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Well, since you asked; here it is with a LS Pitts Special for size comparison

The Astra Arrow was my first vacuform build back in the early 80's It went together very well,despite my best attempts to fail Model On !! Tony

First post-war roundel, gone by about 1950 Tony

Nicely done !! Great pics. Tony

just ‘Fairey’

first one off the bench for this year is the somewhat Vampire shaped HobbyCraft kit. Used a Eduard seat and CMK wheels. Decals are from IPMS Canada The only changes to the kit was the improvement of the wingtip nav lights, replaced with a chunk of clear sprue ,drilled and a dab of paint inside, filed to shape

Me as well. The HC, with all its warts still builds into a Tutor shaped aircraft, better than its ugly 1/72 scale bastard cousin. I will keep my 3 HobbyCraft Tutors and my 3 Belcher Tutors. One Uncle Ric’s detail set yielded a few home cast copies of some parts, I, surmise that I will be into the Kinetic kit for at least 3 copies. Can’t wait ! 🤓

or True Details 72404 seats will work

seats from a ESCI F-5 would work just fine Tony

no, they were mechanically locked, no drooping was possible. Modern restored warbirds have incorporated 'D' model gear parts, so there will be drooping apparent with them. Your model; your rules as always Cheers, Tony

great work !! just to note that the inner gear doors on Allison powered Mustangs were mechanically locked up and did not 'droop' upon shutdown Cheers, Tony

Yes, I see you have asked over on the FB Can Mil Aircraft site too. good luck in your searchings !!

your second arrow points to a wing slat, not a speed brake EDIT; OK, now I see where its pointing 🙂 Tony

a bit of reading from Britmodeller; https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235112032-cc-150-polaris-overall-colour-which-hobby-paint-grey/

the MANY differences in the two versions negated Airfix including just a canopy or landing gear Tony

No one (yet) does a Canadian DHC-1 canopy/windscreen or any conversion . Be aware that the windscreen differed too as well as the bubble canopy. In fact the list of differences between a British built Chippie and a Canadian built example is quite extensive. Tony ps. Barney Dunlevy made his own canopy when he built a Aeroclub Chipmunk. I started to fashion a vac one, then gave up.

putting this in the 'archived topics' forum probably won't get much reaction Cheers, Tony

That’s it !! I’m getting my forums all mixed up, silly me. Model On !! Tony

I would have thought the 'Ready For Inspection' forum is the more applicable spot for a completed build. Tony

easy enough to convert this Mk4 kit to a Mk5, decals are from IPMS Canada for a 441 Sqn machine. It is almost OOB, with a bit of improvement in the cockpit/rear canopy area and a Legend seat added;

FS 35237 does have a blue cast, it is in the blue range of the FS numbers, that's the '5' in 35237 Tony

the 'K' had the original short chord wing but the final production from FIAT were equipped with the longer span '-40' wing

this image may help;

Those are lovely Mike, i have one awaiting in my stash. nice work ! Tony