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Exactly so. The awful injustice of the 'combined' present. And there's nothing you can do to appeal it.

On this day which is very special to many of us, I thought it worth taking a moment to offer our collective condolences to our modelling companions listed over on the right who have their birthdays fall on Christmas Day. Thoughts and prayers people. Thoughts and prayers.

I've all but given up on the Bf 109 G-10 Erla, globally. Even asked Revell if they had the upper inner wings as spare parts, but no luck there either.

That's a really great looking Phantom. One to be proud of.

Logistics are becoming more complicated than was the case. From 12 mile lorry queues on both sides of the channel, to trucking companies being completely unprepared for new customs requirements. There is also an issue with European lorry drivers not being willing to risk the dead time that waiting for clearances introduces when their business needs to be moving as fast as possible from pick up to their destinations. The near universal just-in-time delivery model, just will not work for brexit UK.

That looks great. Did you need aftermarket for the instrument panel?

I may be wrong, but I believe printing offers a finer resolution than acid etch can. Though laser etching may do it, I have no experience of that. I'm working on a decal self-printing option, which I'm refining for a hopefully one piece option. A scan of your modified aft ramp with included dimensions (in mm) would be helpful, if possible. It may take a day or three however, with my rusticated and now almost dormant post-retirement graphic skills.

That would resurrect many Revell F-4s Ali. If the clear hood parts were full depth, and designed so resin frames could be inserted after painting and detailing, that would be ideal.

Does the (lack of) dihedral problem not suggest the fault is in the wing strut lengths?

Did you note that the Revell empennage chute opening is about twice as wide as the Tamiya one, Cees? With Tamiya one looking much more correct.

Stolen from Tommy Thomason's blog here Points to note are the shallower angle of the lower intake spill duct profile, and the different pattern of the intake suction bleed holes. I've thought about using a grayscale printed decal for those, but haven't actually researched which setting would give the best dot pattern.

The section on the right right abutting the jet nozzles would make a worthwhile correction for the Tamiya kit.

I'm not sure some of your assumptions are right Anthony. I asked a Duxford volunteer to take some comparison measurements for me and these are the results. The yellow dots are the data points to avoid the problem of measuring the curved edges. The central figures are the verticals (A-B; C-D) I'm not entirely visually convinced of the 5.5cm* difference between A-D and B-C, but thems the data. *(On reflection, it may be a typo and meant to read 51.5 as per the F-4J and identical as per the lower edge measurement. Visually that seems much more consistent)

Don't lose heart. IIRC my Rapide took about 6 weeks.

Just in case you haven't Max, you need to click on 'letters' then find GB in the 'Nouns' column menu'.

I ordered from the UK on the 7th Nov, and it arrived today 28 Nov. I was concerned when it tracked to Langley HWDC (Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre) which can have a reputation as a bit of a black hole on the 27th. but no, it was delivered to me next day. I used the Polish postal tracking system number (ending in PL) and it updated fairly quickly when it flipped to the Royal Mail tracking page.

Amongst other plans, a line up of first generation supersonics is one. Mirage III - check, F-104 check, MiG-21 - check, EE Lightning - check, so a J-35 would be very welcome.

Nice photo showing the 'double bubble' lines of the nose transparency where it meets the fuselage.

I can never decide whether to do a Marine one in that old classic white undersides or the later blue lizard scheme. Even in 1/48 they start to demand a lot of space without being all folded and crabbed so, choices....

Mr Ezell's Seafire 47 restoration was an outstanding achievement. RIP

I can't recall seeing an F-4 centreline tank camouflage painted that way before.

Some companies such as Eduard, Hasegawa and Tamiya - even Airfix, sometimes - can do panel lines that look much finer and have a more in-scale appearance. Why Italeri seem stuck at a lesser level of technical competence is a mystery, as their kit design is generally excellent.

Although dealing with 1/48 scale kits, there's some good information on bomber Mosquitoes at http://soyuyo.main.jp/mosquito/mosquito.html

There is a set of clear vacform parts by Falcon, although marketed by Tasman, which provide much better profiles than the HKM ones. They are designed for the Revell kit, but might be worth investigating. The nose blister shape is a big improvement

It's looking good to me. Another common feature are the black streaks on the intake flanks where groundcrew use their heels to slow down as they slide down onto the wing, around that textured patch.