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  1. Gday All

     

    This is the first of three Spit 14s Im building.

    No one is more surprised than me as its not the greatest kit, especially given its only a recent release. Moulding and engineering are average.

    That aside, its a great looking machine

    To me nothing ruins the illusion of an in flight piston engined model more than a stationary prop, so i decided on this compromise of simply cutting off the prop blades and filling the resultant holes

    Model is finished with tamiya LP11 and all national markings and underwing serials are painted on

    My blog contained in my signature block contains more details and photos  of the build if you are interested.

    thanks for looking and any comments welcomed.

     

    silver spitfire reveal

     

    silver spitfire reveal-4 silver spitfire reveal-5 silver spitfire reveal-6 silver spitfire reveal-8

    Bruce

     

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  2. 12 hours ago, MRMRL said:

    Some fab builds there, I agree with all the other praise here, so much good stuff to see in all these builds. I'll also agree with you on the Fly Hurricane, having built it myself, it's a pig of a kit, you've done a way better job than me with her though.

    Very kind of you. Are you getting the new Revell Hurricane to try ?

     

    Bruce 

  3. Ive been hoping for a new gannet from Airfix for a while.  Hopefully next year may be the year.  I for one really hope its not a AEW, as that would limit its sales.

     

    The AS1, to  me makes far more sense, being used by more air arms, therefore more scope for future boxings by airfix.

    Bruce

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  4. Mark. Looks like a brilliant year, and all those are models to be proud of. I initially thought that first shot of the underside of your Spit was a real aircraft!

    The  very in scale chipping on the Corsair looks fantastic in that it doesn’t hit you in the face. And I love your HMS Wren . I need to do a ship myself

     

    A mate and I have indulged in a few buddy builds. They are certainly great fun. I must watch out here more for some.

    look forward to seeing what you produce in 2023. I’m off to read your blog now

     

    Bruce 

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  5. 5 hours ago, Graham T said:

    Yea good luck with a fruitful model building retirement!  Hasn't worked for me sadly!😅  Nice builds though - especially that Eduard Spit!

    So far it’s not working well here either😕 . I’m sure things will settle down once we’ve established ourselves  in the new house 

    I have managed to sort my decal collection though!

    Bruce 

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  6. On 12/16/2022 at 11:00 AM, Kallisti said:

    Having build both the Hurricane IID and IIC from Fly I can sympathise with your feelings, but since they are the only options out there in that scale needs must :D

     

    A nice selection with hopefully more to add in the coming year!

    I actually looked at your builds before tackling mine. It seems all goes well if you completely get rid of the casting block on the undercarriage bay. I’ll certainly be buying a Revell IIc when they release it 

  7. 10 hours ago, roginoz said:

    Quality over quantity, Bruce, a very nice selection of models. Like others above, the Mitchell is my choice, with the added bonus that it's Accurate Miniatures, generally brilliant kits.

     

    On the bench is AM's TBM-3D Avenger, the one time mount of George H W Bush. Haven't got far into it, just painting jobs before assembly, but I'm enjoying the kit immensely.

    Would be good to catch up when the opportunity presents.

    Compliments of the Season, mate.

    Rog

    That’s a lovely model Roger . You’ll enjoy it. Would love to catch up too, but we’ve now moved to NSW for the better weather 

    Hope your Xmas is filled with joy

    Bruce 

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  8. 2022 was proceeding readily on the modelling front until the latter half of the year.  We had our house on the market and sold quicker than expected, so the bench had to get packed up

     

    Still managed 5 though, so not too shabby, as that seems to be my average output.

    In order of completion

    Eduard's superb 1/48 Spitfire Mk1. 

    A very enjoyable kit, this one finished using Fundekls "Early Spitfires part2"

    I have bought several more!

    Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk1

     

    Next was Accurate Miniature's 1/48 now rather old B-25C/D .  This was not as fun as the Spitfire .

    Nor  was not it as good a kit as I seem to remember from when I first built it upon its initial release

    Decals from Eaglecals

    reveal 1

     

    Continuing on with kits-that-arent-fun-but-need-to-be-built

    Fly Models 1/32 Hurricane MkIId

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    I needed a bit of a quick easy build after that. The Hasegawa 1/48 Ki-44 Tojo fir the bill although it took me 2 goes to get the camouflage right

    Hasegawa 1/48 Ki-44 Tojo

     

    Meng's 1/48 F-18E was another enjoyable build, although I raced it to the finish line as we were starting to pack up the house

    Meng 1/48 F-18E Super Hornet

    Once Xmas is done with, time will be spent getting a new bench up and running so full production can be resumed.

    as Im transitioning to retirement now, Im expecting that production to be fruitful

     

    Enjoy the season fellow Britmodellers

    Bruce

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  9. 18 hours ago, bigbadbadge said:

    Thanks Bruce, wow I thought it was my errors,  in one way good to know it wasn't,  have another couple in the stash and will be ready for the next two.  

    Have you seen the Paul Budzig videos for this kit,  he goes through it and it's very handy especially for the armoured fuel tank cover.   They are linked on the first page of my WIP embedded in my RFI initial post.  

    Thanks for your kind comments 

    Chris

    I shall definitely check them out Chris 

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