Spitfire

The next Italian subjects that I build just must have smoke rings, so, as I am not a wizard with the old airbrush I have bought these masks. While I was at SMW at Telford I stopped by the people from EBMA Hobby & Craft who made the nice paint storage drawers for my Humbrol, Revell and Colourcoats paints. I asked if they had simlar items for my Testors Model Master enamels. They said that they could make me a custom set of drawers for the MM paints, so I emailed the measurements of the jars to them and within a short time had everything stored away neatly. The cost was roughly the same as the "off the shelf" ones. Cheers Dennis

Beautifully done, that is looking so good. Cheers Dennis

Looks pretty good to me, a classic early jet shape. Cheers Dennis

Thank you kindly, it's been a long time since I did some mottling but I was very pleased with how this one turned out. Cheers Dennis

I like it a lot John, an impressive feat of modelling even if it was out of the box rather than a spare parts challenge. Cheers Dennis

This is ever so good, proper modelling, looking at the first photo you would never have believed how good it would turn out. Cheers Dennis

Still plodding on with this one, I masked and painted the national markings but had to use decals for the rest but they went on fine. And just for fun with the cowl loosely in place. And the real thing Cheers Dennis

That P40 Cockpit is looking really good. Cheers Dennis

Latest "investment", ready for the Italeri C202. Cheers Dennis

Looking good, bodes well for my two when I finally get round to building them. Cheers Dennis

Nice to hear from you again Peter, a Kotare Spitfire might just be the thing for you to engage with. Take care Dennis

All the best have a really happy birthday, Cheers Dennis

Thank you kindly Hubert, it's slowly growing on me after the struggle to put it together. Cheers Dennis

Nearly there, mottling all done, masking removed from the fuselage band and tail, just the markings and detail parts to do. The set up for the mottling Mottling done and white masking removed Undersides masking and Blu Tac removed, nice soft edge on wrap around camouflage. Had to mottle the cowling seperately as I had left it on the shelf and forgot about it when I did the main airframe. The last lap Cheers Dennis

A 1/32 scale modern tool Lysander would certainly get me to spend some money. Cheers Dennis

What a great achievement, its great that there are characters like this out there. Cheers Dennis

Nice work, I have their Seafang and Spiteful in the stash so will follow with Interest. Cheers Dennis

I'm with you on that one, I clear my bench after every modelling session and still lose parts. Cheers Dennis

Great job, that really does look like metal. Cheers Dennis

Now that's a name I have not heard in a long time, I remember the Ghost Brigade and Sagan Diary. Cheers Dennis

Nice one John, having built one of those I can appreciate the effort that you have put into the build, looks great. Cheers Dennis

Sonething about a silk purse comes to mind, nice work. Cheers Dennis

This should be interesting I have the Spiteful and Seafang so will be interested in how it goes together. Cheers Dennis

That sounds good, thank you. Cheers Dennis

Thank you Peter, I just love my Xtracolor, it airbrushes nicely and you can skip the gloss coat for decals as well. Cheers Dennis