gingerbob

I don't think I've seen invasion stripes painted before the parts have even left the sprues!

I had a surprisingly strong flash of... not exactly nostalgia, more just 'recognition' when I saw that box top. I never had this kit, but it is of a time when I was buying 72nd Revell kits (and of course I would have continued to see some of those boxes). I also "suffered" a twinge of, "Hey, I've got that 48th Hasegawa SLUF that is missing a few small bits and so on, I kinda want to get that out!" I won't comment on your project right now, because I haven't actually caught up with the thread yet. bob

Funny looking ailerons you got there 😉

Is that going to be cool enough come summertime? It looks very swank on the outside, but needs some love (and insulation?) on the inside.

There, I fixed it for you.

Tra-la, it's May! Another obstacle: In the process of getting the house ready, I put all my modelling tools and supplies in a cardboard box. That box went into an impressive "wall" of boxes. I've made a couple of attempts to exhume it, and discovered that it was apparently deeper in than I'd originally anticipated or intended. I was ready to make another attempt yesterday (a day off) when news came that there was to be another showing this afternoon. Not the time to start digging into the "neatness", then. I've had the pieces out for a fondle a time or two, and I do believe that if I ever actually get going on this, the Mossie's kid brother will be tagging along. At present I'm leaning back toward a postwar FB.6, but I'm easily swayed...

Doug, you brush it over the seam and it wicks in. It also is good at wicking under fingertips, so be careful how you hold things! You can do a section at a time on something like a fuselage.

Goodness. Give someone an inch, and they'll take...

Hey, I'd rather (as a hypothetical victim) the money go toward a Spitfire than many other things!

But I can get an Eduard Spit (overtrees, sometimes weekend edition) for about $25.

I feel your pain. I'm in the US, but Arma seems no less affordable. Not too long ago either Squadron or Sprue Bros was having a clearance sale, and I got a "2 in 1" Arma 72nd Hurri II kit for what seemed a worthy price. Since then, I also (finally!) got Revell's 32nd IIB. Considering how many 48th Hurris I have in my "stash of doom", it is hard to justify $40 bucks or whatever for another one, no matter how lovely. Of course, if i found one for a good markdown I'd be forced to submit to consumer logic...

That IS a bit flash, innit?! By the by, the links after the booklet don't work for me (or don't display here; perhaps I can chase them down). bob

It is somewhat complicated by the fact that night fighters (which the FB.VI was not) were also used as "bomber stream escorts"- intruding into enemy airspace, but not with quite the same intentions as the "Night Intruders". In fact, for a short while, night fighter squadrons had a Flight of FB.VIs for, err, the purpose of wandering into enemy airspace. If I remember right, this was changed because the approach was really quite different, so it made more sense to have squadrons focus on one or the other. bob

If you do make the trop intakes, I'd love to get a pair?

Did you look at both the Summary and the Record? The Record usually has more specific detail about each sortie (crew, serial number and/or individual letter of aircraft, time, sometimes additional comments) while the Summary is more variable- some squadrons/ time periods give quite a bit of operating detail, others seem more concerned about the hijinks at Friday night's party, and some have almost nothing. Edit: I took a quick look, and there seems to be some confusion about the serial number as you gave it and the loss in October. It would take me some deeper study to feel like I understood the situation, however.