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These are the Belgian birds before take over by the British. They were repainted in RAF colours...Dark Earth/Dark Green over Sky when they arrived in England. The FAA birds served with 805 Squadron in the Crete and Egypt. Jim

Ken, They are Belgian. Belgium fell before they could be delivered, so they were instead shipped off to England and used by the RAF and the FAA. Jim

Being both a Canadian and an aircraft builder, I have little idea about cars and trucks. However, I'd like to recreate part of this picture and find myself in need of a 1/72 truck. Doing a little Google work, I see PST has a 1943 Ford that looks similar, but it appears to be out of production. (Heck I'm not even sure if that is a Ford in the picture.) Any suggestions? Thanks, Jim

Nice Spitfire James. Good to see you back building. Jim

Oh great Paul...scare off our current members... :) Ron - I look forward to seeing the pics. If you want send them to me at the CBK e-mail and I'll get them up on the CBK site with the next update. Pics only are fine, but pics with words are the best. CBKSig@gmail.com Jim

Kit, On After the Battle 1 all options are Spitfire Vbs but for VZ-E which is a Spitfire II and no good for your kit. On After the Battle 2 KH-P and QJ-S are Spitfire Vbs while DV-V and NN-D are Vcs and no good for your kit. Hope this helps, Jim

Spitfire V is a family. The members of the family are as follows: Spitfire Va (A Wing) This has the eight gun wing (four .303s per side) like the Spitfire Mk. I. No protruding cannons. Spitfire Vb (B Wing) This is the kit option provided in the Tamiya and Hasegawa kits. 2 cannons and 4 .303s (2 guns and 1 cannons per side.) Spitfire Vc (C Wing) Similar to the Spitfire IX this wing had provisions for 4 cannons per wing, though generally they carried 2 cannons and two little stubs. Airfix, Eduard, Classic Airframes, and Special Hobby have Spitfire Vcs. I don't know what decals you are looking at, but generally tropic filter birds will either be Vbs or Vcs. (And I hate to say it, but sometimes even the decal producers have the options confused.) If you have something in mind decal wise list the sheet and I'll see if it is a Vb or not. Jim

The Good: It is a Hornet. The Bad: It is Devil Scale. The Ugly: It cannot be built in Canadian markings. Hope this helps, :) Jim

John, Glad I could help! Jim

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Nice unique choice of markings, looks wonderful. I have some Tamiya Titanium Silver squirreled away, so I might just try it on the Matchbox Canberra I'm working on. Jim

Steve finished something! Good job and wonderful choice of subject. Jim

Paul, Stop tying to shift the Balance of Power with your Secret Messages. Soon you will have to Face the Music. Jim

I have to admit that I've always been leery of using ELO on a model, for fear it will "Turn to Stone." :) Jim

I'm a member of the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association and have been spending a few weekends in Canada helping out with the organization and getting ready to check out on the Harvard. We have seven Harvards, a Yale, and a Tiger Moth. Here are a few pics Harvard 4 WPK running up. Our newest Harvard 4 WLH. Harvard II RWN with my wife in the back set. #1 of a 4 ship that went up on Saturday afternoon. Bessie needs some work. Hopefully she will be flying in a couple of months. MTX is under restoration. Here is a static Harvard being built up from parts for display purposes. Bessie's new engine. Just for the detailers. Anyone sick of yellow yet? Jim

David, Forget MiG killers...I have some nice French F-8 options. :) Jim

Gloss Sea Blue FS 15042. I think Model Master call it Dark Sea Blue #1717. You could also use Flat Sea Blue and gloss coat it. HTH, Jim

Mostly I've been in a rut for months, but this week I've been working on a Devil Scale Eduard Hellcat II for review. I've also got a couple things on the bench I should finish up. A Fujimi Spitfire XIV, a Hobby Boss Sabre 5, a Hasegawa Churchill...but I can't really talk about that here, can I. Jim