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Many thanks Paul. Much appreciated. Yes, they did seem to carry a lot of stowage. Those rolled up tarps look as though someone has brought a bouncy castle along. John.

The engines were glued nicely and seamlessly along their top but the bottom is an entirely different story. The step raises concerns about their seating atop the wings. So I had to correct that as well. The cowlings are another major cutting, sanding and filling peoject. Will try to remove as much flash as possible before putty-filling and sanding the inevitable chips.

I take it that you visited The Yankee Bar?? John.

I did the same thing with one of mine Pembrokes to make a SeaPrince C.2. In the photos I have of Pembrokes, and what I could see in the article on the Pembroke in an old Scale Aircraft Modelling there is no dihedral. Here's how it turned out: Later, Dave

And didn't you know that there is now an F-47 in development? Another one that has torqued my jaw is the C-5M. What happened to the D through L models????? Somewhere around the house I have a promotional flyer given out by Lockheed-Martin about the virtues of the C-5D, which for some unknown reason other than dumb a$$ bureaucrats thought it would be better to call it the M because it was Modernized with new engines, just like the D model! Oh and something else I found out a month ago. The C-5Cs, which don't have a passenger compartment in the back and also have clam shell doors for loading missiles, and should logically get a new model designator because of the engine change, are still referred to as C-5Cs even with the new engines! A bunch of 1 delta 10 tangos! Later, Dave

Hi All, Flushed with the success of my design work yesterday I rushed back in to some proper modelling! (I also decided not to attempt to print today as the low temperatures tend to lead to failed builds, and I have not yet invested in proper heating). Here's the fuselage halves prior to buttoning up: Sufficiently busy to add a little interest? There is precisely no positive location between the fuselage halves, so proceed with caution: I decided to try an early test fit of the glazing - doesn't look too bad. I'm undecided whether to have the cockpits open or shut - I think I'm tending towards the latter as it just emphasises the weirdness of this aircraft. Here's the wings in place - again, devoid of any positive location: This shot shows just how large the wingspan of this beast was - not far off a Wellington! Here's a last shot showing the desert air filter I've designed, which appears to be absent from the kit: That's all for now, Thanks for looking, Roger

New question, What was the configuration when two rocket pods were carried on the triple stores carrier? What I mean is was it a 'flat four' or 'slant four' config, or was this not a thing? Follow on question, in the 'Tactical camo' era, what colour were the rocket pods, silver or green? cheers, Pappy

Great work as usual.

The PR.XIV Instructions look awesome... so many unused parts for future options along the way. The kit also includes : - Dropped Flaps - Separate upper fuselage Dinghy stowage box and doors - Optional open and closed Crew door and Bomb Bay doors - 500 & 1000 lbs. fuel tanks - Proper anti-shimmy tail wheel - What appear to be 'correct' width undercarriage legs and wheels (thus correcting the major flaw with the Airfix kit) - Plus 'Heaps' of other stuff to mention! It's been a long time coming, however Mosquito lovers (i.e. @The wooksta V2.0 ) are in for a real treat. Cheers.. Dave

Thanks for the kind words, guys. I'm delighted that you enjoyed the shots! I love the mascot suggestions!!

G'day people, It is the 12th downunder, so I am going to push the boat out on this one. Anyway, I need to put Dennis out of his misery. I decided that it might be fun to build the gun. Since not much will be seen, it will only be a very crude representation of the M61A2 Vulcan cannon. I opened 'Door 6' but the thickness of the plastic did not look very realistic so I removed a section from the fuselage and replaced it with some 10 thou that I had already cut the opening for Door 6. And to catch everyone up on where I am actually up to, the aft fuselage was assembled and the cockpit tub was installed I did not fancy scratching a new HUD so I decided to depict the HUD with its protective cover cheers, Pappy

Great work, tank, figures and base look great.

and those plaster ducks

Nice job, Greg! Glad to see one of these H-Models get finished. -d-

It was more to do with not wanting my internet search history to include an odd interest in certain dangly bits of horses https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235093713-airfix-scots-grey-in-54mm-scalefinished/ . Looking very good so far old fruit.

Nice job, Greg!! -d-

Years and many models later, back to finish the Super Sylph. Since last time, my skills have improved alot+developed new ones, so still frustrated with my previous attempts to give her cockpit detail, I decided to go at it again from the top. I vacformed, rather than crash formed, new canopys from the kit plugs again, and really let the plastic sheet sag and relax, then pulled vacuum for like 12 full seconds. The canopys came out MUCH better, albeit with a few blems from presumably dust particles or such, which Im willing to live with. Then I 3d modelled in Plasticity basic representations of the cockpit panel/dash and seats, referenced from the concept art drawing of the Supersylph cockpit, scaled off the 3-view art which is available, and modified/simplified to fit the highly constrained area of the bored out cockpit slots in the kit - such as, instead of making sidewalls and side panels, then locating the stick and throttle on them, I placed representations of the controls on extensions of the dash, which isnt the layout of the ""real"" thing lol But after printing and install these look fairly good under the canopys, which will be gently tinted with tamiya smoke anyway. I also redid my old swept blade fan intakes from the past but in much higher fidelity. I mixed up some Tamiya Quick type and repaired her damaged dogtooth wing points (not the best putty user but its hard to notice and certainly looks better than busted tips), filled a few small resin blems and and voids, after sitting overnight I blended the putty in with increasing grits and polished with like a 10k or 12k pad While getting her gear on I found that my kit came with a duplicate set of main gear legs but only one main gear side stay/brace, I didnt feel like trying to measure, design and print a close one so the spares box came to the rescue, i dont remember what the gear spares where from lol I build almost everything gear down, maybe alternate options from something. Then I primed her, speckle/mottle coated. Agonized over the damn belly color for like a whole day, every source is contradictory, but the alleged duck egg green doesnt seem to match up with any shots of Supers in the show or art, its at most a greenish teal, but in a lot of shots (maybe cause of the lighting and Faery's teal as opposed to blue sky) it appears more powder blue, pastelish even, or like the RAF PRU blue, sky type S with blue in it, etc. Anyway I went with an eyeballed mix of Vallejo Intermediate blue grey, then a few drops of sky type S to lighten and add the hint of green, this was still pretty dark and grey, so I added a good squirt of Faded PRU blue, which got me close enough I think, its definitely light and greyer than on screen, but still has some blue and I think, crucially, looks better/more believable than the supposed duck egg, and a bit more subtle than the show's more vivid coloration. I went with Ocean Grey as a base on top and Dark grey blue for the camo splotches, which on its own even sprayed gently and thinned was much too contrasty and dark against ocean grey, so I misted some thinned ocean grey back over and unified them, I think the blending and softening effect looks good. however, concerned that overall the top tones, specifically ocean grey are still too light, I decided to mist a very thin intermediate grey overall and it toned up nicely, still not quite as dark as the stills and art would suggest, but closer for sure. You can see the comparison between the tones in this half and half And the whole darkened tone Ive since masked and sprayed the white markings and such, the lighter contrasting colors tone it down a bit more too.

Thank goodness that the CVR was working!

I never think of Airfix boxing other people's kits, you've got me thinking now (dangerous for me !) I wonder what other Airfix kits i have are actually now eligible for this GB ? Best of luck with this one mate Cheers Pat

I'm jealous. I want one in 1/48. Answer Kits announced last November they were going to release the Rwd-13 and Rwd-13S in 1/48 and even showed photos of the sprues but the project seems to have vanished into a black hole.

additional to rubber chickens (hmm, speaking of which... where I work, I haven't seen the companies' rubber chicken in quite some time. I must make enquiries. I wonder if it is around the beer fridge - that area get a bit of traffic)

Teenagers know that "real food" is crumbed, fried and served through a window...

missed it, his pants were squeaking, I just had to stare, um drool, um giggle

Hi Simon - I prefer to apply each coat of color on all surfaces, to make sure I have greater homogeneity of the line. IMPORTANT! Remember that the modified brush is used by tapping, not by swiping. Cheers Giampiero