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Tim you are on the right track, but on mine I just added some flesh colour to the base coat and with a mixture of 90/10 thinners and paint and then misted that in an irregular swirling pattern concentrating on the upper surfaces. IMHO white just makes the base coat look bleached not faded. By the way are you doing the Hasegawa kit or the ICM and how about some pics? Cheers

I just noticed some things in your post Edgar and had a couple of questions. The armoured plate behind the pilots head that I think you are referring to with regards to the harness is not supplied in the Tamiya kit, can you tell me approx when the two armoured plates behind the pilot (head and back) started to be used operationally? I always scratch build these two armour plates for my BoB Spits thinking they would be operational by then. When did the Bakelite (sp) seat become operational, I thought it was early 1940? So wouldn't a red/brown seat be accurate for a BoB Spitfire?

Tim nice job on the 109, I wish my 3rd plane turned out that well. One observation I could make is that for your next build when you are spraying mottle, turn down the pressure on your compressor a tad and use a little more thinner than usual in your paint. You will find the mottle easier to put on and you will avoid overspray. Cheers

Bo I believe from my references that the two O2 cylinders were used to power the .303 Brownings. The pilots O2 supply is a smaller bottle (black in my references) on the other side of the fuselage. Peepbeep I'll probably get shot down in flames for this but every reference that I have showing an "unrestored" Spitfire has the wheel well the same color as the underside of the wing. Cheers

Beautiful build Pete that one’s a keeper for sure . Lovely weathering by the way, not too over the top but enough to show the bird off as it should be. Cheers

Wow that's a bloody nice model Dean, congratulations. Oh and very nicely photographed as well. Cheers

Well I just ordered mine from Great Models for 39 GBP (incl shipping).

Yummy , that baby is definitely going to find its way into my collection ASAP. As far as I am concerned when you consider that you get a resin pit & wheel wells, Eduard PE fret and a beautiful looking decal sheet all included, it's a bargain for a 1/32 kit. Cheers

Aside from the turned pitot & AOA sensors wouldn't you be better off with the Eduard pre-colored PE set (Eduard EDFE383) for £4.99 from Hannants? The Eduard set seems far more comprehensive and better quality than the Tamiya offering, which looks to me like the sort of stuff Trumpeter give away in some of their kits. Cheers

Great looking progress Rab, keep the updates coming. Cheers

Spence that's a major bummer, I was really looking forward to reading the article in MIS and gloating to SWMBO that I had seen it come together on Britmodeller (This is something I do all the time with Lu's work on FSM). Tough luck mate but I'm sure you'll bounce back with soothing better although this does open the window of opportunity for some enterprising modeller to appear in FSM!!! Cheers

to the forum mate and it looks like you've really nailed that pre-shade, nice job

Nick I've built four of the Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Is over the last few years and they are a dream to build and if you are looking for a few aftermarket items for that nice open canopy look, may I suggest the Eduard Zoom Set and Ultracast prop, spinner & exhaust stacks. These aren’t mandatory but they do look really cool. In my experience Tamiya decals go down beautifully with a little decal setting solution such as Mr Mark Softener. Btw I have the Airfix kit in the stash but haven't got round to building it yet. Cheers

David, yeah I got it through the mail no problems so if your mate has a source in the USA he should have no problems. Also, I just re-read my original post and realised what a garbled mess it was. What I was trying to say was "Tell your friend to go with One Go as Pledge is not as kind to acrylic finishes as it could be." Cheers

Lads a mate of mine on another forum posted this link to one of the most amazing pieces of modeling I have ever seen, I thought it only right that I should share it with you as well. By the way the text is in Polish (I believe) but words are really not needed to appreciate what this guy is doing Nieuport 28 Cheers

Graham, sorry but I'm not familiar with the Ripmax brand of compressor but from the sound of the problem I would try using a little plumbers sealing tape around the piece the brass adaptor fits on to. I used a similar technique when I set up my current compressor. Cheers

As mentioned Future is not available in Australia, neither unfortunately is Klear. Pledge One Go is the best substitute followed by Pascoe's Long Life you're in a pinch. Tell your friend to go with One Go as is not as kind to acrylic finishes as it could be. If your mate is really desperate he can order the real deal from Great Models web store. Just as a note I have tried all three and am able to use Future through a mate in the USA. The local products are OK but real Future beats them both hands down. Cheers

I love and want one for sure but I guarantee that given that it's a Trumpeter kit it will be (or already has been) deemed "un-buildable" by the experten because some doo dad isn't correctly shaped, or the rivets are the wrong shape, or some such rubbish. Sorry but I'm having a bad day Cheers

I don't know how I have missed this thread but as has been said numerous times; fantastic work Karl, that's a really nice piece of modeling. Cheers

Great job PetrOs and I really like the weathering, I hope mine turns out as well as yours. Cheers

Really nice work by the way.

Spence, I love it and I'm sure it's going to be a real ball tearer when finished. I understand this will be appearing in a future MIS (which issue btw) but can you give us a bit of a run down on your technique? Cheers

It's enough to make you weep. Cheers

Personally I'd just like Airfix to keep on releasing commercially successful kits of the Canberra and Nimrod. I'm not the world’s biggest Airfix fan by any means (I’m not an Airfix hater either) but I do hope they keep churning out more kits of the quality they have established with their last two releases. Commercial success with mainstream kits will give them the ability to branch out into some of the more esoteric kits that you guys are hoping for. Cheers

GCN she's looking great, especially that front office I love the technique for displaying the dials on the IP, I'll have to give that a whirl myself. About the only thing I would add to the instruments is a drop of Future or Kristal Klear on each dial to represent glass. Keep the photos coming . Cheers