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I only build 1/48 scale kits but Supermodel kits are not that bad at all and from what I know they are quite accurate.The Italeri 1/72 Fiat Cr32 and Aermacchi MB326 are the Supermodel kits. Saluti Giampiero

Thanks @senux. I thought about doing the Tiger GB going on here but not sure I can do another one. I’m burnt out On the Tiger. Although......

Certenely yes. Alain

Best give @Ed Russell a prod then ,you are far nearer to him than I am. Martian 👽

Very much appreciated gents. Thanks @Quiet Mike, @elger, @dogsbody, @CH-53D, @cobraleader, @AdrianMF, @Hamden. Masking done, at last. Then some Dark Earth laid down. A check on that later then mask for the Dark Green. Simon, Bangers and Mash and windyberries tonight.

I wish I had thought of that As I said to JamesP above you are still worried about breaking the end off at a later date A big part of the problem would be getting them into the tweezers in the first place. All my efforts to pick them up with tweezers or other methods ended up in them pinging off into space and it was amazing how far they went. One chap did a WIP of the FD2 and he managed to attach all 4 of them. My mouth is still wide open in amazement

I am using photos here: https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/germany-messerspit.html It is clear that plane had wings painted in camo, but hull seems to be in a single color. Or maybe lightning hides it? I'd assume hull is single color. The difficult part is - what colors would have Germans used to paint new camo? The most probable are current colors used for German fighters. But which scheme? Plane was captured in November 1942 then transported to Germany, repaired and tested. Then it was rebuilt. I'd risk it was somewhere at the start of 2nd quarter of 1943, March-April maybe? Maybe half 1943 if they took their time. I am not that versed in German camo, but from some research I see two options: 1. RLM 70(71?)+02 - overall "green" 2. RLM 74+75 - overall "grey" Now, all mentions about Messerspit suggest it was painted "dark green", suggesting option 1 but my limited knowledge suggest this camo was used in 1941 while in 1943 version 2 would be more probable? On the other hand factory personnel would have access to all paints so maybe they picked what they liked better? Or even make their own scheme... Anyway, that's how model look at this stage. Last photo show seat - I printed spitfire seat I found on the net and added metal seat belts from Eduard. Still have to find and fit some windshield after I damaged original one.

My favourite fighter of WW2, and extremely well done!

Danish Spit, how lovely! Nice job with the engine and gun bays I know it's not an easy task to fit them properly. Congrats!

A great diorama telling a story not just displaying a finished kit. Everything about it looks good. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent weathering!

Check with Joe's Models in Fulton, Missouri, USA for a great selection of Aeroclub parts in 1/144, 1/72, etc. He likely has what you're looking for. Do not, however, mention Churchill! He can't stand him. Tell Joe that Alex sent 'ya. I'm a satisfied customer.

Nice work! Very excited to get to this one. It may not be something you'd want to do at this point, but backdated Crusader wheels for this kit are now available on eBay. The gentleman who 3D prints them did a nice job.

Great job on this Bombay, especially considering it's an oldie from Valom and not easy to work with.

The C-130 shown here is definitely the ESCI kit, not the Airfix Herc, judging from the engraved lines, cockpit windows, and nose shape. The Landie Series 1 appears to be either a repainted Oxford Miniatures one, or a HEAVILY modified Airfix model. If the latter, hats off to @cardiff guy for a complete remake, including details such as recesses for the door handles and a revised "hard top" with reinforcement ribs. Either way, beautiful work and something special to behold. Now you need to scratch-build the fire control radar on a pedestal mount!

Nice looking TStreak! I have a couple kits by Sword and I'm looking forward to building one soon, even though they're short run it looks like they put some nice effort into their products.

I think all the input on the new Eduard kit should be in this thread - in the hope it won´t become overcrowded. from top to bottom: Ed P-51 D-5, Ed, Tam, AccMin

Yes, 'inset' is the only way I could think to describe them though it more properly belongs to an earlier era and describes an aileron whose chord does not extend beyond the trailing edge-I think...! It is certainly very interesting that 'tipless' ailerons go from being a real rarity (the Fokker EV/DVIII being the only example that came straight to mind....) to almost universal over the space of a couple of years....The reasons given above sound very plausible - there must be a textbook on aircraft design that gives a definitive reason for it?

Anti clockwise as seen from the front. The Sea Mosquito was the same. Eric Brown commented that there was a powerful swing to the port on take off which was fortunate because it took him away from the carrier's island.

Looking good, I never got to work on the Sea Vixen, so had to admire them from a distance. You are doing some serious conversion work her! I'm just putting the finishing touches to a very old FROG kit over on the FROG Squad II GB Colin

Thanks for the images of the vac-form moulds, is there a need to vac the flat panels? I take it you have already 3D printed the vac-form machine!! Ha! Colin

Fantastic Mig-15! Saluti Giampiero

Back with a problem - I have yet to work out exactly how I'll fix it, but I do like a challenge occasionally !! I didn't do much in the way of testing parts against the only plans I have. One good reason is the plans are not 1/72 scale, but are a convenient size for the book pages, oldies will remember Revell and the standard box idea. Here is the fuselage against the plans. Notice how the nose should drop away much more than the kit, even the under nose curve should be tighter. This meant that when I cut the nose off at the prop line the spinner is far too small to fill the extended hole !! It's not a fault you can live with, exactly how I'm going to overcome this is still uncertain, but will involve more cutting, patching and filling. One thing that has worked out well so far, is the making of brass outer struts. With anchor holes in the lower wing I have propped/rested the upper wing on, so even without glue, or careful aligning it sits there !! Just to bore you stiff - one of my last projects was a '00' Nu-cast white metal locomotive kit, fitted with digital control. Always lots to do. 'V'

Gorgeous...I'll definitely be looking out for this kit

I was originally planning on doing that (the whole clear part left clear) but I decided partial painting to cover the areas where bits are fixed to the fuselage side (such as the panels in the nose and the large engineer panel near the pilot)