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Thanks for the tips guys! Selwyn

look here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394192109459?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338365712&toolid=20006&customid=EB60619810& Selwyn

This might be of interest be sure to keep scrolling down! http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=200 Selwyn

Taking my first real dip into ship modelling, and looking to mount my kit on a polished wood base. What do you chaps use for the two supports between the base and hull any good suggestions? Selwyn

If you are doing 3D printing why after all that design work dont you print 2, and have one with the sight and one with torpedoes? Selwyn

Thats incorrect. UK law says you should return it to the retailer, not the manufacturer. Selwyn

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Yes, but my point is the ZTS aft fuselage is the extended FAW7 fuselage, are you measuring the width of the rear of the fuselage as it stands, or are you measuring the width of the internal false bulkhead that you cut back to in the instructions ,when you modify the kit to the FAW9 option? Selwyn

Are you measuring the ZTS from the inner FAW 9 bulkhead? or the overall (FAW7) kit length? Selwyn

Had to giggle at this. I was reading "The book of heroic failures" by Steven Pyle recently, In the book was; "The most unsuccessful Hijacking of an airliner," when a man entered the cockpit and ordered the pilot to fly him to Cuba. The pilot answered, " but we are flying to Cuba anyway!" The man said "Oh!" and went and sat back down in his seat. He was arrested on arrival. Selwyn

There is no question at all about the under surfaces, they were HSS. Light Aircraft Grey began to be used around 1967/8's when the RAF moved to the polyurethane paint system. For some reason at that time they could not produce a silver polyurethane paint, so LAG was used instead, as the closest equivalent (lots of questions in the past on BM about this, as in a BW image they are hard to differentiate, seems to be prevalent on hunter questions!). 29Sqn got lightnings in 1967, the FAW9 /T3 Javelins would obviously not have been repainted as they went to store/scrap at that time, FAW 6 went long before the change. I don't think any Jav's were LAG I have never seen a picture of one. If one did exist I would suggest it would have been a 60 Sqn jet in the Far east. Selwyn

Tee Ell is building a Airfix FAW 9 (see pics above) and measured the intakes at between 8.35 and 8.5mm which is closer to the smaller intake and he suggests in his post that the intakes were not changed from the T3. Selwyn

So 3 1/2" inch wider, that's quite an increase in airflow! Strange that it hasn't been really noticed before, especially if you look closely at the differences on the intake lip profile. That works out to 7.94mm dia for FAW1 to 6 in 1/72 9,2 mm for FAW 7 to 9. the 1/72 Airfix kit intakes are measured at 8.35 and 8.5mm the Frog at 9.6 /9.8m (both are slightly oval in the kit!) Selwyn

It wasn't Blue top side, it was extra dark sea grey! Selwyn

Don;t get me wrong, help was appreciated, it was good to see a image exists i couldn't find one. Selwyn

Around that time the majority live bombs used by the RAF/RN for external carriage were the Mk 13 and 16. The Mk 20 was just coming into service so some of them might have gone south. The Vulcans probably carried Mk 9 bombs (single point suspension) as I was involved in sending the RAF Waddington bomb dump stocks to RoF Bieth in 1983 for refurbishment and modification to Mk 20, and all the bombs left at Waddo were Mk 9's. Not that this means meant a jot of difference to model builders as the only way of differentiating between marks was by looking at the ident plate or stencilling, as the differences were all internal. According to drawings The diameter of all postwar UK 1000lb bombs (except the Mk 7) was actually 16 1/2." not 16." not that it makes a lot of difference in 1/72! Selwyn Selwyn

I too have this kit in the stash and last night I was looking at it against the warpaint drawings. It looks like the inner wing pylons are positioned too close to the fuselage so the "Bump" on the leading edge is in the wrong place, but what is more worrying is that if you fit the tanks, the tank body will possibly interfere with the undercarriage legs Selwyn

Thats a long time ago! Completed my Sabre using the 4 sqn scheme from the Xtradecal 4 squadron sheet, nice and colourful! Couldn't live with the strange 4Sqn kit scheme. Selwyn

My frog kit intakes measure out at between 9.6 /9.8mm Selwyn

Doesn't the Jet age museum have a FAW9 and a FAW4 (Ex leeming gate guard ) now? https://jetagemuseum.org/faw-4/ Selwyn

I understand the change occurred between the FAW6 (Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Sa.6 engines), and FAW7 (Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Sa.7 or Sa.7R for FAW8&9) engines. Selwyn

Building a frog Javelin as a FAW 8 at the moment and consequently have been reading up on the subject. I have come across a couple of mentions in passing that the intakes were increased in size for the second generation Javs (FAW 7,8,9,) with the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire Sa.7 engine variants. I have not heard of this before. I have looked a some images, but the jury is out on this as I can't find anything definitive, best pics I can find are these; FAW 1 FAW 9 Anybody have anything definitive on this? Selwyn

That would be great. I was literally just trying to source some 12mm tube for this! i will PM you. Selwyn

By the way its a side mounted Vickers K gun not a Lewis! Interestingly its also fitted with a vane sight. Selwyn

Interesting! the nozzles on my frog kit measure out at 12.5mm diameter and the length from the airframe is 8.5mm. so pretty close! Unfortunately the nozzles on my kit will have to be remade as they are oval, (11.6.x12.5mm!) which probably accounts for the stray 0.5mm in the dimensions, but not a problem there, however there is no toe in or down apparent. Thanks for your time and effort on this. Selwyn