircraft, both are in the standard RLM 70/71 (greens) over RLM 65 (light blue) scheme with yellow theatre markings on the tailbooms and under the wingtips. Each scheme is then modified by adding either a “mirror-wave” sprayed pattern or whitewash winter cover over the top. Being a total coward I selected to do the winter whitewash scheme. The main scheme was sprayed using Xtracolour paints for all but the white wash. The decals were quite thin and conformed to the detail very well although some “silvering” occurred around the walkway markings, one to look out for. I then used a chisel shaped paintbrush to roughly cover the base scheme with white acrylic paint. In summary, the kit is a very good one; the end result looks very much like a Focke Wulf FW-189. Measurements confirmed that the model was within acceptable dimensions for the scale. It would have been better to have some different colour schemes, as either will be a challenge for some modellers to reproduce effectively. Whether you think the updated parts are worth the extra cost I shall leave up to the reader, although I would personally have thought adding extra detail to the interior would have been a better use.