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Lovely work. One minor thing though, I think it needs some Remove before Flight tags.

Shameless Plug Plenty of RAN Images at my web site The A-4 Alley

Hi Mike Well since they were the ex pakistni aircraft they would have come in that scheme which is a little different (and IMHO nicer) than the USAF grey. I've got one Tamyias new F-16CJ's on order. That will be a 75 Sqn aircraft. (I'm thinking of another what if, along the lines of The RNZAF traded up to CJ in a few years time :) ) Can't decide whether it will be the dark gray like the C-130/Huey/P-3 fleet or all green like the last A-4 Scheme. need to think on it more :-)

Hi, website wseems to work fine for me with FF adn IE. Checkd on several PC's both here and work. Might be something with your system? :) Thanks to all for the kind comments

Finally managed to get this finished despite a severe attack of AMS More pics and a bit of spiel at http://www.gibstuff.net/models/index.html

Don't you hate it when you stumble across the answer to own question A member of NZ aviation forum I frequent has a bit of an interest in Kain. He sent me the answer to this about 6 months ago. Anyway after his research he's sure that Paddy III (the aircraft in aeromaster sheet) was an early rag-wing Hurricane I with the Watts 2 bladed wooden prop. now I know why I bought tha CA Fabric Winged Hurricane

I have the CA Fabric winged Hurricane and the Aeromaster decal set. But what I can't confirm is whether the aircraft depicted in the decal set was a Fabric winged aircraft. Althoguh the decal set does reccomend the Hasegawa MK 1 Hurricane. from the wikipedea entry I think he flew a metal winged MK 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane#Hurricane_Mk_I

Sorry, I should have said, 1/48. I want to do Cobber Kanes Hurricane Mk1

Thanks All I guess what I should of asked is can I build a accurate Hurricane Mk 1 fromt he Hasegawa Hurricane Mk II kit (or vice versa) Is there much difference between the 2 kits?

Can any Hurricane Gurus enlighten me to the visbale differences (if any bewteen) the MkI and MkII The cannon are the most obvious one I can see.

Mike Off the top of my head I can't rememebr seeing any. But I'm not 100% sure. Mind you on the real thing you can't really see the rivets that well under the paint

martin Just email Dave direct form his web site and ask. It goes for about $60 NZD, plus post. The example I saw had very fine lines. I think they'll need deepening up but the casting itself seemed pretty good. The Join is where the fuselage breaks when you're doing an engine changewhich should make it easier to attach to the existing kit fuselage

Kiwi resins one is out. There was a review/announce here a few week back ARC article Kiwi Resins I've seen it and it looks alright. The join is in a handy place. You'll need to deepen the panel lines though as they quite shallow. The Kahu instrument panel isn't as good as I'd hoped though. The instruments are out of scale.

if it was me.... For the wing formation lights I'd leave them clear, or clear with silver or white on the wing mating surface. Same for the tail light. The only thing in there is a fluro tune. You can see it some of the pics on my site. Oh, Yeah I know there is a glaring error on the wing..... You'd think that working on them for 5 or so years I'd have noticed when I was building it. <_< But in my defence It was about 4th model I'd built since I got back into it. :lol:

The clear strip is the tail postion light as David pointed out The clear part does contain a light, from memory its a fluro type tube. Again from memory The red and green parts are lenses with a normal incandesent light bulb in there. (it's been 13 or so years since I last worked on A-4's so I'm ot 100% sure) For Kiwi and Aussie A-4s inclduing some walkaround shots (theres some close ups of the wing formation lights), check out my web site here The A-4 Alley

It takes a bit of effort but I'm happy with the result More at www.gibstuff.net/models

I used Humbrol OD and Gunmetal, Like Joe above I used TLAR. In the hard light of day it looks a bit grainy but thats due to the Humbrol 53. I need to get some mm gunmetal

Thanks All The floor polish/food colouring idea is a beauty After a bit of stuffing around here what I came up with. Now how does this mixture hold up to masking? And how long before I can mask up and repaint the canopy frames?

Thanks All, I had another go tonite and cocked it up even more :-) I'll keep experimenting to see what works for me. I've detailed the wife to pick up some food colouring so I'll give that a whirl :-)

OK F-16 gurus I need some advice on F-16B canopy colours I've nearly finished my F-16B. I originally painted the canopy as the instructions. Ie Front 1/2 Smoke, rear 1/2 clear. But to much time under the tape ruined the front half so I've stripped it back and re-coated with floor polish I've done a quick google and there seem to be several variations in colours.eg. All clear, 1/2 smoke 1/2 clear, all smoke, all smoke wiht gold tinge, front half smoke, rear smoky gold (could be the light)..etc etc I'd prefer to do the canopy all one tint. EG smoke or smoke/gold. Anyone see any problems with

I've read the page here on how to do it (ie airbrushing a thinned down coat of Tamyia Smoke and Clear) but I'm struggling to get it right Anyone have any other methods. All tips/hints welcomed

Thanks all.

What are peoples recommendations for the AIM-9L seeker head. The colour looks to me to be a metallic olive drab. I'm about to try a mixture of Humrol 53 and a selection greens. But if anyone has a beeter suggestion, then speak up Also any ideas on the the blue used for practice or inert weapons, eg CATM's, MK 106's BDU-33's and like

Thanks all, A font of knowledge as always

Any Opinions on which is best Haseagwa? Italeri? Revell? (Brit army) Academy