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Thank you Chris. Erk.

Hi all, I got round to finishing the Spit IX apart from top coating her and adding the canopy and pilot figure climbing in. Erk.

A bit more progress - I am starting to put a few things together now including a Sargeant and an ERK by the wing. E.

Evening all, I have also built/painted/weathered some ground equipment to go with my dio - Erk.

Its the ICM set - figures and some equipment, got them with the vehicles. E.

Loverly work, I too am really in to Waterloo period and just seen the 28mm figure sets - look really good. E.

Have added a pilot figure - still needs attaching to the ladder. E.

So as I explained above - I am currently working on all the bits that will make up my Mossie Dio, they will (when finished) consist of Jeep and trailor, a tractor, a generator, an oil pump, some other odds and ends and some figures. Here are what I have assembled so far. ERK.

Same situation as myself - learning new skills and new ways of modeling - and doing everything under a magnifier - then take high resolution pics and see our flaws - but we keep going - keep improving. E.

I am still working on this - I did say I was working on a Dio for my Mossie and I still am, I slowly working through the bits and pieces I am putting in my dio, so far I have completed a jeep with trailor and 3/4 finished on a tractor.

Seafire now sat on legs and props added.

Squadron code and serial on.

Hi all, I started these Two some time ago - kind of at the same time as each other, as I would yoyo back and fourth between each, I am doing the Seafire as an advanced proof of consept version that was a test frame between the mk.III and Griffin powered mk, it was tested with the higher powered Merlin engine and also had the clipped wings and pointed tail, also different from the normal mk.III was the addition of the Two large under wing rads. The other build is a Spit mk.IX representing a RAF West Malling version from 1944. So straight in with a few pics so far -

Amazing.

Very impressive tidy work - really nice.

Yep there is plenty more to go with the Dio yet - watch this space.

More progress - I have finished the jeep and trailor and have put mossie and jeep dry fitted on my dio board to get a feel for how they will look.

The main areas with mine - was the engine nacalles mainly the fronts where they meet the wings (some strange gaps and a lot of fettling to get them to fit) and the fuselage fit with the cockpit parts inside, this needs a lot of filing down the edges and constant test fitting before comitting to close up the the two sides. The main under carriage is difficult as its both two short and difficult to fit inside when assembled - I got round this by adding some wood strip inside the u/c bay about 2/3mm under where the main legs fronts sit, and also sanding down the sides of the legs (where the oil tanks are) this helped them fit inside the u/c bays. It is a kit that needs a lot (A lot) of patience and time to keep chaecking everything - even the cockpit canopy is fiddly and needs care when putting together - but it is well worth it when it goes well.

Just to expalin again incase I wasn't very clear - I am making this into an airfield dio inlcuding a jeep with trailor, some figures and equipment and sat on a rather nice part mock grass - and slabs, I have started building the jeep first. Here is some more progress with the jeeps body - I have built it up added all the fittings and started painting it in RAF Blue/Grey. And a dry fit.

Hi all, just update "Dio alert - Dio alert" I have had some bits sent to me - that allows me to do a diorama, they consist of a set of RAF figures with some equipment, an excellent base part grass-part slabs, and a jeep with trailor. I have decided to start with the trailor - constructing its chasis first, followed by some washes and high lighting.

I finished off my first stages by painting the fan flat alum, and the surround cowel flat white, I then glued the assemblies in place and added a few bits of PE inside the wheel well walls, then after I masked up around the tub and sprayed the sides where they will be hidden by the intake cowels, then lastly I glued on the fan unit.

I then moved on to both wheel bays - these were painted dull white and had some quite heavy washes of dark grey/black as I understand they got quite dirty in there from heavy use (as they would have been in the Falklands)

Hi all, while my spit builds are awaiting some injection of mojo to get them back on the build road, I decided to crack open and have a go at Kinetics rather nice Sea Harrier FRS1, I last built a SHAR in this scale by building the infamous Tamiya version (Oh dear what ever I did I could not make a decent rendition of a SHAR out of it) this kit is in a different league - I started with the tub and gradualy put the sections of it togther - mostly stock kit parts were used as they are quite good, I did however use the PE belts and when the bang seat was finished I sealed it with brushed flat clear. The instrument panel was from the kit - painted mid grey then just needed the dials and screen darkening (I used a pencil) then I did a bit of high lighting using flat alum to bring out the details, same with the side panels - a bit of black and high lighting, that finiashed the tub.

Really nice work the shading looks first class. ERK.

I started this at the same time as my mossie and was building them both in stages, I am currently at the camo stage after putting down the grey over all then the RAF Green, just a few pics to start with.