Spitfire

Sad news, Harv was an essential part of this site for me from the very begining. RIP Dennis

The Sea Hurricane version of this kit should be out this year, https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235151512-new-revell-132-sea-hurricane-mkiic/ Cheers Dennis

Nice to hear your positive experience of using them Martin, I have a C.202 to build in the near future so will try them out on it. Cheers Dennis

As I am a 100% enamel user the closing of Sovereign Colourcoats made me think about checking out other sources of paint, I know that Colourcoats are being resurected but I thought that I would investigate another make that I heard about on another forum. So like Martin (see above) I ordered some paint sets from ARCUS in Ukraine and they duly arrived today, so on my next Italian build I will give them a try. Cheers Dennis

A very nice to build kit, enjoy. Cheers Dennis

Nice build of a pretty challenging kit, I built the same kit not so long ago on a run of 4 PCM kits, they are not easy builds but can turn out looking good. Cheers Dennis

That looks great hope mine turns out as nice but it won't have the same markings Cheers Dennis

Now they look great, with the failure of Sovereign Colourcoats I was scrambling to increase my stocks of MM, Humbrol and Xtracolor, just in case. Ok so Sovereign have been resurected but it's nice to know that there are other enamel ranges out there. Cheer Dennis

Used but not abused, nice work. Cheers Dennis

Beautiful build, very reasuring as I have the Seafang and Spiteful in the stash. Cheers Dennis

That's probably neater that the real in theatre applied paintwork, nice one. Cheers Dennis

Here's a Britmodeller thread on the subject, there's more like this out there as well. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235119780-spitfire-mk-vb-over-malta—request-for-paint-help/ Cheers Dennis

I definately admire your perseverence, that looks great, much better than a decal. Cheers Dennis

Nice work, looks just the job. Cheers Dennis

Thank you, it's amazing that I managed to finish it but as usual I learned things from the the experience and am very pleased with the result. Cheers Dennis

Thank you kindly Hubert, it is one that I am very happy with now, but if I want another C200 I will wait for the new Italeri kit. Cheers Dennis

Following on from the Re2005 I decided to build another PCM kit, so dug out the MC.200 kit as it is so much an iconic Italian subject. The C200 was used by the Italian air force throughout their involvement in WW2 up to the armistice in several theatres and was the forerunner of a series of aircraft culminating in the formidable C205 one of three Series 5 aircraft, all being powered by a licence-built DB-605 engine the Fiat RC 58 Tifone 1,475hp engine. Some C200’s soldiered on after the armistice on both sides but its heyday was over though some were retained until as late as 1947 as advanced trainers. The subject that I picked for my build was a 364 Squadron aircraft red 7, as I do not know much on the subject of Italian WW2 aircraft I asked the guys over on the Stormo site for some help. They gave me lots of information about my subject, as well as two photos of “my” machine and the following comment. We don't know the MM of this plane, but from the extended windscreen (the two thin rectangular glass panels aft of the windscreen), the plane is a late production machine built by Ambrosini (SAI). The build took me exactly one year, the long time building was mainly due to me losing interest as it was a challenging build and my hand problems which in the end resulted in surgery for new thumb joints, but like most PCM kits it turned out well in the end. My Subject And this profile Paints used were Xtracolor for the main finish and Humbrol for detail painting, Montex masks for a C202 were used for the wing national markings, the rest was kit decals and for a change they worked great. I also found and used Kora Decals Italian prop logo decals, these come as a continious sheet that you have to cut out individual logos, but they look good. The only AM I could find was CMK main wheels for the G50 which were better than the kit ones. And on with the photos. Cheers Dennis

Impressive. Cheers Dennis

Now that is really looking the part. Cheers Dennis

You have our sympathy it's not nice but that is the price you pay for all the fun and companionship that pets bring, they are part of the family, we lost our two cats a few years ago and it was devastating. Dennis

Thank you, I'm really pleased with it (now) Cheers Dennis

Nearly there Cheers Dennis

The next Italian subjects that I build just must have smoke rings, so, as I am not a wizard with the old airbrush I have bought these masks. While I was at SMW at Telford I stopped by the people from EBMA Hobby & Craft who made the nice paint storage drawers for my Humbrol, Revell and Colourcoats paints. I asked if they had simlar items for my Testors Model Master enamels. They said that they could make me a custom set of drawers for the MM paints, so I emailed the measurements of the jars to them and within a short time had everything stored away neatly. The cost was roughly the same as the "off the shelf" ones. Cheers Dennis

Beautifully done, that is looking so good. Cheers Dennis

Looks pretty good to me, a classic early jet shape. Cheers Dennis