Spitfire

And here are the decals Cheers Dennis

These are the subjects

Hi James I have a set of PD Models 32-001 decals, Mosquito Bombers, they have some colourful schemes, I probably will never use them so if you want them let me know. Unfortunately no stencils but markings for the following: W4072 GB*D 105 Squadron May 1942 DZ464 XD*C 139 Squadron June 1942 DK333 HS*F 109 Squadron 1944 LR503 GB*F 105 Squadron 1945 DZ548 FB*D 105 Squadron June 1943 DZ319 HS*H 109 Squadron May 1944 Cheers Dennis

Nice one Cheers Dennis

That looks great, I thought it would be bigger than the 335 Cheers Dennis

This is really beautiful workmanship. Cheers Dennis

Hi Ralph, yes it was a pain, after a lot of sanding and test fitting of the canopy I had to cut grooves in the fuselage to make it fit ! Cheers Dennis

You have that one right Mish, a very significant aircraft and it looks like a real fighting machine. Cheers Den

The roundels were painted using White Ensign Colourcoats paint, the red is WEMCC ACRN22 RAF/FAA Red (Matt) and the blue is WEMCC ACRN31 WW2 Roundel Blue. Cheers Dennis

Beautiful builds as ever, and welcome Mish. Cheers Dennis

I must have had a Friday afternoon one as it was a pig to fit ! Cheers Dennis

Looking great, it is a nice kit, I'm just doing a build of one myself though it will be a fully painted one Cheers Dennis

The canopy is a poor fit to the fuselage, lots of gaps, I had to spend quite a bit of time sanding and test fitting to get it acceptable. Cheers Dennis

Looking good a real golden oldie, apart from the fit of the canopy ! Cheers Dennis

Thanks Mal, I think challenging is the word for this kit ! The Revell kit apart goes together well, I did not use any AM parts at all, I did buy an MDC prop for it but after assembly and painting it looked about the same as the kit one so I did not use it, the worst fit on the kit is the canopy which required a fair bit of fettling. Cheers Dennis

Beautiful job, looks great. Cheers Dennis

That looks great, gotta love those Italian paint schemes. Cheers Dennis

Thank you kindly Jeroen, the Typhoon is one of my favourites, a very warlike looking aircraft. Cheers Dennis

That is a very attractive looking build, I really like it Cheers Dennis

Thank you very kindly Rick, I'll be following your build with interest, hopefully you can avoid some of the mistakes that I made ! Cheers Dennis

Well after a year of plugging away it's finally finished though I can still spot things that need correcting but I give up ! The kit is still the best Hawker Typhoon kit in 1/32 scale but it is not the easiest of kits to build, challenging is an apt description, the instruction are absolutely useless, which is a shame as some of the resin castings are superb. The rockets do not come with the kit and are purchased separately from MDC. The main markings apart from one fin flash, which I messed up and had to resort to a decal (sorry for the D word Mal) are painted using Miracle Paint Masks, stencils are from Aviaeology and the canopy is a Squadron vac form jobby. Paints are Xtracolor for the main finish and Humbrol for the detail parts. So on with the photos And here it is alongside the Revell Typhoon, I built this one in the early 1990's but it was refinished in 2004/5 Cheers Dennis

Looks great to me, a nice way to return to large scale kits. Cheers Dennis

Arrived today, I just could not resist it Cheers Dennis

Got me, ordered mine yesterday ! Cheers Dennis

Well if we are daring to dream then a Westland Whirlwind (WW2 Fighter not the helicopter) is on the cards ! Cheers Dennis