Jimbuna's Diecast Collection Part 2

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AA28401 1/48 English Electric Lightning F6 XR728/JS , RAF Binbrook (in flight mode).

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AA28401 1/48 English Electric Lightning F6 XR728/JS , RAF Binbrook (parked up).

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Little and Large

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1/48 Lightning on display alongside 1/72 Op Black Buck Vulcan

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Falklands Conflict 1982 theme:

Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.I, ZA174(XZ451), FAA, 801 Squadron, HMS Hermes, 1982

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Falklands Conflict 1982 theme:

Harrier GR3 RAF 1 Sqn

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Falklands Conflict 1982 theme:

Westland Lynx HAS.Mk 2 RNFAA No.815 NAS, XZ725, HMS Brilliant

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Falklands Conflict 1982 theme:

Westland Sea King HAS.Mk 2 RNFAA No.825 NAS, Falkland Islands

[Mr Quatro]

Quality work ... I noticed some of your aircraft models have men in the cockpit and some don't ... can they be removed or inserted?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

Quality work ... I noticed some of your aircraft models have men in the cockpit and some don't ... can they be removed or inserted?

Yes on a very few but mostly you have to accept what the manufacturer provides.

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Falklands Conflict 1982 theme:

Boeing Chinook HC.Mk 1 RAF No.18 Sqn, Falkland Islands, Falklands Conflict.

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Westland Sea King HAR.Mk 3 RAF No.78 Sqn, Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, 1990

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Westland Wessex HAS.Mk 3 RNFAA No.737 NAS, XP142 "Humphrey", HMS Antrim, Falkland Islands, Falklands Conflict, 1982

[Mr Quatro]

Do they have a larger model than this one Jim?

http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/07/0...een-elizabeth/

Upset parents have been calling for a boycott of Airfix after their new 1:350 scale, self-assembly model of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth was launched without any tiny replica aircraft in the box.

‘It’s very detailed and they seem to have spent a great deal of time getting everything just right, from the chain guns on the back to the lifts on the side which go up and down, which we’re very impressed with, I must say. But it’s an aircraft carrier,’ said one angry parent, ‘d’er… planes? Helloooo!’

A spokesman for the model maker said they hadn’t actually overlooked the demand for aircraft, but had had a bit of trouble deciding which to use. ‘Should it be the ones which you flick along the deck and hope they fly off the end, or would it be best to adapt them to fit a little spring mechanism which allowed for vertical take off and landing? That was the dilemma,’ he said. ‘In the end we decided on both, but because that’s all getting quite complicated our American suppliers say they won’t be ready until 2020.’

I did find a 1:44th size, but it is for test tanks only:

Two 1:44 scale models – the 37,000-tonne 200m-long (659ft) tanker has been reduced to 4.5m (15ft) in length, while the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth has been shrunk from 284m (931ft) in length to 6.45m (21ft) – were built and taken to the enormous ‘ocean basin’ test tank, owned by defence research firm QinetiQ.

[Jimbuna]

I've not seen anything bigger and in all honesty I wasn't aware the 1/350 had been released but I have just found this and notice there are aircraft in the pictures:

https://www.airfix.com/us-en/news/ai...-carrier-model