Spitfire and Hurricane

[Seamus]

Evening all,

I've now finished the Spit and Hurri double build, two very enjoyable kits to build. These models will form the basis of a trophy to be awarded at this years Royal International air Tattoo, and honour the Spitfire Mk II and Hurricane Mk I as flown by Douglas Bader and Denis Crowley-Milling respectively.

First the Spitfire....

And the Hurricane....

And the pair together

Work has begun on the display case, so once that's sorted, I'll post a few pics of the finished item. Must say I'm going to be sad to see these go as I'm dead chuffed with the outcome, but hopefully the recipients will enjoy them even more.

Comments welcomed as ever

Cheers

Shaun

[Simon G]

Very nicely done.

Si.

[Paul A H]

Superbly finished models, well done!

[Notty]

Absolutely beautiful! Take my hat off - 1/72 scale as well, that's precision work.

[xffw45343tg]

Very nice indeed Shaun. 1:24 FA2 next?

[keith in the uk]

Very nice , both models look really good . I do have one observation tho , the Spitfires undercarrage legs do look a little bit too far forward and would could do with

being repositioned , other than that great job

[AnonymousDFB1]

Beautiful pair of classic warbirds

[Jazzy Jase]

Great work as usual Shaun. Interested to see what the trophy looks like.

[Seamus]

Firstly, my apologies for not thanking you guys sooner for your kind comments, they are very much appreciated. I had intended to thank you guys when I posted the builds with their finished case, but it's taken a bit longer than I had planned. However, with just two days to spare, it is now sorted!

First, a shot with the lid off....

...followed by the lid on

It's now ready to be handed over at RIAT on Saturday. Pretty chuffed with the outcome, so hopefully the recipients will be as well

Comments welcomed

Cheers

Shaun

[Jazzy Jase]

Please excuse my ignorance but what/who is the trophy for?

[avro683]

They are both excellent models Shaun.

Tony

[Deon]

Great models, somebody will be very pleased!

[Seamus]

Many thanks chaps

jase, now RIAT is done and dusted for another year () I can reveal who received the trophy. Originally, it was intended to be presented to the crew with the best flying helmet design. Unfortunately, no crews entered! However, all was not lost, and the trophy was awarded to Paul 'Max' Moga, who was the pilot of the 2008 Raptor demo. As 2008 was cancelled, Max never got to perform his display and reap the rewards it certainly would have brought him, so this was presented to him to make up for it. Pretty cool I reckon!

Cheers

Shaun