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  1. On ‎05‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 7:33 PM, Badder said:

    No larger scales? Hmmpf.

    Don't forget that Revell are still to release their Beaufighter TFX later this year - it was supposed to be released in 2017 but fell but fell by the wayside for some reason.

     

    John

  2. Yes Hannants did have lots of the Harrier trainer kit at Telford, and I  was told that my backordered kit should be with me within a week. That was 3 weeks ago and there is no sign of it.  I spoke to someone at Hannants and was told that the kits were held up in customs. Since then I have e-mailed Hannants twice to ask what is going on and have not been replied to, which I find difficult to understand. If there is a delay , should Hannants not put a note to that effect on the home page of their website?

     

    John

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  3. According to info at Tangmere XV408 was issued to 6 Sqdn at Coningsby  in Feb 1969, and then to 54 Sqdn  and 228 OCU for modification to the air defence role .She then served with 23Sqdn at Wattisham until the aircraft returned to Coningsby with 29 Sqdn. From 1987 to 1991 XV408 served with 92 and 19 Sqdns at Wildenrath. It then became a gate guardian at Cranwell in 1993 and then on external display at Halton then finally to Fairford. Thereafter it was sent to Tangmere.  The Tangmere curator recalls that when it arrived at Tangmere it was in the air defence grey scheme, although you could make out the earlier overall blue colour scheme. 

     

    John

  4. As far as I am aware XV408 only had the blue scheme for a short while and was then repainted whilst still in RAF service in the three tone air defence grey scheme when she served with 29 Sqdn. That was the scheme it was in when it came to Tangmere and was starting to look very tatty indeed, hence the repaint.

     

    John

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