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Nice work Russ. I’m building their Marauder at the moment which is also a nice kit. Got one of these in the stash so it’s good to see one built up. James

Great work James. I love a WHIF and this is up there with the best of them. James

Great work. That’s a really impressive build and as you say quite big! James

Thanks Enzo.

Hi all. Sorry if I missed it but did we decide on the length of the Bunfight this year? Thanks James

That’s very impressive work! Thanks for sharing. James

Nice work Mark. This is still my favourite 109 kit for sheer ease of build. James

Nice work Roger. A RATO Whitley is a bit different. Who’d have thought it. This is definitely one of those kits that’s on my to build list so it good to see it goes together well. Look forward to more updates. James

Superb work as always Tom. What’s next into the bench? James

Nice work Franz. She’s looks great. James

Good question @Bradford I’m currently building an ICM Marauder, UK based in natural metal finish. I’ve done a fair bit of digging and found this one to be a real can of worms. Dana Bell states no interior green was used on Marauders. Ive gone dull dark green in the cockpit and nose with OD for the padded areas. From the bomb bay back natural metal. I’m still unsure about the turret but period photos in the factory show they’re painted in something. I did wonder if it was olive drab? Happy to be corrected on this one. I was going to leave the tail gunners position as bare metal. There are pictures of a preserved Marauder with the area in interior green but I’m pretty sure this is post restoration after reading Dana Bells comments. But I’m happy to be connected on this one too. In sure someone with greater knowledge of the subject will be along soon. HTH James

Good to see this one back on the bench Matt. Will follow along for the rest of the build. James

Super work Eric. She’s going to be a big lady! James

Nice start Eric. James

Lovely photos Shaun. Thanks for sharing. I went to the BoB airshow at Duxford on the Saturday. It was a very entertaining afternoon of flying. James