Richard S

Very pretty. Beautiful work, thank you for posting.

That’s really nice, you should be really pleased. You’ve made an excellent job on the construction, particularly the really tricky cowling area. Probably helps that this is one of my favourite aircraft but I like this a lot. One thing you may not have realised is that Flory washes will reactivate with water even once they have dried. In hindsight you could have removed it with warm water rather than repaint but maybe it was kismet because it’s turned out great the way you did it.

That is really, really nice. Beautiful finish and exceptional presentation, well done and thanks for sharing.

Late to this and never participated in a group build before, maybe now is the time to rectify that, if I’m not too late can you please put my name down. Richard

Another beauty Russ. Love the SEA scheme, impressed as always with your skill with a brush, first rate finish.

Really nice model, love the camo scheme, beautifully rendered.

That is rough, looks like something the cat's been playing with.

Got to love FAA Martlet in any of it’s various colour schemes and yours is a cracker. You’ve made a really good job, none of the mistakes you mention are visible, I think this is a universal modeller’s anxiety, we are not happy with how part of the build goes and an because we know feel everyone else does too, definitely not the case here. If I was to be really, really picky I would say the compared to the weathering on the wing roots the fuselage side beneath the cockpit looks a little clean, sorry I feel mean even mentioning it, more so as my modelling ability is no where near as good as yours. Well done, it’s a lovely rendition.

That’s really nice, after the write up you gave it I was scrolling down expecting to see something pretty rough looking, but no! An absolute cracker, just goes to show that you can make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Love the anti-flash paint scheme. Thanks for sharing.

What a lovely model, love the faded paint finish. You are absolutely right about the Roy Cross artwork. I remember coming across the kit in the local toy shop and instantly wanting it, unfortunately my pocket money didn’t cover it and I had to wait another week. The shop was on the walk home from school and I called in each day to check it was still there, l can still recall the feeling of dread each time I checked followed by something close to elation when I finally got my hands on it. The shop owner was a quite unpleasant individual and seemed to hate kids, unfortunate for a toy shop owner, wouldn’t let you open anything to look inside or put anything bye for you. Anyone from the Wirral area remember “Carousel” toy shop in Neston. Anyway after all that anticipation it was built and hanging on my ceiling by Sunday morning. Thanks, for sharing a cracking model and bringing back a forgotten memory.

Another cracker, love the universal display base you use combined with great photography, I can almost feel the humidity!

Very nice, love the subject and the execution is outstanding,well done.

Not my subject but nevertheless an outstanding model, nicely constructed and beautifully finished.

Fantastic, really well done. It’s great to see young talent, it’s the life blood of the hobby, long May you continue to enjoy this marvellous pastime. My five year old granddaughter has painted a couple of aircraft, the assembly is still a bit beyond her but she loves to paint them in very colourful and abstract designs.

Nice model, very tidily put together, if there was one nit to pick, it looks like you have used silver or aluminium on the metal parts of the pioneer tools, a dull steel colour would be more in keeping, in fact the tools where often painted the same colour as the hull (talking afv’s in general) and would then show wear on the wood or metal parts as they got used. As you get more in to armour modelling I’m sure you will start to build up a reference collection which will help with these kind of things. Please take this as intended from someone who has never had the nerve to post one of his own creations.