GB 65 - Aircraft with No Propellers - Feb 1, 2025 to June 1, 2025

[Vic Balshaw]

Good man Karl, and nice choice Greg.

Agree.

 

[hainus]

Got these 3 to chose from , kinda going towards the Sufa.
What good modelling shops does everyone use ? links ?

 

[Crimea_River]

Fortunately I have access to two decent brick and mortar stores and rarely buy supplies online.

 

[PlasticHero]

Check for that ladder under your paint booth. Sometimes I feel that I should build kits inside a giant plastic garbage bag.

 

[Airframes]

I think the ladder has landed somewhere in "The Land of Spiders" - under my desk/workbench - and hidden itself under one of the side cabinets in the dust and cobwebs !
No chance that I can get down there without re-arranging the room, as I'm too stiff and knackered to do so.
I've decided to bite the bullet and buy the resin twin-pack, as one of the ladders can be used on the Jag model, and the other adapted for a Mirage III model.

 

[Airframes]

Mentioning the Mirage made me remember - I abandoned the build of the Hobby Boss Mirage III when the AK metal paint reacted with the base coat, and there's a ladder included in the kit (as well as one in a second HB kit).
Dug it out and checked it over, and it'll do fine, once altered with some thin plastic rod. So my Jaguar ladder problem is solved !

 

[Snautzer01]

Well... shame on all of you...
Aircraft with no propellers.
Well I never..
I will have to keep a close eye on these builds. No propellers.... the thought alone.

 

[CATCH 22]

Have a question: does this "bird" qualify for the GB? No propellers at all, right?

 

[Crimea_River]

I think not.

 

[CATCH 22]

I think not.

Quel dommage!

 

[SaparotRob]

Well... shame on all of you...
Aircraft with no propellers.
Well I never..
I will have to keep a close eye on these builds. No propellers.... the thought alone.

 

[Snautzer01]

Does this count?
It has a spinner.View attachment 815729

Why are the rockets fumes not comming out of the exhaust?

 

[Greg Boeser]

Secret Nazi technology. Duh!

 

[SaparotRob]

Secret Nazi technology. Duh!

 

[Jock Tamson]

Ok, I've been pondering the stash and here's what I've narrowed it down to....

The F-4J is the old Monogram kit and looks quite good on the sprues despite it's age. Still got a couple of days to go before making a final decision

 

[Airframes]

The F-4J would look good in RAF 74 Sqn colours, as a F4-J(UK) .................

 

[Jock Tamson]

The F-4J would look good in RAF 74 Sqn colours, as a F4-J(UK) .................

Indeed it would! But I thought there were physical differences between the US Phantom and the RAF version due to the Spey engines? I was tempted to get one of Airfixs most recent Phantom kits but they are twice the price of the one I have.

 

[Airframes]

Nope.
After the Falklands conflict in 1982, four RAF Phantoms were sent to Stanley (with others rotating as required), leaving a gap in UK air defence.
Therefore a batch of 15 ex US Marines F-4J were acquired (one lost when it fell off the crane into the harbour during loading in the US), forming 74 Sqn at Wattisham. (later re-equipped with Spey Phantoms when other Sqns got the Tornado F-3.)
They were painted in "equivalent colours" in the US, this being Flint Gray upper surfaces (available in gloss enamel from Xtracolour).
Decals in 1/48th were available at Hannant's, as I built the Monogram 48th scale kit in this scheme, and I think they're also in 1/72nd scale.
Pic below from a magazine of the period (possibly Fly Past) shows how they looked.
They were "standard" US aircraft, and the crews used US flight gear and helmets etc.

 

[Jock Tamson]

Well you live and learn! Thanks