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    Back to the future…or is it the past?

    I was around 20 when I made mine. I wasn’t able to buy a plan for it so I scaled my own from a sillouette in some book that I had. Then filled in the details from photographs. The wheels were all Dinky Toy lorry wheels and tyres which were the right size but treaded. The two Hound Dog missiles...
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    Back to the future…or is it the past?

    Thank you guys. I didn’t expect such an immediate response. It’s very encouraging. Attached is a more recent photo, including the Top Gun F/A-18E that I finished, more or less, yesterday. It has replaced the SU-35 Flanker in the diorama for the time being. A political move? Possibly, although...
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    Back to the future…or is it the past?

    Hi, I’m Alan. I’m 86 years old and my wife passed away 2 years ago. Since then I have, in a way, returned to my teenage years when I set out to make every aircraft operated at that time by the US Navy (I liked the gull grey and white colours). There were no plastic kits then, and my models were...
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    US Navy colours

    I am currently building a Revell F/A-18E. The Top Gun version. I have a bit of a dilemma with the choice of colour for the top and bottom surfaces. The kit, and every site I have found on-line say the colours should be light and dark ghost gray with numbers FS36375 and FS-36320. I have bought Mr...
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