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Thank you for your kind comment. Lots of 'artist's licence' I'm afraid... Yes, and also to think that there was one nearby even before Waterloo!

Hi Guys - thanks again. Good luck with the wargaming...very brave! I take my hat off to you - I can never bring myself to actual play for fear of complete rout; it looks so complicated to simple souls like me! Ill stick to the modelling I think...I am really looking forward seeing your final product.

Dear Ernst, thank you for your encouraging message! Chris

Hi there Clive! thank you so much for your kind comments. It is indeed 28mm, but the buildings themselves are resins from Hovels, tidied up a bit. The farm yard cobbled area is some latex sheet I came across. I raised the whole thing up so that I could 'dig' the pond but this has had the unfortunate effect of causing the bank that surrounds the buildings. The foliage is just hand made from static grass, scatter etc. I am trying to get round to scratch building the garden and orchard but first I got distracted by Airfix 1/24 Spit (which I am never going to finish!) and now I'm painting up some 1/72 figures for 'Waterloo Uncovered'. I know exactly how you feel about doing things from when you were a child; I've got a collection of all the HO/OO and 1/32 figures from Airfix and others from The Day and starting to branch out into the old Herald and Crescent stuff from the 60s and 70s. Who knows, I may get them painted up as 'sets' one day! I wish you the best of luck with the Waterloo Farm: are you presenting it as a toy or a wargaming piece or a diorama? Please let me know how you get on. I would be interested to know if you have any of the other 'Playset' type buildings too.

Hi alt-92 and Gingerbob, Thanks for going to trouble; I've done as much research as I can in my book and document collection and online but can't seem to get any further with this one...

Hi Gingerbob - thanks so much for getting back so promptly. Please forgive my uploading skills - I am a newbie! I hope you can see the photo. The large rectangular panel is below the leading exhaust stack just behind and below the glycol tank. The small disc is to the rear of the panel and below the centre of the middle exhaust stack. It looks like a white dot on this photo. Thanks again for you help!

Hello I wonder if someone could identify some parts of the Mk I Spitfire for me: What are the large rectangular panels facing out at the lower front of the engine compartment? What is the small brightly coloured ring/disc in the centre of the control box located in the middle of the side of the engine? Please excuse my ignorance and accept my thanks in anticipation, Chris

Thank you - I'll let you know how I get on

Thank you so much for your help everyone...I feel I can continue now with more confidence in my subject (but perhaps not in my skills!)

Hello Alex - thanks for your swift response! Yes, except the decal pack itself shows a sky spinner. Also the pack does not have the yellow circle, which is replaced by '100'. I assume that this refers to 100 kills for the squadron which really makes it post October 1940 (rather than August as the pack claims). Not sure if the mast shown in the photo is the same type as the one in the illustration... Thanks

Hello Everyone I am hoping that some Spitfire experts can lend a hand to a newbie. My son has bought me an Airfix 1/24 Spitfire and I was hoping to build it as the MK I R6691 flown by Flt Lt Frank Howell of 609 Squadron in August 1940. My problem is that I have two apparently contradictory references: one is the Montex decal set which shows an aircraft, based at Warmwell, with a sky coloured nose, four kills, no pilot's headrest, what looks like a fabric covered rudder and what I think is a VHS radio aerial with no wire; the second appears in Osprey's Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939-41 showing an aircraft based at Middle Wallop, with a black spinner, no kills, a pilot's headrest, a rudder finished as per the body and an aerial with wire to tail and short one down to fuselage. The mirror arrangement sees to be different as well. I understand that Warmwell was a 'satellite' of Middle Wallop. I assume there cannot be two distinct aircraft with the same serial number. Can anyone explain the differences or give an indication which is correct? It would also be really useful to know what level of pilot armour would be fitted at this time in this squadron (or any other useful information about Frank's plane!) As you can tell I am a beginner, so please forgive my naivety... Thank you for looking at my post and spending time helping me. Chris

Thank you! Chris

Thanks very much for your kind comments guys. Have got some KGL figures but have decided to have a crack at Ye Olde Airfix 1/24 Spitfire first. Then I might return to the farm to complete the garden and orchard (perhaps!)

Hi Bullbasket Thank you for the tip, and thank you and everyone else for helping a Newbie out! I'll try and put a few more pictures on. Here goes...

That's great! Thank you for letting me know. Is there an etiquette I should know about, like how many to put on, etc? Also, does the subject matter qualify? Cheers