1/72 - Fairey Delta FD.2 by Dora Wings - released

[tony.t]

Mine are destined to be mauve and blue

 

Tony 

[John Thompson]

What's the FS595 number for that mauve?

 

But surreally, folks, the box art alone has me almost persuaded to buy, even though this subject is miles outside my field of interest.

 

John

[PhantomBigStu]

24 minutes ago, John Thompson said:

What's the FS595 number for that mauve?

 

But surreally, folks, the box art alone has me almost persuaded to buy, even though this subject is miles outside my field of interest.

 

John

It’s a bsc381 colour no796, closest FS is Fs17100

[John Thompson]

That's a surprise - I was only joking! I thought it was a custom paint mix chosen by Peter Twiss' wife... 😄

 

John

[PhantomBigStu]

2 minutes ago, John Thompson said:

That's a surprise - I was only joking! I thought it was a custom paint mix chosen by Peter Twiss' wife... 😄

 

John

Ah, anyway seems I was wrong anyway, the mauve is much lighter than 796. and doesn't look like any BSC381 shade.........

[Rabbit Leader]

This does look nice. My initial suspicions on the completed model is that the white surround to the roundels should only be applied if doing the blue scheme, where the NMF and Mauve examples are standard type ‘D’ roundels with no thin white surround. I’m not sure if these are supplied on the decal sheet or just easily sourced elsewhere.
 

Can someone confirm this? If that’s the only tiny blemish, it’s hardly worth mentioning, but just included here for further discussion and accuracy’s sake. 
 

Cheers.. Dave 

[Work In Progress]

The photos of the test build on FB show it wearing incorrect white-edged roundels. But I'm not bothered, I have stacks of D type roundels, and a few spare white-edges ones will come in handy one day

[dora]

3 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said:

This does look nice. My initial suspicions on the completed model is that the white surround to the roundels should only be applied if doing the blue scheme, where the NMF and Mauve examples are standard type ‘D’ roundels with no thin white surround. I’m not sure if these are supplied on the decal sheet or just easily sourced elsewhere.
 

Can someone confirm this? If that’s the only tiny blemish, it’s hardly worth mentioning, but just included here for further discussion and accuracy’s sake. 
 

Cheers.. Dave 

Yes, indeed, we made a mistake.😞
For the silver version there is not enough roundels without a white border... 🙄

[Rabbit Leader]

10 hours ago, dora said:

Yes, indeed, we made a mistake.😞
For the silver version there is not enough roundels without a white border... 🙄

I appreciate the honesty and am sure the modelling market are pleased you went the way you did, rather than making us try to find white surround decals. 
 

Cheers and congratulations on what appears to be a beautiful model.. Dave 

[OutcastJoel]

Up for pre-order at a discount for those, who like me who have no intention of waiting for it the arrive at big H 😁

 

https://dorawings.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=128

[Work In Progress]

7 minutes ago, OutcastJoel said:

Up for pre-order at a discount for those, who like me who have no intention of waiting for it the arrive at big H

They have been on sale at Jadlam for a few days now, though it seems only via their eBay store, not visible on their website 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404684225492

Edited December 19, 2023 by Work In Progress

[John R]

On 12/19/2023 at 5:11 PM, OutcastJoel said:

Up for pre-order at a discount for those, who like me who have no intention of waiting for it the arrive at big H 😁

 

https://dorawings.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=128

The downside is a 21 Euro shipping charge

[dalea]

So where have these got to?  I'm still waiting.

[Work In Progress]

2 hours ago, dalea said:

So where have these got to?  I'm still waiting.

Dunno, but there have been quite a few more aerial attacks on Dnipro lately, so other demands on available logistics in and out of the city might be taking priority

Edited January 7, 2024 by Work In Progress

[dora]

On 1/7/2024 at 11:03 AM, dalea said:

So where have these got to?  I'm still waiting.

At the moment, all pre-orders made before the New Year have been sent.
We are now starting to send orders to distributors.

[Middo]

Just been notified it's in stock at Hannants.

[Kernow Keith]

Received mine this evening from Scale Model Shed, still showing as in stock. Just had a quick peek inside the box, looks very nice indeed. 

[Retired Bob]

2 hours ago, Middo said:

Just been notified it's in stock at Hannants.

Ditto, my order for two is in, blue and NM (I'll have a think about a mauve one) 

[FalkeEins]

email with tracking no. from Jadlam just received!

[Homebee]

Also at Jadlam: https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/dora-wings-72009-fairey-delta-2-1-72-plastic-model-kit/

 

V.P.

[Dave Fleming]

Mine arrived yesterday from Jadlam. It’s lovely. Only comments are (a) no camera pod for the fin tip (easy add and optional) and (b) the orange (dayglo) markings for WG774 are given as yellow.

Edited February 7, 2024 by Dave Fleming

[Dave Swindell]

10 hours ago, Dave Fleming said:

Mine arrived yesterday from Jadlam. It’s lovely. Only comments are (a) no camera pod for the fin tip (easy add and optional) and (b) the orange (dayglo) markings for WG774 are given as yellow.

Got mine yesterday as well, +1 on the above comments, plus the interior/ 1:144 scale ejection seat which bears a passing resemblance to a MB MK3 - probably fine if you close the canopy as you won't see much through those tiny windows anyway, but a bit disappointing if you want to model the canopy open.

[Work In Progress]

12 hours ago, Dave Fleming said:

(b) the orange (dayglo) markings for WG774 are given as yellow.

 

They look pretty yellow here

 

[Dave Fleming]

it can vary between photos e.g. 

 

 

47 minutes ago, Work In Progress said:

 

They look pretty yellow here

 

[71chally]

I wonder if it started out as dayglow orange that faded to yellow.