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Thanks for that info. Yes I was aware of the load, but I was unsure of what type of fuel tank was used. Also as far as I know the tank was fitted to the inboard left hand pylon.

Thanks, I wll keep that in mind.

Thanks, that is the one that I do know as it is on dstorm. Unfortunately it has some sort of nose art in the name which I am unable to reproduce in decal form

The opening shots of Op Desert Storm were made by several AH-64A Apaches when the aircraft took out 2 radar sites, shutting down Iraqs eye on the outside world looking towards Saudi Arabia allowing allied aircraft to fly through without being seen. I am hoping to make a model of a MH-53J which guided the Apaches to the correct area so that they could do what they had to do and of course an AH-64A. I am going to be making the MH-53J which a cross kitting of the Airfix and Italeri models. The Apache will be made with an Academy kit. I have the tail Serial numbers of the MH-53Js from dstorm.eu, b

Don't forget that the tails are different.

I think that it was something to do with the British GR5 & 7 versions, which have a different trailing edge to the ventral fin.

Hasegawa did make an EA-3B, as I have one in the stash. It may have been a limited edition, but it is there.

I am currently building an Airfix SH-2F that operated in the Gulf War. The aircraft that I am wanting to make is one that had the M.E.F modifications carried out on it, see photos below. I can see from photos that there were 2 IR Jammers fitted to the tail boom, some chaff dispensers fitted on the Port side behind the cockpit and a FLIR fitted to the front end of the STBD Fwd U/C sponson. I am not botherred about the interior Mods, but would like to know if there are any other external Mods and the sizes of the mounts for the IR Jammers. Any information will be gratefully received.

Especially as I have the updated main rotor blades to make one of these, hopefully an Op Normandy aircraft.

As far as I know German Tornados did not carry BL755 cluster bombs.

No Tornado (British, German, Italian etc)as far as I know carried Durendal.

One thing that Dave did not add is the inside of the ramp area. This model sets it out as it was on the MK2 version of the RAF Chinook not the MK1, in that all the pipe work and things like that are exposed whilst on the MK1 this was all covered over with some cardboard/fibre glass panels. Also the large rectangle that is on the model is the maintenance panel which again was only on the MK2. So basically you have a Mk1 Chinook on the outsdie, with a Mk2 one on the inside. Some photos can be seen here of what I am talking about. Mk1 https://www.britmodeller.c

Are those instructions for a 1/72 kit not a 1/48th one?

Thanks for that suggestion, but we have already been to San Francisco when it was good. We have also been to LA (did not like too big), Seattle and Vancouver, so that is why we are looking at San Diego along with somewhere else.

Thank you all for your input. The main reason that we wanted to go to Davis Monthan is because I had heard of it when I started to get interested in aviation as a child and could not believe that there were so many aircraft packed into the area and how big it must be. My wife got intrigued about this when she to saw some pictures of the area. So we only want to go to this place and now know that there are no tours. When we travel to the USA we usually take in 2 places that are quite close to each other and be got to by air from the UK. We also do not hire a car and rely on public t