Spitfire

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

I could be in for one of those, the complete kit is too large for my house but I could manage to display a nose section. Cheers Dennis

All the best wishes Cheers Dennis

What a fine selection of Spitfires Cheers Dennis

That's better and it looks great. Cheers Dennis

All I see apart from one photo is a road sign like a UK "no entry" road sign

Only seeing one photo up there, is there a problem. Cheers Dennis

Great build of a subject that I have never modelled in 1/32 scale, I will have to correct that yours looks great Cheers Dennis

Some great detail painting going on here, looks superb. Solving the fit problem must have been a bit fraught after all that work but it looks like you have it well in hand. Cheers Dennis

This really is looking great, I love the detailing in it, hopefully ZM are on the ball as far as weight is concerned, my Revell kit called for 70g in the fuselage and 25g in each nacelle, so I added 80g in the fuselage and 30g in each nacelle and I ended up with a tail sitter. So I added 38g in the nose wheel bay and that just about cured it. Cheers Dennis

It's great when you meet your soulmate and it works out, sounds like it has for you guys, Congratulations Cheers Dennis

Well done, I admire your dedication and devotion, shame about the social distancing rules spoiling your family celebrations but better safe than sorry. Cheers Dennis

Nice one, I built the Revell version as a fun build OOB and it certainly built into a large and impressive model so I am interested in how this one will turn out, so far you are doing a great job. Cheers Dennis

Nice one, I like the paint job, really well executed Cheers Dennis