| Howdy Terry,
Glad to hear you are coming along with your collection. I have been working alot of hours here lately and havent been on as much as i would like (I just finished working 50 hours in three days).
As for the gazelle, it would be fine in a civillian airfield, there are several in use as corporate helicopters, police helicopters etc.
If you want a strictly civillian version I would suggest painting it a single color (gloss) with possibly some striping or corporate logo.
As for the quality of airfix, I cant really comment on that right now cause i havent purchased a "new" airfix model in sometime. But i would suggest that you get you an inexpensive rotary tool for modelling, they are "priceless" when you run into alot of "flash" or excess plastic around parts.
Have a good day and I look forward to photos of you work.
Greg |