Spitfire

Looks great, a million miles better than the Maquette Valentines (IV and XI) I built many moons ago, I used AM from Acurate Armour to detail those, tracks and a turret if I remember correctly. Cheers Dennis

What an impressive looking finish, likes it. Cheers Dennis

Well spotted and fixed in time, one for us all to take note of. Cheers Dennis

Looks like this is coming together nicely, glad you said thet if you could build a PCM Hurricane you can build this kit as I'm on my 3rd PCM kit and one of them was the fabric winged version ! And I have a Helldiver in the stash. Cheers Dennis

Sad news indeed, the Queen is the only monarch that I and many others have known so she will be hugely missed RIP

This has been keeping me busy, 1977 SOHC Honda CB750F2 Cheers Dennis

Nice to see that shape appearing, looks great Cheers Dennis

Keep it up Peter it will be worth it. Cheers Dennis

The Mighty Stirling the RAF's first 4 engined "heavy" sadly neglected in anything but 1/72 scale. I loved my Airfix kit but in those days I was that small it probably felt like 1/32 scale does to me today. Will be great to see this one progress. Cheers Dennis

What an amazing photograph, love it. Cheers Dennis

That looks great and a nice idea using the Tamiya parts, the finished model certainly looks like a very powerful aircraft. Cheers Dennis

That cockpit looks crisp and neat, really nice work, the seatbelts do look fine but a bit simplified I might try the Airscale Sutton ones when I build mine. Cheers Dennis

Looks great, I have always wanted to build a 1/48 scale Lancaster, it was one of the things that got me back in the holbby in the 1980's but my collection of Tamiya Lancasters and conversions are still in the loft Maybe one day I can acheive what you have. Cheers Dennis

Hi Peter, another photo, the seat cushion does seem to be of a canvas type material from the photos, so a light or medium tan may be appropriate, I have just had a look through my books but cannot find any more information, though I have discovered that I have a 2014 and a 2021 issue of the same book, the Valiant Airframe Album 4. Cheers Dennis

These may help Cheers Dennis

Crikey, I waited years for this one so will follow along on this trip. Cheers Dennis

That is really impressive in every way, size, build, paint and markings, nice build. Cheers Dennis

That looks every inch a Spitfire, a tremendous job done well. And a Whirlwind on the way, one of my favourite subjects, I've waited years for someone to fetch out a 1/32 scale kit, in desperation I even built the 1/48 Classic Airframes Whirlwind but it did not do much to scratch the itch. Cheers Dennis

All the best, have a great day Cheers Dennis

Nice one, I've heard good things about that kit which is nice as I have one in the stash. Cheers Dennis

It's amazing the difference it makes when the "uniform" has been put on, looks great. Cheers Dennis

What a pain that is, the fun part gone wrong, as to painted roundels I cheated at the start and used plastic sheet to practice on before commiting to painting on my latest "masterpiece". The three colour roundels took a bit more practice and the four colour ones called for "cheating", I airbrush the position of the 4 colour roundel yellow and then place the mask on the yellow. 1. Paint the camouflage colours. 2. Remove the white and red sections of the mask 3. Airbrush white 4. Replace the white section of mask and airbrush the red, when dry mask off the red. 5. Remove the blue section of mask and airbrush the blue. 6. Remove the yellow section of mask, and all done. Upper wing roundel practice Mask in place, red airbrushed. Red section replaced and blue section removed Blue airbrushed and all done Cheers Dennis

I keep explaining to my wife that it's just like a womens shoe collection, you have to have a large selection to choose your next build from. Cheers Dennis

Spread wings do it for me, I always like my builds to be buttoned up and showing the complete airframe, for me the only excepton would be for multiple builds on a carrier flight deck where space was at a premium. Cheers Dennis

Moved the 1/32 stuff out of the loft last year, but the 1/48 1/35 and 1/350 are still up there, have to build faster. Cheers Dennis