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Looks like you've wrapped it in a pair of your fishnets ................................ Tim

Ah, that would be me then! 😉 Tim

Out of interest, what did you use for the groundwork? Tim

The Wingleader books are defiantly "nerd" level for details (https://wingleader.co.uk/books/hurricane-mki-wpa3/) so well worth a look. Hopefully they will do more in the future (not that my bank balance will like it) Tim

The title had me going for a minute there. thought it was about Grove Airfield just down the road from me 🙂 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Grove) Tim

you will be giving @Martian ideas, and he has enough as it is!! Tim

It is a lovely kit. Put mine next to my Blenheim and was surprised by how much shorter the Blenheim is! Need to get the Beaufighter out the roof to see how that looks next to the pair Tim

The Abingdon show will be held on Saturday 30th September. Doors open to the public at 10am. Details of how to find the show and the list of vendors and clubs attending can be found here - https://www.abingdonipms.co.uk/abingdon-ipms-show/ Tim

going off topic, sorry, but I have Roberts in the stash that I'm slowly getting the extra bits for (including the Big Gun Monitors book). If you find what colours (and pattern) Roberts used (ideally for the Sicily landings), could you let me know? Need to put an order in with Uncle Jamie sometime :-). Thanks Tim

................and now I've posted the photos, I notice the wonky mudguard/fender, why is it always after posting?

This is one of those kits that was sitting on the dreaded shelf of inactivity. Didn't take much of a much to finish it off in the end. Even now I still have not added any aerials. Oh well. Kit was built as it came in the box. They go together well. Wheels a bit tricky, but I've done a few now so it was OK. I used some Inside The Armour decals I purchased many years ago to do a vehicle from the Northern Irish Horse. Now to get the NA75 over the finish line........ Tim

Hi your Lordship, I was hoping that Eduard would come to the rescue, but they never released a set for this (or not that I found). I used the Airscale generic 50's dial set ( https://www.airscale.co.uk/#!/Instruments/c/142396758 look under early jets) and some from an old Mike Grant set I've had for donkeys years. The gun site was from Quick Boost. Tim

I built this a year or so ago. Had to add detail to the cockpit as I wanted the canopy open. I did find (probably my own fault) that the fuselage was a bit banana shaped once I had it glued together, so had to do some surgery to get it straight again. I was not happy with the engine intakes, so replaced them with some Baracuda replacements, same for the wheels. More details here - Looks great on the shelf once its done though. Tim

Thanks Martin, wish I was going to be about to see your display this weekend. tim

well blow me down...... I do believe you have spotted today's deliberate mistake! how I missed that I don't know. you may leave your coat where it is 🙂 Tim