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Jeroen Some mighty delicate work and looking so good.

Oliver remarkable work, just remarkable and right with Martin as well. Look forward to every update as it's a treat and an education in modeling.

Thanks Ron and agree 100%. Parts of the build have been enjoyable and fun and some frustrating but, in the end, with some extra care and patience, she is looking like a true Spit. Looking forward to building a few more of the newer Revell kits, especially the Hurricane when it actually makes an appearance here in the states. Revell's newer kits seem to have overcome a lot of the issues I've done battle with, instructions, molding and research. Hopefully this will continue as kits in general are skyrocketing in price and Revell is a welcome player to help bring the cost of the hobby back down to a more manageable level.

Thank You Jeff, very much appreciated. Yes, the Revell Spit leans more towards old school thenthe high tech kits of today and requires a lot of cleanup work, fussing, fitting and a nice amount of expensive AM. A lot is enjoyable and some frustrating. To be honest, if there was a high tech kit of the Mk IIa available such as from Tamiya, ZM or Kotare, I would easily have jumped on it and preferred it over the Revell kit. I am going to be buying a few more Revell kits, as I'm eagerly waiting for the Hurricane to show up in the States.

Right with Gaz and martin, beautiful work.

Gaz Looking so good. Nice going on your work around for the stanchions, as they look fantastic. For hand painting I've pretty much settled on using both Tamiya acrylics thinned with X-20A and Model Air, straight from the bottle. I try to avoid using my good brushes with lacquer paints as they destroy the bristles and tips. As I get ready to start the Lancaster, I've purchased new brushes and there is an incredible amount of detailing painting to be done.

Kev Brilliant! Absolutely beautiful work and the details are everywhere you look.

Fingers cross for sure. 🤞

Thanks Gaz Much appreciated and absolutely true. Revell is a lot less expensive to purchase but requires a lot more AM and a ton more work in clean up and fit - not to mention many more hours of frustrations and searching for parts on the sprues.

John Oh no, why doesn't things just go smoothly? Any chance ICM have customer service ? Fingers crossed you find the missing part in the morning. 🤞

Thanks Carl. This afternoon, I primed the major seams and found a few spots that need a bit of TLC and once that's done, add the glass and head for the paint shop and priming. You just might be right about Roy having several molds for the AM parts as in the past, all his resin was near perfect.

Jeroen Some mighty nice PE work

John Looking forward to both builds, especially the Hasegawa Typhoon.

Mark That some 'steal' for sure and I'm right with Carl.

Rob WOW, amazing work and can't wait to see these assembly with primer and paint. Agreed that railing on the 3D printed guns look just fine and no need to replace them with PE.

John Now sure is the case for us all and a shrinking stash at our age, is something we should be thinking about. I'm just as guilty.

Dennis, Much appreciated. Just seems hard to understand how the replacement ailerons could be off in length and width unless Roy used a different Revell wing/kit. All the other addons seem to be for the Tamiya Spitfires and have been around for a while. Still glad I bought them as I'll be using them on future Spitfire builds.

Thanks John and completely agree, your replacement spinner makes a huge difference.

Thanks Phil, getting there slowly but surely. In the end, the Revell kit should be a good looking MK IIa and it's the only game in town.

Kev It's waiting that drives me crazy at times

Thanks Kev I'm right with you, a Quinta addict! Right now, I'm just waiting for the Border Lancaster set to be shopped to the US, as it shows available on their site.

On on the Squadron Pre-order list and will be jumping all over the Devastator. I'm sure the AM guys are going to have a field day.

Thanks Scott Yup, the storm came rolling in around 2AM and was pretty nasty. Haven't been outside yet but all seems to be OK. Hope everyone is fine and no damage. Off to the oral surgeon for a follow up visit.. Hope

Kev Looking mighty good - some absolutely fantastic work 🏆

Kev Nice choice and will be following front and center.