Spitfire

These may help Cheers Dennis

Yes I was surprised at the size and the size of the Fairey Firefly that they also have there, must be a naval aviation thing. Cheers Dennis

Nice to see an aircraft shape appearing, a strange looking aircraft though, built solely for purpose and not for looks. Here's some photos I took of the one in the Thai Air Force Museum in Bangkok Cheers Dennis

Maybe I should build mine soon as I am on my third and fourth PCM kits ib a row, so I will be used to the Infinity style of quality. Cheers Dennis

It's nice to see one of these being built and in your usual no nonsense format, I will be following this keenly. Cheers Dennis

Hi Peter, from Spifire the History (Shacklady) the Spitfire XVI was the F IX powered by the Packard Merlin 266. The letter in the designation normally designates the wing armament. More information of the XVI can be found here; http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/spitfire-mk-ix-xi-and-xvi-variants-much-varied.html Cheers Dennis

Fascinating story of some incredible people, thank you for posting it. Cheers Dennis

Now that is a very realistic finish, I like it a lot even if I could not emulatre it ! Cheers Dennis

Thank you for that and yes sadly the Hurricane is a bit of a negelected subject, and I was very pleased to see the Hurricane builds on this site recently. Cheers Dennis

Thank you Joachim, it was a struggle as with all PCM kits that I have built but well worth the effort. Cheers Dennis

During my password enforced exile I completed the above, well just about completed it, it just need some dirtying up to finish it but for now I have had enough and so it sits in the display cabinet. The build was a bit challenging but in the end it turned out rather nice, to my eye at least. After looking at the kit instructions and my references I settled on L1909 LR*R as my subject, this was a 56 Squadron Hurricane and I modelled it in it’s1939 guise. At the time 56 Squadron aircraft were coded LR rather than the later US codes and were based at North Weald. The Squadron fought in the Battle of France, though they were not based in France, they provided air cover for the Dunkirk evacuation and flew for the entire period of the Battle of Britain. the fabric wings on the real thing faded rapidly and it took a while to try to create this effect but I was happy with it in the end. Paint used in the build were Xtracolor for the main scheme, with detail painting using Humbrol, the markings were painted on using Xtracolor, Sovereign Colourcoats and Montex masks. Stencils were HGW wet transfers which worked well though there was some failures. Here is the best photo that I could find of the real thing. And here it is with my Revell Mk.I which despite it's age looks quite good. Cheers Dennis

OK I'm officially back, thank you Fran Cheers Dennis

I have lost my password, I have two PC's my "spare" PC remembers the correct password and I can log in, the main PC remembers an incorrect password and blocks me. I have tried to change my password on the main PC but it does not work, I do not receive an e mail. Plus when I am logged in on my "spare" PC when I check my details I cannot see my password. Cheers Dennis

That looks a bit naughty

That is absolutely, totally amazing, I thought that painting my Revell He219 was hard graft and used a lot of Xtracolor but that is in another league. Cheers Dennis

I'm with you John, I did a swift exit. Cheers Dennis

Nice one, lots of good work gone into that, it's a great compromise idea if like me you do not have the room for the whole airframe but are a Lancaster fan. Cheers Dennis

Still on a PCM theme, the Tempest was a struggle but turned out OK so here are the next two. PCM Hurricane Mk.I, fabric wing and PCM Spitfire Mk.IX Cheers Dennis

Great kit, I built one last year and it was a pleasure to sit at the bench with it, and I like the way that you are thinking, I'm a used but not abused type of builder so not a fan of heavily weathered subjects even though they may be historically correct. Cheers Dennis

That looks just the job, ready for the markings which should really bring it to life. Cheers Dennis

Merry Christmas everyone and all the best for 2022 Cheers Dennis

My daughter always had dogs and they were always Rotties, normally she had two and they were the softest dogs you could meet, however they were big and intimidating and had a habit of talking to you which sounded like they were growling. We have had two cats until recently, we adopted them when we lived in Australia in 2002, one from a pets home and on from the RSPC, the first one ws Mr Maxwell, who was a stray picked up by the RSPCA, he a was very quiet but cuddley cat. The other one we named Sydney, not an inspired choice of name as we lived in Sydney. He was a bit too clever for his own good, he was from a pet rescue centre who took him in when the couple who owned him had a baby and did not think that he would be safe with the baby, he was reputed to have some Abyssinian in him. He had an amazing vocal range and used to "speak" to us, he was also very nosey and got into everything. He would sit next to me when I was using a hammer drill, it did not bother him at all, he was also an Olympic eater and topped out at 9.6 kg before we had to put him on a diet. He was also a great retreiver we would throw a wooden pencil and he would fetch it back to us. He also used to help me when I was in the garage working on my motorbikes and would sit on my bench while I was modelling, when our time was up in Australia we fetched them both home with us to the UK where they lived to the grand old ages of 19 and 20. It was such a horrible time when we lost them that we could not face replacing them. Cheers Dennis

Nice job, it looks like Aluminium to me. Cheers Dennis

Nice fix, should work a treat. Cheers Dennis

That is absolutely amazing work, it must be very satisfying after all the research and work to sit back and really appreciate it. Mind you most modellers only see the bits that they got wrong, which is a shame, hopefully not in this case. Cheers Dennis