Spitfire

Happy New Year everyone, have a great 2024. Cheers Dennis

I don't buy many kits, my interests are only WW2, 1/32 scale, and aircraft but this year I actually bought 6 kits. The Italeri C202, it is about time we saw some new Italian subjects being kitted, the PCM kits are very long in the tooth now. The Trumpeter TBD, I have always wanted to build some USN Midway subjects so this was a must. I also have a thing about Japanese subjects so the Aichi Val was in the post very quickly. The Hobby 2000 Me110 sort of accidently fell into my shopping cart at Hannants, I do not normally build Luftwaffe stuff but I have a thing about their desert schemes, and it was cheap. It will make a nice relaxed build as I do not worry about accuracy with Lufwaffe subjects so I just build them. But the one that really fired me up was the Kotare Spitfire, I have two, the Mid and the Early, so for me this was the "Special" one. Cheers Dennis

Wow, just Wow. Cheers Dennis

Slowly getting there, on the good bits now. Cheers Dennis

Well my wonderful supportive wife outdid herself this year. I'm impressed, we each make a wish list every Christmas, as we have a spending limit you can only get so many things but you never know what until the big day which one you will get. This guaranties that you will get something you will like. This is what came my way Reference material Riveting stuff. And a posh stand, now the toilet roll and thick books can be retired from modelling work And in "action" Cheers Dennis

Beautiful work, reminds me of my visit Telford. Cheers Dennis

Quality and quantity, nice work, and I'm very jealous must try harder. Cheers Dennis

Bit late, I am another who does not use FB, I used to have an account but rarely used it and could not see the point of it. Cheers Dennis

The Re2005 has been getting some more attention, I don't like using decals so paint masks are the order of the day, there are no masks available for the Re2005 so I used some Montex masks for the C202, they are roughly the same size. And they came out great. All ready for the off. And the finished article. Some minor damage to the wing paint but has now been repaired and on to the undercarriage assembly. Cheers Dennis

I resisted this for a short (very) time but in the end it got me, I have always wanted to build a very early Spitfire. such as the one on the box lid. Cheers Dennis

Amazing, just amazing. Cheers Dennis

Amazing Cheers Dennis

Well after a family tragedy getting back to normal I have returned to the Re2005, it was time for paint, not one of the exotic Italian scheme but plain Green, it sounds more exotic as Verde Oliva Scuro 2. For this I used Xtracolor X109, FS14052, Marine Corps Green, and this was the result. Weathering will be very light as these aircraft were new and did not last long in service. Cheers Dennis

Nice one Peter, it certainly captures that beautiful Spitfire shape. Cheers Dennis

Gosh that's a blast from the past, nicely built as well, I remember building mine as a USN Wildcat and as you say it was a no bother build. Cheers Dennis

Very nice, love that late colour and markings. Cheers Dennis

Looks great, love the smoke rings (kit decals ?) Cheers Dennis

Looking very fine, keep up the good work. Cheers Dennis

Nice one John, I like the looks of the P-39 and have always wanted to build a Soviet one as they got the most out of the type. Cheers Dennis

Hi Peter Kotare might be right with the colour, look at this article, will do some more digging as I have one of these kits. https://www.hyperscale.com/2023/reviews/kits/kotarek32001reviewbg_1.htm Cheers Dennis

Thank you guys and yes it was about time, I've just got the display cabinet and all the book shelves to sort out now up here, then downstairs and cleaning the display cabinets down there. The Cromwell is one of my favourites, I was half way through a Bronco A13 when the tracks got the better of me, I have not touched armour since, I was really keen on modelling BEF vehicles at the time as well. Cheers Dennis

Nothing new it was just that the dust in my study was really annoying me so it was time to bite the bullet, on top of my display cabinets are my "refugee" models, either old or too big for the display cabinets and they get pretty dusty. So armed with a bucket of soapy water, a cloth, cotton buds and a paintbrush I set to. Plus of course CA was on hand for the inevitable repairs. Before And after And restored to their perches after cleaning, the Heinkel was fun to clean, it's big. Now on to the shelves and book cases Cheers Dennis

Great work John, I thing the Mustang does reslly suit the RAF paint and markings, I built the ancient Revell kit many years ago in that guise and was very pleased with the result. Cheers Dennis

Top Notch do a great job, I have used them quite a lot, they even made custom masks for my Eagle Squadron Spitfire. Cheers Dennis

Impressive, certainly breaks up the monotone Olive Drab nicely. Cheers Dennis