Dominic Thomas

Would you be able to post some pictures?

I think it would have been the B-25 London, in deference to the later M25 🙂 (with apologies to our friends from overseas who may not understand the reference)

Coincidentally, I’ve just finished this : It’s the Hobby Boss kit with 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain markings from Xtradecal. And here, the two together: Neither of these two models capture the ‘sit’ of the real thing in my opinion. That said, neither needed extra weight to avoid tail sitting.

Is that a silver finish on the 56 Squadron aircraft?

According to ‘RAF Commands’, AG488 was a Mustang I which collided with AG403, both 2 [AC] Squadron, at Sawbridgeworth Airfield on 9 May 1942. P/O Gosnell died of injuries & P/O Willett injured.

Very interesting post this. I have had a lot of problems lately getting a decent Matt finish. My question is, does the varnish have to be from the same company as the paints used on the model?

Thanks Randall for the correction. A sad day nonetheless.

Note - this should have been filed in the Aircraft section. Moderators, could you please do that for me? As mentioned earlier, I had the opportunity to fly in a he B-17 ‘909’ in 2011. These are some views of the inside that I took on that flight This shows the area immediately above the ventral turret with the ammunition trays on either side. This is I believe the radio position: Next, the bomb bay walkway, with a fee-paying passenger for scale ! The bomb sight : The ammunition feed for one of the front guns I hadn’t appreciated the colours needed for this in models : Here is a view of the area immediately around the bombadier’s station : And finally, one of the guns either side of the nose : Very sadly, the aircraft crashed in 2019 with the loss of all on board.

Randall, I flew in ‘909’ as well. I’ll put up some pics of the inside details of that as well to help with internal colours.

A few years ago I managed to be able to fly in the B-24 owned by the Collings Foundation. Here are some pics of the inside which may be useful when constructing the new Airfix kit. Most photos are around the bomb bay area. The last photo shows the area below the dorsal turret where a lot of the walls were that peculiar shade of green, which was also found in places around the cockpit and around the waist gun positions. Hope these are useful.

That’s exactly how I feel. I want to get my oldies done and out of the way. I just think if I start on these new Airfix releases (of which I have many), I won’t want to make these old vintage releases. Maybe right or maybe wrong. 🤪

Having seen some comments about the Airfix Eurofighter, I decided to have a go. It went together well and had a full set of air-to-air missiles, so I thought I would make it as an early F2 from 11 Squadron RAF aircraft before they upgraded the software to give it swing role capability. The kit comes with a fairing similar to that found on the FGR4, hence my vague post title. It probably doesn’t compare well with the more recent releases from Revell or Hobby Boss, but I enjoyed it.

Looks really good. I like the silver finish. Well done.

After some debate about my stash with my wife, I took a number of my older kits to the local Men’s Shed. The boxed kits hardly sold at all, so I decided to make a few and put them in the window as well. To my surprise, the made kits have been relatively popular with several selling. This achieves three things. 1. I get to make some of the old kits I had never made before; 2. The stash grows smaller; 3. Peace returns to the Thomas household.

I really like the finish you have achieved on both of these aircraft. The historical information is a real bonus. Thanks very much for sharing.