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I can sort that now Colin here's the standard nose version built a year or two back.

Still the case Grrahame you expect a 1/48 kit when the lid comes off! Many thanks Mark.

Evening folk's cockpit almost done only the reflector gunsight and compas to add before buttoning up the fuselage,Revell have really done a great job on the cockpit which I think will suffice for the majority of modeller's be carefull sliding the seat assembly in to place it takes a bit of twisting and turning.Many will invest in an AM harness no doubt but I'm happy with painted tape and a sharp pencil!

Evening folk's before I even considered going ahead with this build I needed to cut off the short nose ready for the longer recce nose,as you can see it worked out fine. made decent progress with the next few steps but called it a night as I must finish the Gripen for the special schemes GB!

Hi folk's the rest of the cockpit has been added and painted I was in two minds weather to paint and detail the instrument panel but glossed it and used the supplied decals which seems to work well,the seat has dried overnight and now is well stuck to the rear bulkhead so harness to add then gunsight and stage one is complete.

Yes it,s a big beast looks like we'll be Fighting for bench time for this GB.

Ģreat choice Luke good job we have the paint in the stash too as my Banshee is the same era!

What a superb subject best of luck .

Hi folk's,fitted the chain and sprocket after painting then the swinging arm which uses a long screw to keep in place. Next step was to fit the sub assembly to the frame and add the passenger foot peg brackets and rear shocker's.

Hi folk's assembled the cockpit framing and primed it along with what will be seen of the cockpit in interior green,I masked off the upper portion of the fuselagethen sprayed on Vallejo aluminium as a base for the detail painting to come.The seat has been sprayed aluminium and rear bulkhead green.

Hi folk's progressing well the joints cleaned up and parts added for the combat version time to start the steering suspension.

Couldn't agree more MJ, the Arial arrow was indeed an early Airfix offering too,I've painted the chrome trimming on the wheels and with the tyres on they look fine.

Evening folk's here are the cockpit parts before painting and assembly take note the seat is made up of four parts as was the rear bulkhead and armoured headrest,personally detailed enough for me but no doubt the AM guys will be lavishing some sets soon enough. A great decal sheet is supplied but there is a lot of AM sets already available out there. Now for those with this kit or planning to buy it the plastic is soft and very workable but I feel a couple of the sprues especially containing these parts were softer than the wing and fuselage ones and would suggest your sharpest blade when cutting of those items that cant be accessed with modelling cutters a couple of items snapped removing them!

With that in mind Ali I'll try and highlight any issues,last night I made a start cleaning up the cockpit component's there are already a couple of issues worth noting!

Thanks as ever for the info Troy may be calling on your knowledge as I progress.

Hi folk's it's been a thing with me the last few years to start the year with a big scale build last year it was Trumpeter's Mig 3 but this year probably the kit I've been looking forward to for a couple of year's since it was first announced.I am an unashamed fan of the Hurricane and probably built more in various scales over the years than any other aircraft closely followed by the Bf109.so box art to set the scene. Now no doubt the die hard Hurricane enthusiast's will pick over the bones of this kit but so far no howler's have come to light on review's I've seen but time will tell.Now price,I'm tight as a drum with buying kits but if I wanted to build this I knew I'd have to shell out the £42 asking price at my LMS but with for example Airfix's 1/72 Buccaneer was sitting on the shelf at £36:99 That's not too bad and let me tell you the box is crammed with superb moldings very very ICM like in style and texture. Anyway that's about it for an introduction build begins soon.

Hi folk's started a good five or six years ago this kit is long overdue a finish,for a person who spent many years riding motorcycles I never have been keen on modelling them although pre biking years I did do the old Airfix kits as like a lot of modellers back then we did build every genre Airfix threw at us.I could make life easy and portray the wheels silver as this was an option on the Honda CB series back then but I like the black wheels with the silver trims as shown which is the job I'm on with now.As the build progresses I'll explain the painting of the engine as like many I think the chrome plastic just looks toy like. My own history with the real thing ran through four bikes my first was bought in 1979 brand spanking new for the then frightening sum of £795 Not my bikes but the same models. Suzuki GT200 Kawasaki KH250 Suzuki GT 750 Suzuki GS550 Katana. Anyway wiping away a slight tear here's where I am as of today.

Nowt worse Tony,just had the decals on my YF-16 disintegrate after what was a lovely paint job the kit was only a fiver which cushioned the blow I've had an Esci Fury for over three years cannot find replacement's for less than twice the price of the kit!

Well it's been a long time since October so better get started! It's not a complicated kit so can't see any issues finishing her in time so with the doors fitted the two part body is glued and drying nicely.

Lovely,I'm now officially tracking down Tamiya's 1/48 A3.

Excellent review Mike I hadn't realise this kit existed till the original boxing was under the tree at Christmas I can vouch for the superb quality ICM are turning out right now.

Great pair Bill love the post war USN blue scheme must do a Skyraider in it one day!

Cracking job luke considering the time you had to build them at least one of the Family got a build in this GB.Next time we'll have to share the bench but We can sort that.

Hi Graham I had similar issues but after getting a tip from a fellow BM Member on the last few I built glued the wingtips only and after a night to dry ran glue along the rest which somehow worked however the thick Trailing edge is still to be dealt with.

Hi folk,s the Seafire seems to be a big part of the GB.This is the lovely Airfix offering from a few years back one of my favourite build's. And Esci's Skyraider AEW. Trumpeter Attacker. Finally Airfix's superb Sea Fury.