Spitfire

I am not a great fan of "modern" subjects but the Hustler is such an amazing looking aircraft that it does capture my imagination, and I have always like that camouflage scheme, great work, can't wait to see the finished result. Cheers Dennis

Nice one Peter, that looks great. Cheers Dennis

Absolutely bonkers, but also a magnificent build, what an awesome sight the real thing must have been looking at the WW2 photos. The RAF's first heavy, such a significant subject, for us mortals a 1/48 scale kit would do. Cheers Dennis

No problem, it's nice to share the knowledge that Edgar gathered over the years. Cheers Dennis

The 1 man army masks have been rated highly by people who have used them especially the smaller stencil masks, I have a set for a future Revell Hurricane build. Cheers Dennis

No problem Peter, there is a PDF which contains a lot of Edgar's not just about Spitfires as well. https://jonbius.com/edgar-brooks-spitfire-notes/ Cheers Dennis

Spitfire walkway lines never go over the national markings, here's a thread from Britmodeller with words of wisdom from the late Spitfire expert Edgar. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234920715-spitfire-wing-walk-markings/ Official instructions were that nothing should encroach onto the roundels. Remember that the line ran along the line of the mainspar, so you're probably seeing that panel line showing through, not the paint. Edgar Potato Pete, on Jun 20 2012, 07:37 PM, said: - do you know if the layout for the wing walk markings changed over time? I've just been comparing the Airfix Spit Mk 1 pattern with the Tamiya Mk IX and they're quite different. Or is that just poor research on their part? I can imagine them varying after repaints in the field. On early aircraft, the emphasis was on keeping the erks' boots (rubber-soled, by the way) off the area of the radiator, since a dished top surface, in that area, meant a replacement wing. This meant that the port wing lines ran like a backward "Z" up alongside the cockpit, then left along the mainspar, then right out to the leading edge at the wingtip joint. The starboard wing's line went straight from wingroot out to wingtip. When the set-up went to two radiators, the wings' top surfaces were strengthened, so that erks could walk either side of the cockpit, but still had to keep off the radiators' area. You then had two sets of lines which were identical, but mirror images of each other, i.e. the original backward Z to port and Z to starboard. Hope this helps Cheers Dennis

Great work, neat and tidy, and so fast, I have been on holiday and only just spotted this build. I never build kits with opened panels, as I do like to see the smooth lines of the actual aircraft so I am with you on that one, though I might surprise myself one day building one with panels off just for fun. Cheers Dennis

Some fantastic models there, the time taken building them must be into many years, the USS Hornet was particularly fascinating for me. Cheers Dennis

All the best, enjoy Cheers Dennis

You can't beat a cat cobuilder. Cheers Dennis

Now that's a fine collection. Cheers Dennis

Nice one John, my last P40 was the ancient Revell one, but I do have one of Hasegawa's version in the stash, one day I'll get round to it. Cheers Dennis

As usual fantastic progress, makes me want to build one myself. Cheers Dennis

Just had this delivered, as I recently relented and bought a 1/24 scale Airfix Spitfire IX this is a must have, I have quite a few of their offerings and they are really good. Cheers Dennis

As to reason I switched back to 10 from the shiny new 11 it was the new File Explorer on 11, with 3 PC's I am always moving files around, but the Windows 11 version is not very user friendly or as versatile as the old one. So after researching the problem and finding a lot of like minded people I switched back to 10, there was a convoluted way to load the old version but I was not going down that path, just reading it hurt my brain. Cheers Dennis

That looks absolutely superb, great modelling. Cheers Dennis

Nice start, I like early war subjects so will keep an eye on this one, my old camera always used to mess up greens so I can sympathise with you. And if you do not like Windows 10 then definately avoid Windows 11, I have 3 desktop PC's and only 1 is compatible with Windows 11 so I gave it a go but after 2 days went back to 10, it was truly awful. Cheers Dennis

They look fantastic, I am most impressed. Cheers Dennis

Fabulous work, definately out of my league though. Cheers Dennis

Sit it out for a while and go back to it when you are good and ready. Cheers Dennis

Now that is looking really tasty, I am always fascinated by Dioramas containing buildings or other such structures and really admire the work that goes into building them. When we see model railways on our travels it is always the countryside, buildings or other accessories that fascinate me, probably more than the trains themselves. Cheers Dennis

Like your style Peter, I have always been interested in warships but the only one I have built apart from the build it in about 20 minutes type when I was at school was an Airfix KGV somewhere back in the eighties. I enjoyed it tremendously but have never repeated it. But every now and again I will look at a model ship or build thread and be tempted. Cheers Dennis

It's that good a build that the photos above could be confused with the real thing, which is not an easy thing to accomplish, superb. Cheers Dennis

Scary stuff, luckily I live in boring England where the norm is heavy rain. Cheers Dennis