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Wurger, Thanks very much for the update.

Please can anyone tell me whether the two vertical bright green stripes around the fuselage & tailfin, are on the decal sheet of the 1/72 Airfix kit ? If not, then I have a few questions : What model colour green is recommended as a good comparison ? How wide are the stripes & what is the gap...

Nickel indeed would have been very beneficial to Germany's desire to develop reliable gas turbine technology. Nickel alloys are essential for high temperature components such as combustion chambers nozzle guide vanes & turbine blades. As we know without these alloys, life expectancy of of a gas...

This has been an enjoyable read, my understanding of Luftwaffe aircraft fighter performance was degraded by the erratic delivery of low grade 87 0ctane fuel & the only reason some parity was reached in performance regardless of altitude was the injection of MW 50. Since this was only available...