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I have learned, through a friend, that John Moffat, ex RNVR pilot who flew on the Bismark raid has sadly passed away over the weekend. i was fortunate enough to meet John on a couple of occasions & have a signed copy of his autobiography which I must now re-read. Blue skies & calm seas John
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Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and this is my first post. http://www.flickr.com/photos/50794715@N03/11820301843/ Here are my first three proper builds, all 1/48. They are, from left to right: Seafire Mk.XV SR572/112 of 1832 NAS (RNVR)1949; HMS Hornbill /RNAS Culham. This was the Revell kit in BPF markings. I folded one of the wings, scratch building the wing fold sections, and added rockets and drop tank from the Airfix XVII and drilled out the exhaust stacks. I also dropped the flaps and used some spares from the Airfix kit. The decals were from Freightdog, except the stencils. I couldn't find any reference pictures for this aircraft so it's a flight of fancy, combining some stencils from the Kit and some from the Airfix XVII. Lightly weathered with a pastel wash and exhaust staining with ground pastels. I also added a whip aerial. I found this a difficult kit to build and used a lot of filler, for the first time. Seafire FR.47 VP480/180 of 800 NAS on HMS Triumph 1950 (Korean Stripes). The Airfix 1/48 kit, Built out of box apart from seat belts from wine bottle foil, drilled out exhaust stacks and a whip aerial. Weathered with a pastel wash, with ground pastel exhaust stains and some light paint chipping around the cannon access panels. Decals from Freightdog were used to fill the gaps in the kit set. A really enjoyable kit but the wing folds are very fiddly. Seafire Mk XVII Sp343/126 of (RNVR) NAS 1832 early1950's HMS Hornbill /RNAS Culham. Built out of box apart from tamiya tape seat belts, and a whip aerial. Again a light pastel panel wash. Whip aerial is wonky but will be corrected later. A really simple kit to build http://www.flickr.com/photos/50794715@N03/11820434404/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/50794715@N03/11820851996/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/50794715@N03/11820452573/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/50794715@N03/11820289253/ I hope the pictures appear ok, as I'm working from an iPad Comments welcomed. Don't hold back and thanks for looking Justin H
