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The easiest way would be to measure the height of the kit decals and match to those. In 1/32: 20" = 15.9mm 24" = 19.1mm 27" = 21.4mm 48" = 38.1mm cheers, Jason

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Stretched sprue would be the obvious choice, IF nothing is provided. Free and readily available. cheers, Jason

The replica of K5054 at the Tangemere Aviation Museum is supposed to have been matched to the model mentioned above. This was in the posession, if I recall correctly, of RJ Mitchell's son. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/449825.html cheers, Jason

Outstanding model! Love the panel shading.

What exactly is the point being debated? I can't quite figure out from his email what exactly he's trying to say. Is he saying that there was no tri-colour scheme after late-42, apart from South Pacific destined aircraft? (I assume therefore he's making some differentiation between So-Pac and carriers units??). As an aside, the tri-colour scheme in photo #2 looks significantly different from those in #3 and #4. The latter two look like they were done in the field. cheers, Jason

What are the differences between the two sub-types?

I thought the general opinion was that rubber mats went out with the Mk.I, or thereabouts? To my eye the feathering on later marks looks much looser than what you might expect with a hard mask. cheers, Jason

Nice model. Is the intake ducting on these kits a real dog, or is there just no detail in there? I don't recall having seen with without the intake cover. cheers, Jason

'Wings of Fame' Volume 14 has an in-depth feature on the Buccaneer. There are three in-flight photos on p.48 showing the pack fitted on RN aircraft. There is a close-up on p.76 of the blister fairing viewed from the side, slightly forward. cheers, Jason

Not really a filter as such, but rather an inlet particle separator. The inlet is curved; the grit and crud gets thrown to the outside of the bend and siphoned off before it reaches the engine. An illustrated example here: http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/propu...t/separator.jpg

The upper surface colours are RAF Dark Earth and Dark Green. Any decent colour range should have these colours by name (Tamiya excepted!) cheers, Jason

Ullmann's 'Luftwaffe Colours' says that the Ar-196 was indeed painted 72/73/65 post-1939. The details are not especially clear; it seems a different sort of lacquer was used for the floats, but that the colour was the same. edit: Of the shades from the IPMS Stockholm site, the 'greener' (i.e. 34056 / 34092) shades most closely match the colour chips in Ullmann, though the chips look somewhat darker. cheers, Jason

Not directed at you in particular, but it's a common description whenever the subject comes up. For your consideration. Of course, yet again they're just two cherry-picked examples, but it reinforces the dangers of trying to generalise when there was so much variety out there. I think that where one stands on this statement colours much of a person's opinons on panel lines and weathering. Personally, I've seen far too many pics of grubby aircraft to regard this as gospel. (The 262 is one good example where it's probably true.) Yes, some aircraft had short service lives. Equally, oth

Falcon have a G.55 canopy in their 'WWII Fighters Part 2" set, though it's for the CA kit: http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=FNCV3748 Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be available individually. You might get lucky and find someone who has the set but isn't planning on using that particular canopy. cheers, Jason