Thank you all, yep Edwards 'Chase Plane': So, 'What If' the USAF decided it needed a contemporary two seat fifth gen' fighter to act as a Chase Plane out at Edwards AFB. What choices are there ? - Eurofighter, Sukhoi 27/33, MiG 29, Pakistans' JF-17 & Taiwans' AIDC F-CK-1B... and the Rafale. So politically the obvious choices are the Eurofighter and the Rafale - my choice however was informed by the fact that I have never successfully finished a 1:48 Eurofighter, but I have built four other Rafales and had another three in the stash !
To be honest, it was between this and an Aggressor but as I've done a few of them, I decided to build something with a more challenging finish. Even tho' I mapped-out the paint scheme, now that the masking is off I don't like the way the red-orange stops at the bottom of the fin. I'll extend it down over that ridge until it meets the fuselage and then back over the boom to the ECM housing at the very back.
Glad you like it and thanks for all the positive comments - never taken for granted.
Stay tuned.
Ian.