My non whiffy year so far....

[PR19_Kit]

Absolutely brilliant! I can almost HEAR the Merlins! 

Love those HUGE codes on the Spitfires, a couple of BoB squadrons used that size during the battle and I never have discovered why, they must have made the aircraft better targets.

Or perhaps it was 'OK you lot, come over here and fight!'

[Old Wombat]

Absolutely brilliant! I can almost HEAR the Merlins! 

Love those HUGE codes on the Spitfires, a couple of BoB squadrons used that size during the battle and I never have discovered why, they must have made the aircraft better targets.

Or perhaps it was 'OK you lot, come over here and fight!'

Or the CO had worse eyesight than he was willing to admit but wanted to know who needed a bollocking when they landed ... or a warning?

[Rick Lowe]

Nice work!   

[NARSES2]

I love both of those 

[tc2324]

An F-14A from Fleet Squadron VF-111 `Sundowners` fires an live AIM-54 Phoenix during a practice sortie somewhere in the Pacific.

Academy kit, 1/72 scale and Ocean base from Coastal Kits.














Thanks for looking.

[Rick Lowe]

Sweet!

[zenrat]

Great job TC.  Is the base textured or flat?  It looks so good that I can't tell.

[Old Wombat]

Another great dio!

[tc2324]

Cheers chaps. 

Zenrat, it`s a flat Coastal Kits base. Link below...,

https://www.coastalkits.co.uk/newstore/welcome-to-coastal-kits.html

[zenrat]

Cheers chaps. 

Zenrat, it`s a flat Coastal Kits base. Link below...,

https://www.coastalkits.co.uk/newstore/welcome-to-coastal-kits.html

Thanks.  I thought it must be flat but couldn't tell from your pics.

[TomZ]

Looks great!


TomZ

[tc2324]

First one of the year from me after an enforced 3 month break, so lets start off with a famous photographed incident.





RAF Phantom FG.1 XV589 flown by Flt. Lt. P. R. Watling and Flt. Lt. S. L. James was detached from RAF Leuchars for training purposes and was on a routine flight to Alconbury.

As the aircraft neared the airfield and lined up for the runway at approximately 350 feet altitude the nose section radome was seen to open. This sudden resultant drag factor caused the aircraft to roll and yaw. Despite attempts to correct the situation, the pilot and navigator had no option but to eject. They both landed safely and suffered slight injuries.











..... and for comparison, here are the actual photo`s





Revell 1/48 kit and built for fun and the challenge of it.

Thanks for looking.

[Knightflyer]

Wow! Brilliant replication of the event 

[Old Wombat]

Another great aeronautic mini-diorama, tc. Well done!

[kitnut617]

Like your other stuff, most excellent ---