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Coincidentally, I was looking at Memphis Belle yesterday in the USAF museum in Dayton. I’ll be going back again this week if there is anything you’d like a photo of. Peter is spot on about the nose art colours. Current (and perhaps correct) nose art in these photos.

Droop stops on HAR3’s were dayglo orange but I don’t think they are featured on the Airfix Sea King.

Shouldn’t the tail rotor roots be pained red too?

There is an another boxing with bare metal options. Airfix were knocking out recently in their sales.

I used Uschi van der Rosten thread and superglue as described by Mike b

I’m going to miss your tiger wallpaper Pete.

Klar!

Have you printed on white or clear decal paper?

There some of the Valkyrie already Chris. Not sure about a B-36 but I rethink I have one or two from a visit to Pima. I’ll see if I can find them.

I have the good fortune to be heading back to the Dayton Ohio area again next week for work, we’ll have the weekend off and I intend visiting the USAF museum again. If any of our members have a particular aircraft they’d like reference pictures of I’ll do my best to satisfy any requests.

I have this kit and the other boxing, I’d be looking for an aftermarket resin seat come the time I build it.

A little bit of mud. I. imagining this kite as operating from a muddy grass airstrip.

Where do you get your Pledge polish from John - Canadian Tire or at a regular supermarket?

Just finished this. Great little kit. Tamiya paints and built out of the box using bristles for aerials.

Good timing. I’m off to the US later this month and was going to bring some more back, my last bottle has lasted three years but needs replenishing.

One of the things I wish I had done before painting was adding the upper and lower anti collision lights. The bases are the airframe colour and it was a pain to do them later after forgetting them.

Decals revealed and a pin wash applied for the panel lines. Tonight I did a bit of work on the exhaust staining using weathering powders. Trying to find reference photos of how this style of exhaust deposited staining was difficult so I just went with what looked right. Not forgetting the...

I finished this a long time ago and forgot that I hadn’t posted the results on here before despite starting a build thread. This model was donated to my daughter’s former school and hangs proudly from the ceiling of Lancaster class.

Mr Hobby I think.

I didn’t know Hobbyboss did paint?