Spitfire

Just got this from Ukraine via Hannants, looks good Cheers Dennis

Coming along nicely, I must build one of those Tamiya Spitfires some day, I have a few in the stash waiting for me. Cheers Dennis

That looks terrific John, a testimony to your skill and perseverance, and it makes me a bit more confident about building mine, which after reading reviews of the kit I was not so sure of. Cheers Dennis

In real life that Spitfire amazed me, for years I drove passed it when it was a "Gate Gardian" at RAF Sealand near where I live, sitting out in all that the weather could do to it, then it disapeared only to resurface in airworthy condition. They did a fantastic restoration job on it, and your rendition looks great. Cheers Dennis

Flaps up and elevators down would be the norm. Cheers Dennis

Hi Peter, I do not have much information on this subject but there was a Britmodeller thread about it, https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235072060-heller-spitfire-xvi-identity/ Cheers Dennis

Painted on markings are definately the way to go, once you have got the "knack" you will not go back to decals. Cheers Dennis

That looks great, I'm looking forward to seeing the masks come off. Cheers Dennis

That looks great, after I finish my current builds I might go on a USN 3 kit theme and include the SB2C. Cheers Dennis

Great start, gotta love a Spitfire. Cheers Dennis

Reading that actually brought a tear to my eyes, I'm a wimp I know but they do become part of the family, we adopted two cats when we lived in Sydney and fetched them home to the UK. One we adopted from an RSPC home called Mr Maxwell and adopted the other one from a pet refuge who we named Sydney, they both lived happy and long lives but old age and illness meant that we had to have both put to sleep within a couple of years of each other, Max was 20 and Syd was 17. We were that devasted that we decided not to take on any other furry members of the family. Dennis

Looking good from a not too promising start, nice job of taming the Beast. Cheers Dennis

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