Colin W

A fantastic achievement Shawn. I have looked at many of these over the years and enjoyed seeing all of them. To have so many is impressive but the individual quality makes this collection something special . Well done and Thanks Colin

hi all are the tail planes ofthe Airfix Nimrod too rounded at the tips? looking at the kit and th ephotos Im not sure what to do. most pics are profiles and a believable plan view is yet to be found. Ted Taylor says, by default they are ok bu tto me the pics show they to be more square than the kit. Leave as is, square off exicsing or build up and square off, im not sure. Advice please! Thanks Colin W

I concur, forget the Airfix one but the Italeri is OK. You can find them on Ebay and the only real correction needed is the fin base and with a huge canopy a Neomega coskpit is a good option otherwise its good. You can of course go crazy with it. Have fun Colin W

Has anyone in the UK found a decent mass market thinner to use for Mr Colour. I has to pay #5.89 for 250ml which is a bit steep. Cheers Colin

Have a look in the F-111 group build from last year, This was well covered in my like under BAC F-111K. There are pictures and explantions of what to do. Cheers Colin W

Cheers Bob. Hard to photograph a grey jet but I have to admit it looks good. Makes a nice pair with the EAP. Thanks for the tips youve posted at times. Colin W

I just finished this kit. Pics are on the other computer but it went together like a dream and its my choice for best kit of all time. I have a resin bang seat I bought for the Italeri Eurofighter but decided the kit seat here was better so used that, never done that before. What a cracker. Colin W

Well it appears there is more to this than meets the eye. The numbering system on the Revell decal sheet is totally wrong! For example the diamond shaped air exhaust on the fin is marked as decal 23 on the instructions, but decal 23 is a piece of bilingual German and English text. The correct decal is number 67 or 68 (port and stbd). Likewise decal 66 clearly says "Danger Airbrake" but has no location on the diagram near the Airbrake. The location which looks right is marked as 21. Decal 21 is way too small for me to read but doesnt look like anything to do with an airbrake. There are a few

Fantastic. Thanks Bobski. Since I move around a lot I rairly add stores but have added the ASRAAM rails so it looks closer to the EAP which always carried these. I'm glad I asked before I stuck the ModelAlliance ones on! Colin

So basically any current F2 single seater will be OK. This means ZJ920 or ZJ911 will be OK!Sorted Thanks But meanwhile ........ I was looking at the stencils and there is a huge difference between those for the Revell kit and those from Model Alliance. Do you know how accurate the kit ones are or should I use Model Alliances? Thanks Colin

Hi I'm just about to decal my Revell Typhoon but the Model Alliance decals I have for 29 SQN are only for 2 seaters. The kit decals are for single seaters but have the IR pod on the port nose which I havn't fitted. So the question is did 29 fly any single seaters without the IR pod and if so what were there serials? There are lots of pics out there but I cant find one of the port nose of a single seater which is confirmed as 29squ. Thanks in advance Colin W

Hi I was hoping someone else would reply to you as I can only add part of an answer but it seems not so here goes. Mr Surfacer spray is an aerosol version of the hi-build paint "Mr Surfacer". Here we get 2 types, 1000 and 1200. The numbers are equivalent to the finish you are supposed to get with that grit of emery paper. Mr surfacer in paint form also comes in 500 but that must be too thick for spraying. The stuff is great to use if you have large areas of sanded plasic eg on a vacform a spray of Mr Surfacer will fill in the scratches and give a smooth finish very quickly. If you use the w

Hi I think you will find cuting edge made a Tu4 AWACS conversion set. Look for it on an Ebay site near you. Colin W

Hi All Well its taken some time but here are the completed pics for the BAC -111K. based on the 1/48 Accademy kit. Mods to the kit are listed in the build article but basically cover the following listed from the front working back. Brass nose probe. Scribed refuelling probe panel Doppler panel on lower nose Detailed nose under carrige bay Revised instrument panel and detailing to the cockpit. Tornado fit aerials on upper front fuselage. Revised square intakes Boz and decoy pods under outer wing pylons Widened main gear tyres with flat bases. Fin top RWR reciever Serials put u

Thanks for the comments guys. here is a shot of the underside and another of the new intakes I think a gulf scheme is a good idea as it would allow the changes to be seen easier. Cheers colin

Is there any concisency for the position of the flying suraces when Eurofighter is parked up? A lot of photos have the canards tilted forwards, many pics show the intake doors down but for the wing surfaces I have pics with outer elevons down, some with inner surfaces up. Any suggestions? Colin W

Thanks Guys. I agree it does look strangely familiar...... I'll wait until the sun shines and take some more pictures for the completed thread. It looks good parked next to the TSR2 but it needs a lot of space to take pictures of them side by side! I might even get the Vulcan out and we can have a real British Bomber line up! Cheers Colin

Well here she is finished. Since the last pics I have completed the painting and added the minor parts and stores. Decals are from Xtradecal and a few stencils from the kit. I added the doppler set as a decal from Airfix's Buccaneer under the nose as well since this is seen on most British jets. The new intakes are not too visible, more easily you notice the old intakes are missing. It does make the plane look sleeker though, especially with the wings back. I did the burner cans inside with aluminum foil as per the article by Yiannis Ladopoulos on ARC last week. Great idea. It took

Good solution mark but one that required prior knowledge of the issue which is where we slipped up. We'll know for next time, but if you are reading this before joining the fuselage halves then follow Mark T's proposal. Having got the finished article I reckon an internal support at the front of the rear section would be a worthwhile use for a piece of old sprue as well. The upper fuselage decking has too much flex for my liking. Colin W

Looks like you're off to a good start. Nice to see some real quality modeling here, not just aftermarket sets bought and lobbed in. Great stuff Colin W

I thought I had caused this by distorting the fuselarge while changing the intakes but maybe not. The cure is to saw down the joint at the back of the cockpit and make a V shape. the parts can then be pushed down to meet the top section of the rear fuselage. Once the v is right fold and glue with CA super glue. Then find some way to get a piece of plastic under the front part so as to make a strong overlapping joint with the rear. If you dont do this and just glue the parts together the butt joint will keep poping open. once you have some form of joint then strengthen it and add filler. I ac

The DH 110 was the original version, famous onlt for the Farnbrough crash. This lost out to the Javelin and was then navalised and selected by the RN as the Sea Vixen. A Sea Vixen makes more sense than a 110 but whats sense got to do with it? Did we need a choice of 3 x 1/48 Wyverns? 1/48 Sea Vixen, its been around for years, here's mine from 2001. Colin W

Hi Well some real progress now. Black lines were masked and covered as planned and the base coat of dark sea grey. This I varied with light and dark panels to try and get a worn appearance. Its good to practice some times!. I Masked the gray and added the green with the same types of variation to the hues. Masking was quickly stripped and undercarriage legs added to let it stand up without keep scuffing the paint on the lower nose. Next task is a few aerials and a base of future for decaling. Not really tackled the jet pipes yet but wheels and stores are coming along. Cheers Colin

Nice to see the first one finished. Interesting to see several schemes together as well Well done Colin W

Scheme will be Tonado Craig. The black lines are just for the walkway lines. I'm looking for pics of the F-111 scheme to see if there was one worked out, otherwise I'll follow the Tornado Pattern. Cheers Colin