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  1. dadgaddad
    I could never understand why the Phantom is considered ugly. Amazing work, well done..
  2. dadgaddad
    Very nice. The more I look at the Griffon engined Spitfires the more I like them.
  3. dadgaddad
    And there was me thinking you weren't that keen on Vulcans...
  4. dadgaddad
    Don't forget to paint the inside of the upper wing, it's visible through the spent cartridge chutes even though they're really small, especially if you are doing a Night & White. I've just noticed on mine and now it's too late to do much about it.
  5. dadgaddad
    You think you're the boring one? I have three of these on the go at the moment.
  6. dadgaddad
    Easy, choose the one that looks hardest and make him do that one!
  7. dadgaddad
    I would recommend Carrier Pilot, too, although it makes for grim reading in places and that's before they even finish training.
  8. dadgaddad
    I always liked anything with a shark mouth when I was a boy. A little while ago I made an Airfix Tomahawk with my 4 year boy and he wanted it for the shark mouth. It seems that no one is immune. NIce pair of models, btw, have to say, though, hers is much better!
  9. dadgaddad
    I did mine silver.
  10. dadgaddad
    Rene, you are correct about the seats, although they weren't made of Bakelite, it was a different type of plastic. My point about the flaps is simply that if someone wants to build a Spitfire with the flaps down then he should go ahead. The picture proves that on one occasion at least, flaps were left down while the aircraft was parked.
  11. dadgaddad
    Is this any help? http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_spitfire_mkI.html
  12. dadgaddad
    FWIW I used Humbrol 78 on that Spitfire. Since then I've been using GW Straken Green. For the seat I used Revell 37 Matt Reddish Brown, I think it's called. Here are these colours on a Seafire XVII I'm currently working on.
  13. dadgaddad
    It's your model, if you want to build it with the flaps down go right ahead.
  14. dadgaddad
    If you are going to use all that PE and resin you might want to change the cockpit door as these Spitfires didn't have a crowbar fitted. I used one on mine and they look really good. http://www.ultracast.ca/products/48/215/default.htm
  15. dadgaddad
    Not just a Spitfire but an early Spitfire, my favourite. Well done.
  16. dadgaddad
    That's very nice. I remember building on of these as a child as I loved anything with a shark mouth and this one is a beauty. I just made one with my own son and it's a great little kit.
  17. dadgaddad
    Nice work, there, love the nose stripes.
  18. dadgaddad
    I don't know what the others are like but you won't be sorry with the Eduard Mk IX.
  19. dadgaddad
    I would put my vote in for the Eduard. I've just started mine and it is an amazing kit, plenty on BM to look at, too.
  20. dadgaddad
    Congratulations on a fine result and a very entertaining build.
  21. dadgaddad
    Hey, don't stop now, I'm watching with bated breath. Will he make it? Yes, he will, no, he won't, oh I don't know!
  22. dadgaddad
    I'm going to have a little lie down.
  23. dadgaddad
    And two examples of the finest British engineering!
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    1/72 Special Hobby Sea Fury WJ232 802 SQN Built OOB but with Aeroclub metal under carriage. Airbrushed in Humbrol EDSG over Sky. Cockpit and stripes brush painted using GW and Humbrol acrylics. GW Nuln Oil wash and Humbrol Clear final coat. Nothing about this kit was easy. The wings needed hours of scraping before the edges would meet. The fuselage needed filling and rescribing. The decals fell apart and I had to buy new ones. Several times I wished I hadn't started it yet found myself thinking how I could make the next one better just as often. In the end, though, I was happy with the result. WIP here
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