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Looks cool as all get-out?

This reminds me: how much work is needed to make a Mk 21 out of an F.22 and a PR XIX?

He said what I was thinking! Oh I'm so excited, I'm giddy.

Widge Gleed's and Johnny Kentowski's.

Interesting; I have a memoir by one of 11 Squadron's ground crewman, and it's entitled "An 'Erksome War". I wonder if it was always considered derogatory, or if it gradually came to be considered as such.

Goodness gracious. Wow.

Hiyo, I got Superscale decal sheet 72-292: RAF Spitfire Aces off of ebay, and imagine my consternation to discover they didn't have a placement sheet with them! Does anyone have a copy of it they could scan for me?

Very nice so far, and an excellent choice of subject!

I also have a few others in storage, awaiting the return of my beautiful wife from graduate school.

Very much so! Thanks!

I'm building one right now in a group with friends. I understand it has a number of accuracy issues, which I can't speak to, aside from the utterly inexplicable decision to include Red Tops, which the FAW.1 didn't carry. However, as far as buildability goes, the kit is an absolute delight. Everything fits, and I love how all the parts connect. That may be cold comfort to many, however.

Oh nice, I have one of these I'm hoping to start on soon.

Very nice! I've always had a fondness for the wonky old Firefly.

Those all appear to be from a FAW.2; are they identical?

Are there any good photos of a FAW.1 Sea Vixen cockpit drifting about anywhere, or did it look identical to that of the FAW.2?

The British Liberation Army takes on an alarming new dimension!

Ian, what colors would you recommend for modelmaster acrylics?

My wife accused me of trying to put one over her when I told her these were photos of models and not real aircraft.

I know some Sea Hurricanes used American markings in Torch.

I'd love to see Suez Crisis decals for Egyptian Air Force aircraft in 1/72, although unfortunately that's a trifle before your cutoff date, and I don't imagine that beyond me there'd be a huge demand. But perhaps I'm wrong. There doesn't seem to be much in the way of decals for the EAF in this period.

Actually, if I may interject here, on the subject of the Allied supply of rubber, after the fall of Malaya, I believe Ceylon was the major producer of rubber for the Allies in WWII; so much so that they accepted the risks of overfarming(? that may not be the word, I'm at work) to increase output, and additional rubber was grown in the United States. I will happily dig up figures when I return home, if anyone cares. I stand ready to possibly contradict myself, since it's been a few years since I was interested in graduate studies on Ceylon during the war. But I'm confident enough to hazard making a fool of myself online.

Oh wow, thanks! I feel a little sheepish about my weak googling skills about now. I'm afraid I'm not Greek, but I am a big fan of the Byzantine historian whose name I've appropriated.

So what would the Egyptians have used? MiG-15s and MiG-17s? IL-28s as well, right? Any prop-driven planes? Are there any Suez-era decal sheets for the EAF?

Wowsers Max, that's quite a lot of information. I'm probably going to try and build this guy largely out of the box, as that best works with my limited modelling skills, but I think I'll make a sally at at least re-scribing the door; do you have a photo of it, by any chance?

Wow, I'm quite jealous of everyone's work areas. Here's my own humble spot: And my dove-proof cupboard for finished models: My wife's birds have shown a remarkable faculty for wrecking the landing gear of Fujimi Spitfire XIVs, fat flying rats that they are.