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Hello All, First build finished in many, many years. This is the Itaerli 1/72 RB-66 kit, built in markings for the 10th TRW at RAF Alconbury in 1964. I built this to hang on the ceiling of my boys' bedroom, since both were born while stationed at RAF Alconbury. Kids went nuts for it, so that made me happy. The Kit This is the only readily available kit for the any version of the B-66. It is actually quite impressive, as the kit comes with parts to make every major variant of the jet: B-66, RB-66, and EB-66. Technically, the EB-66 version sho
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Just getting back into modelling, it has been many years. my skills are improving. Anyway i am attempting to build the aircraft i guarded at RAF Alconbury from 1984-1986. RF-4C's and F5-E's. I have plenty of reference material for both. What im missing is photographs of 80-1069. In particular a photograph of the landing gear doors. and this is why. 80-1069 art.#069 Built as TR-1A*, delivered to USAF on July 1982 Transferred to 17 RW, July 1982 Damaged by vehicle collision at RAF Alconbury, in Oct 1983 Yup the security bus crashed into her when she was being towed out for preflight