Spitfire

I use Xtracolor as my main paint but I also Colourcoats, they work just as good as Xtracolour but give more of a satin finish rather than the super glossy finish of Xtracolour, I use the Xtracolour thinners on them just as I would use on Xtracolor. Cheers Dennis

Looks like you could cock your leg over it and ride into the sunset, very realistic. Cheers Dennis

I only bought three kits this year which is disappointing but I have a very large stash so I have a good selection to choose from, of the three the IBG PZL 11 is the one that I have had on my wish list for a long time as I am interested in early WW2 stuff so that would be my choice. Cheers Dennis

Remarkable lady, there was a recent run down of her career in the series "The Spitfire Factory". Cheers Dennis

That looks really great, we used to have a Mosquito based near us and I always used to admire it, sadly it was lost in an accident. Yours definately does it proud I must admit that the black undersides look better to me. Cheers Dennis

That looks grand, the interiors look just right and the figures really enhance it, top work Cheers Dennis

Great choice, I have a couple of them in the stash and the plan was to build them when I had "honed" my skills enough to do them justice, they are still waiting ! Cheers Dennis

Found an old thread from HS dated 2008 in which Bruce Archer said the following. Steven, There was a mod center in Conn. All of the FAA Corsairs had British belts, either the Sutton as stated, or the "Q" harness. Not US belts. This is what my research is telling me. Also with the advent of the Corsair IV, the clipped tips were added at the factory, and not the mod center as the rest were. Just another bit to show Corsairs are not as easy as everyone thinks. And the Corsair III was used on ops. Cheers Dennis

Great detail photos, a treasure trove for modellers Cheers Dennis

Built this one from the same boxing as above around 1994, updated it with new paint and decals in the noughties, it's a bit dusty now but you can see the wing tips . Cheers Dennis

The detail on that kit looks great, I have never seen one "in the flesh" before and I am impressed, should be an interesting build. Cheers Dennis

Must get round to building that VII sometime and a Pink Spitfire as well, nice builds you have there Cheers Dennis

My credit card wants this one Dennis

Not in the same class as you guys but after my heart attack five years ago the first thing that I wanted to do was start cycling again, when I retired in 2005 I decided that I would need to get some exercise so made sure that I went out cycling Monday to Friday in place of the exercise that I got at work. I only did 8 miles a day on roads but with my monitor I kept the heart rate up throughout, after the heart attack and cardiac rehab I restarted riding and have kept it up ever since, I've always thought that the cycling probably helped me survive the heart attack. Cheers Dennis

Yes they use ten parts when two would do, I did build their Staghound which came out well, I even built Maquette's Valentine IV and XI which were challenging and you cannot go wrong with the Tamiya kits but for some reason the A13 finished it for me. I only built British and Commonwealth subjects and wanted to build a BEF collection. Maybe one day I will go back as I do have an extensive armour stash and reference section. Cheers Dennis

Just read this from the start, great work going on here, years ago I used to build armour as a relaxing break after aircraft builds but a Bronco A13 finished that for me, it's still on the shelf of doom after 8 years. The tracks were the end of my AFV building hobby, I bought the Bronco track set, even tried the AA Crusader Trakpax but gave up in the end. Cheers Dennis

Beautiful job, looks really realistic Cheers Dennis

I must confess to building the odd 1/48 scale kit, I once built a 1/48 scale Westland Whirlwind (Classic Airframes) as I could not get one in 1/32 scale. Now though I can look forward to the SH kit. I have been tempted to build a Defiant as well but resisted. Cheers Dennis

What a great video, pretty amazing engineering, thank you for posting it Cheers Dennis

Spot on, there's something about the late war markings that are really attractive to me and that is just right, as to weathering used but not abused is the way to go for me. Cheers Dennis

They look great, I have been waiting for a 1/32 scale Whirlwind for a long time, maybe a Defiant next ? Cheers Dennis

Great idea, better and faster sounds good. Cheers Dennis

And don't I know it !

My wife is 100% on my side when it comes to models, the purchase of kits and the size of the stash is never an issue. In fact my wife helps me buy kits, normally at Telford I will give her a list of kits that I want and some money and of she goes like a heat seeking missile, I'm sure that her haggling skills are far superior to mine as she always gets the kits cheaper than I could, and she will search on long after I would have given up. This worked really well when one year when I upgraded the stash by selling some kits and replacing them with super dooper Tamiya kits and again at Telford she got the lot for some great prices. Cheers Dennis

Great build and finish, it looks "real" to me just the right amount of weathering, used but not abused. Cheers Dennis