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Hello jug-junkie For me your kit is simply spot on ! Patrick

Hello I have glued the wing to the fuselage and here are the pictures of the result. Patrick

Hello I am looking for "Flying Cheetahs" insignia to build a 2 Squadron SAAF 1/72 P-51D in Korea. Do you know any aftermarket decals for that? Sincerely

Hello Yes Hasegawa Mk IX. An old box with everything to make pointed or rounded rudder, short or normal wing span, retractable or not tail wheel, short or long carburretor intake. Actually I have got five different boxes (Mk VIII and IX). But remember it is 1/72 ! :blink: Patrick

Hello Update for my French era Viêt-Nam war Spitfire. I have finished the wing undersurface. The cockpit sides were painted with enamels to later use an acrylic wash. I cut the entry door to open the canopy. And now the pilot's seat. Next will be the closed fuselage. So far, the pace has been right. Patrick

Hello After all your answers, in short it is urgent to wait for another Fury. Maybe there will be a Revell re-issue of the Matchbox kit at a bargain price, which is not the case for original boxes. Furthermore the kit is planned one day by MPM. Patrick

Hello It is interesting to hear about the FK-51 as I am finishing the Spanish Republican version from Azur. Maybe later I will buy the Dutch one. The kit is very easy to build but the transfers are very thin. Hopefully for me they were few. For the rigging I used the pictures published in the french magazine "Avions" some years ago. Sincerely. Patrick

Hello Jim It seems that the Skyraider is a star whithin this GB. Sincerely Patrick

And now it is better to see the pictures than the links. Patrick

Hello I have finally started creating my Spitfire. Here are the first pictures. I added inside some plastic bits and some length of soldering wire. The blue lines are to be filled as actually they are rivet lines. The wing is modified as an "e" wing. The seat belts are made with aluminium sheet. That's all for the moment. Patrick

Hi Christiane A very nice choice. I like this little bird full of ordnance. Regards. Patrick

Hi Before cutting the sprues here are a summary of the French Spitfire operations in Indochina between 1945 and 1950 : The first Spitfires the French Air Force flew in Indochina were some Mk VIII borrowed from the RAF in Tan Son Nhut (Saigon) in Cochinchine. They were used in anger on December 13, 1945 by the GC II/7. Later GC I/7 “Provence†and GC II/7 “Nice†were re-equipped with Spitfire Mk IX, this time bought from GB. The first Tonkin operation ended in March 1946 and by this time the two squadrons flew over 600 sorties, expended 150.000 ammos and dropped 28 t of bombs with only f

Good morning everybody. Today, May 7th, is the anniversary of the end of the entrenched camp of Dien Bien Phu. With this subject I would like to think of all the people who fought and died around the landing stripes and the nine strongholds. Some years ago I made this plane from that period. Patrick

Hi Triet It's a very nice start with the right scale. Don't you consider using a dark wash for this tiny cockpit? Regards. Patrick

Hi They were actually very weathered as they soldiered on with 4th Escadre de Chasse (Fighter Wing) after they were used by 2nd Escadre in Indochina. The fighters stayed when the units turned. Patrick

Hi It will be a Hasegawa 1/72 Sptfire Mk IX with an "e" wing. Patrick

Hi. I have the article from Warren Thompson in International Air Power Review N°12 and I can answer that : During their first deployment at Da Nang the Starfighters were Natural metal finished. The 476th, 436th and 435th TFS, were used for CAP to protect F-105 strikes and EC-121 patrols. But there was no MiG activity and they were switched to weather recce and air-to -ground sorties. During the second deployment at Udorn they were camouflaged and it seems that the wheel hubs and the wheel bays were the same colour as the underside, i.e. 36622. Patrick

Is-it possible to join with a Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX from 4th Escadre de Chasse? Patrick

Hi Tuskawilla I am currently building the Azur kit in Desert Air Force colours and I can say the model is quite good. I added some plastic card in the fuselage with the help of the book from Ali d'Italia. I had to scratch build the radio operator office and modify the whell wells. You can as well go to : http://www.arcforums.com/forums/index.php?...11&hl=BAltimore That's all so far. Patrick

Hello I have just built the Planet Manchester and I can say that it is not made for beginners. A Hasegawa conversion could be easier but not so cheaper. So wait and see the cottage industry. Patrick

Hello Neil Can we hope the 1/72 Lincoln conversion to be back again? After the Hasegawa Lancaster and the Planet Manchester I want to go on with the family. Patrick

Hello I beg your pardon, it was a vocabulary mistake. Patrick

Very useful picture. We can see that there is no frame around the nose cone except for the bomb sight flat window. The bomb bay doors are rather thick. Regards. Patrick

Thank you very much to all of you for these information. I have just received the book from Ali d'Italia and I am going to find out the AJ Press N°97 next week in Paris. Regards. Patrick

Hello Would anybody mind helping me detailling my 1/72 Azur Martin Baltimore Mk II? I have few pictures around the aircraft but nothing inside. I can guess, but the closer to the truth the better. Sincerely