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Gloss coat and decals done, weathering and washes up next Chris

Very very nice, a great build in an eye-catching colour scheme. Chris

It's a good kit but replace the windscreen if you can! Chris

Had a day to myself so gave my mossie a lick of paint! Next up, clear coat and decals Chris

That's a beauty! Great paint job and weathering although I believe those markings are RAF SEAC rather than RAAF. Cracking job all the same! Chris

Great success - the canopy fitted with a little cyano and plasticard encouragement which was to be expected given that it was made to fit the Tamiya kit. I painted the internal framing before fitting it. There's a few bits of tidying up to be done then it will be time for paint. That will have to wait until next week as I'm off to the US on business. Cheers for now, Chris

That's a cracking Venom!! I reckon masking those stripes must have been fun.... Very neat and tidy paintwork! Wouldn't it be nice if Airfix did one of these in 48th? We can dream! Chris

Wow great paint job and a very attractive scheme!!!

Just a quick update on this one, it's not dead! I now have the vacform canopy and from an initial look it seems like it will fit. I've fitted the wing lights and faired them in also. Should get a few days at the bench this week so will hopefully post and update soon. Chris

Very nice Beau! I'm building this one at the moment too. Hope it looks as good as yours!

Superb work! I have this kit and if it looks half as good as yours I'll be chuffed! Regarding the bomb loads, is this any use? http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_bomb_loads.htm Chris

Great job on an interesting scheme! Getting that shark mouth to fit the Volkes filter can't have been easy but it looks flawless!

Thanks for the comments gents!

Good job on a couple of rarely seen schemes! Can definitely tell the difference between the natural metal and HSS

Looking good! That scheme is very smart. I've actually gone and bought this kit after seeing this thread!

Nice Spit and interesting background, As the others above said, I think you've nailed the colour. I believe these low altitude PR missions were known as 'dicers', I.e. dicing with death!!!!

Great model of a beautiful machine. I have a few of these kits in the stash, I shall be saving yours as inspiration!

Hi folks! Finally received my Montex markings masks so managed to get this finished. It's the Airfix Spitfire XII mashed together with a spare (length corrected) Hasegawa fuselage - I'm not a big fan of the Airfix fuselage as I think it looks too 'plump'. Rudder is a spare from an Eduard IXc, wing chord reduced to match the Eduard planform. Kit box, instructions and decals were destroyed by a leaky roof back in the UK, hence the national markings are from the spares box, codes and serial are by Montex. Thanks for looking! Chris p.s. please forgive the dust - it's hard to avoid it in the desert! P.P.S. links updated to Imgur in the wake of the photobucket debacle

Cracking Beau!!!!

Fantastic!!!

Super job on a very tricky camo scheme!

Great build! Very tidy paintwork

Fantastic job on a golden oldie!

Super work Tim! Love the open cargo door and the overall paint job. I am biased though - out of the aircraft types in my logbook, the 330 is my favourite!

Great info everybody - this site is a great resource! I definitely think TSS is correct for the uppers, especially with regards to the aircraft running up in photos 1 and 2. Number three looks like heavily faded TSS with some touch ups. It compares favourably to the colours seen on the Sea Hurricane in this post: http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1455033261/FAA+Temperate+Sea+Scheme-+whats+the+best%3F As for the underside, I reckon the first two images show Azure blue, however the colours in the link in my second post (closeup of the engine and wing) above may show LMB undersides. Would these aircraft have been flown out from the U.K. in full TSS with sky undersides and had these painted out at the MU in different colours at different times? Also LMB could be a clue as to the colour of the F.14 camera nose. Mark, the aircraft shown in that sequence of photos still confound me after years of looking at them! They appear to be a repaint job as the control surfaces are a different colour and the upper/lower demarcations are unusually low. Could they be an early attempt at a Coastal scheme where the sky and dark earth have been replaced with different shades of grey? Something about it says that it is not DE/MS but that could be the psychological effect of looking at the snowy background!!!! Chris