Steve 1602

A bargain Eduard Tempest just turned up from Amazon…. If I manage to get hold of a Typhoon (and assuming this GB gets through) then I could be in for a Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury

That’s really nice - great finish on the camo in particular

I bought heating oil last week at 69p per litre. That was already way higher than the 39p per litre I paid at the same time last year. Currently it’s at £1.17 per litre. To put that in context, my annual cost of c.£900 for oil has just shifted to c.£2700

I really enjoyed it as well. I think I tuned in with a bit of a ‘nothing else on, so I’ll take a look’ and was drawn in pretty quickly. Steve

Just catching up John - looking very good again Steve

Some really impressive paint effects John. A very good WIP thread Steve

Nice one Well done in overcoming the problems at the end!

I’ll follow along again John - I have a number of these early Merlin Spits from Eduard in my stash but have yet to build one. Steve

So if DFS do you mean that the colours are dark green/ ocean grey/ med sea grey? Or do you mean a variation to DFS with azure undersides? My observation about the B pattern is not so much about reversed colours - it’s the fact that it’s a complete mirror pattern which strikes me as unusual on a Spitfire at this stage in the war. Steve

That’s an interesting scheme - not least that it appears to be a ‘B’ pattern which seems to have ceased in Aug 1941 on the production lines - ER318 was delivered on 9 Sep 42 so well outside this timeframe http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p041.html I don’t think it would have been an overpaint of one colour in that case as it would [edit] probably [edit] have followed the ‘A’ pattern. This looks like a complete overpaint (but in which colours is your guess as much as mine!) Steve

Thanks Paul Based on that…. A copy has just arrived from Amazon…. No idea how that happened…. Thanks John - I’m enjoying following yours as well. It was fun seeing them come together in parallel.

Great paintwork and finish John. It’s really come to life

Thanks I’ve added ‘Wing Leader’ to my must-read list Steve

Thanks Andy - and I enjoyed your support through the build

Thanks VF - I appreciated your inputs during the build!