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  1. Ian Cooper

    F-5E

    Yes, the 1980s were good in that respect. More money around then for airshows too. In the area where I live (Norfolk, England) we were surrounded by airbases - the RAF at Coltishall (Jaguars), Honington and Marham (Tornados) Wattisham (F-4s) and the USAF at Woodbridge/Bentwaters (A-10s and then F-16s), Lakenheath (F-111s and the F-15s), Mildenhall (SR-71 plus tankers and R-135s etc), Alconbury (F-4s and then F-5s), Sculthorpe (U2s apparently at one stage). Much is gone now. Woodbridge and Bentwaters, Alconbury, Sculthorpe and Coltishall all now closed. We now have Apaches at Wattisham,
  2. Wow - some brilliant shots there, Scott. Thanks for sharing! Ian
  3. Thanks for looking up the photos, Stefan. I've never seen a MiG-21 fly and have only seen the one on display at Duxford at 1:1 scale. Great aircraft though. You have some good photos on your Flickr page - I particularly like the Saudi Typhoons and Tornados and anything F-4 is nice to see and the German colour schemes are good to look at. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Ian
  4. Thanks Alf. I haven't built an Eduard kit before so didn't know what to expect having got this one and the MiG 29 UB for Christmas. But I have to say, it's a great kit. It goes together as well as a Hasegawa kit and has some good PE as part of the standard offering. Some of the panel lines and rivet holes needed to be redone but nothing significant. I did have a look at the review done by Gary Wickham here... Scalespot - look under "on the bench" for the MiG-21 Bunny Fighter ....and he clearly believes it's a good kit to. On what I know so far - other than preferring to work with light
  5. Ian Cooper

    F-5E

    Thanks for building an Alconbury aggressor! The only US F-5 I ever saw was an Alconbury aggressor. Sadly I didn't get a great photo of it but here's what I did get - next to a Belgian Mirage back in the 80s. Really looking forward to your finished build - looking good so far :thumbsup:/>
  6. Fuselage halves together and wings on ... starting to look like a MiG 21 :yahoo:/>
  7. Hey Jochemp, Emvar .... thanks for your support guys
  8. I built one a few years ago (1/48) and may have some spare decals in the box. Too late now, I guess!
  9. But it did receive a special paint scheme to take part in the exercises and I think that's as sufficient justification as some other builds are using. If it's not good enough justification, I'm sure the boss will let me know!
  10. Woops - yes, that's right. It was 1993! Thanks for putting me right Stefan. Mig 21 at Fairford on Airliners.net
  11. Is nobody building an old Euro 1 scheme Woodbridge/Bentwaters A-10??? Come on!
  12. Nice job Janne. Love it. Somebody at work recently gave me a half finished Star Wars kit. Annakin's racer or something. Must get that out and finish it some time! Love the chips Cheers Ian
  13. I'll watch this one with interest. I've got the 2008 F-15DJ in my stash! Good luck with the build. Ian
  14. Thanks phantom and rm20886. Managed to get some more work done. The oxygen tanks have been added to the main gear bays and I've drilled out the forward airbrake areas. The kit comes with airbrakes modelled in the closed position and to model tem open they have to be drilled out and airbrake interior sections added. It wasn't normal practice for Hungarian MiG-21s to park with airbrakes open but I've seen a couple of images where this is the case. Anyways, I want to model them open for a little added interest. It's interesting for me that the aircraft I'm building - 1874 - actually visited
  15. I focus on one main build but occasionally I'll dip into something else if I need a change or have time to build but paint is drying. Sometimes a kit will go back in the box and I'll switch completely to another kit. Bench space is limited though and I'm not organised enough to have too many on the go at once. Respect to those who do! Ian
  16. First few steps have included rescribing panel lines and rivets on the fuselage and wings, building the main gear housing and putting the cockpit/front wheel well together.
  17. Back in the 1980s, the USAF stationed F-5 Aggressors in the UK (then replaced by F-16s). Unfortunately, the only photo I have is this one of a Belgian Mirage but you can make out a F-5 next to it in an attractive scheme. Does anyone have a better photo of an old UK based F-5 Aggressor? Ian
  18. If I manage to get my Hungarian MiG-21 BIS finished in good time, I also have a Hasegawa 1/48 F-15DJ Aggressor 2008 and and an A-4F Skyhawk Adversary in the stash that I can pull out for this group build. We're gonna see some great camo schemes here! Cheers Ian
  19. Thanks for organising the group build, David. It was fun and some excellent builds have come out of it. What a range of aircraft got turned out of the Iron Works. If you do another Grumman group build in about 5 years time, I may even get my damn Tomcat out and finish it! Cheers, Ian
  20. Jan 1st is here! Hooray! Let's go ... I watched someone else build this kit a while ago. Apparently it's a nice kit to build and the colour scheme is a good one. So good luck with it. Watching with interest - as always! CHeers Ian
  21. Hi Jess. Welcome to ARC and group build. You're clearly not new to modeling because of the state of your cutting board! Good luck with the F-5. Cheers, Ian
  22. I was lucky enough to be given an Eduard Mig 21 BIS in 1/48 for Christmas so I'm in with that. The kit comes with markings for a Hungarian Mig-21 used in 1991 for Dissimilar Air Combat Training exercises so provided that qualifies me to be in ... I'm in! Ian
  23. I thought the weather in Sweden must have been so cold that your fingers had frozen! Great to see you are still building Love this one. As others have said - the colour scheme is sweet. I have a F-2 in my stash - the prototype in white and red - that I want to modify sometime to a production model in the blue finish. Happy to see you posting Janne! Ian
  24. This is my new build. Primarily because of storage space restrictions, the rotors will be in the stored position! Cheers Ian
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