Selwyn

No my alternative is to leave it on the shelf to gather dust beside all the other inaccurate trumpeter kits! I'm more than happy with the accurate 1/72 kit recently released. I understand the trumpeter kit is the same length as the CA kit by the way.

I have been led to believe that the Tailplanes on the Lysander were different on the Mk II version. Can anyone clarify?

Another Trumpeter miss! I'm supposed to shell out £50+ for a kit that will need a replacement canopy and propeller and a new decal sheet to even start to look like a representation of the Battle? Err No!

Julien are you sure that these are CBLS 100? Tornado used the CBLS 200 which was much longer.

You should ask the moderators to put this thread in the "work in progress" section

Basically yes, The UK munitions hazard colour system lasted from Victorian times to 1964 when the UK adopted the NATO system. As the 3" rockets were being replaced by 68mm SNEB about this time it was unlikely the rockets were repainted.

If you are intending to build a RAF Lakenheath based aircraft please note They were terribly unreliable aircraft and seemed to carry out a precautionary landings at RAF Leeming almost every Friday, due to some varied technical problems. Strangely all the ones I saw had a baggage pod loaded that contained at least two sets of golf clubs, I am unaware if this was standard equipment on the jet. Despite my frequent queries about this, I was assured many times that this equipment fit was totally unconnected to the presence of a championship golf course at Harrogate.......................! Selwyn

Humphrey carried Mk 11 depth charges and GPMG when attacking the Argentinian Submarine ARA Santa Fe. Selwyn

just type in in google search "britmodeller 3inch rockets" and you will find lots of posts re this particular question. Selwyn

Don't get the air graphic CBLS 100 they are woefully inaccurate. See this thread https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235121583-cbls-carrier-bomb-light-stores-in-172/ Selwyn

The K2 was used very late in the war and postwar by the RAF .The K2 Ambulance was offered to the USAAF in UK as reverse Lend Lease, so it was very common on US airfields in company with Crossley and Fordson Fire Tenders. Selwyn

Strangely enough the reason i know the BS 381C Light Admiralty Grey is because I was in the RAF working on GR3/T4 Harriers in the early 1980's, and was building the Airfix 1/24 Harrier kit, I was trying to find out what the correct colour was for the U/C So I asked the Riggers who looked it up for me in the AP. admittedly the two colours are very close see HERE you can see the difference between the undercarriage and the LAG undersurface. Interestingly at that time a good model paint match for the camouflage green (BS241) seemed to be unobtanium, it was out of stock wherever I went. So as I was building the kit with a time constraint I scrounged a small jar full of 241 out of the Paint shop at Wittering which was enough for my needs. A year or so later I displayed the kit at a model show and giggled at a chap who told me it was a shame I didn't paint it in the correct shade of green. His face when In told him where I got the paint and it was quite literally out of the same tin that they used to paint the actual jets was a picture! Selwyn

Thats not correct Enzo, If you look at the sprue shots the spat outer panels both inner and outer come as separate items. See steps 56 and 57 on the instructions. https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/8/4/7/1583847-41-instructions.pdf Selwyn

Enzo, The perseus engine had basically the same dimensions as the mercury but as a sleeve valve engine they did not have pushrods or rocker valves hence no bulges on the cowling. However the main visual changes between the MkI/III and Mk II was the cowling which on the MKII was bumpless, shorter in depth (Chord), and the entire power egg was mounted further forward so the propeller was in the same position as the MkI/III, probably for C of G reasons. Because of this the cowling gills at the rear of the cowlings were not cut back in front of the windscreen area as on the MkI/III mercury engine. Mk 2 cowling gills, compare to the kit gills around the windscreen. Selwyn

No I didn't. Selwyn

All light grey undercarriages JAG , Harrier Buccaneer etc in the RAF are painted a standard colour, that is: British Standards BS 381C Light Admiralty Grey. Selwyn

Good move, its really inaccurate as the pylons and gun bulges on the wings are totally in the wrong place. It could only be of use as a basic kit to build a FAW1-6 (not T3!) but that would be equivalent to a scratch build! For a Javelin Fighter Build I would choose the Frog /Novo kit as a basis, but be even that kit will be a lot of work! Just a quick point, The model with the large refuelling boom is the FAW9R please remember that all FAW9 Javelins are not all 9R only a comparative few were modified to the 9R standard. Selwyn S

As said before, F6 inboard pylons and small tanks. Bulges are only over outboard pylons. not fitted to F6. Selwyn

read this on Hunter Pylons No Jetisonable pylons on any Hunter the differences are Either Electro Magnetic Release Units (EMRU) or explosive Ejector release units (ERU). F4 and F6 had EMRU as only Inboard pylons fitted, F6A and FGA9 had ERU. Selwyn

Coming in a bit late on this but the Turret is a Frazer Nash FN7. It was originally designed for the Botha but later appeared on the Stirling and Sunderland, and of course the Manchester. Originally it had doors at the back for the gunner to escape , but it was found that many gunners were killed as they were striking the fin, so the gunners had to escape by getting back in the fuselage and using the normal escape hatches. Gunners hated it as it was very cramped. Interestingly it was reported that several were fitted to Blacburn Roc aircraft at Squires Gate and were used as gunnery trainers. Selwyn

in 1/72 its easier to buy the Italieri Jag T2 Kit No 1420, in 1/48 the Jaguar T.2/T.4 from Kitty Hawk No. KH80105 Selwyn

@2996 Victor Love that you put my twin jet Vautaur build in the propeller section!🤣 Selwyn

Good information about Bracebridge heath Airfield https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1510959&resourceID=19191 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/19914 Selwyn

Paddington? your information may be a little bear on this? Selwyn (eating a marmalade sandwich)

Or even BAOR! Selwyn