Peterpools

Rob Amazing work and learning to be a machinist during construction - modeling tools and skills I never thought about. Seems you've entered a new world of skills and language.

Rob Some mighty nice weathering and thank you for the quick tutorial

Kai Right with Mark .. always nice to learn more of procedures and ops, as it ads so much to the build.

Thanks Kai, I'm pretty sure I finished all the final sanding and am doing the final cleanup and masking - then it's air brush time.

Gaz WOW. I can't believe how much I just learned about field artillery - way to go! Nice work on re-working the details, as well as the start on the figures. Thoroughly enjoying following your build and thought process as well.

John Nothing like background history to add inspiration to a build. Nice choice after reading the book. Looking mighty good and the fit seems flawless.

Carl I decided to switch back to 48th scale for my jets a few years back taking into account selection of kits and AM, availability, display case space and of course cost. My 48th scale jet stash has been slowing increasing and while it did take me some time to make the plunge, I'm glad I did. Just between Tamiya and ZM alone, the bar has gone up tremendously. ☺️

John Nice work on refining the fit, sitting just right in place.

WOW, cammo work looks fantastic

Some mighty nice work .. Right with Kev and Gaz, Can't see anything that needs to be improved

Gaz Got ya ...

Martin Many years ago, my wife Diane and I use to take in the Reading Air Show in Pennsylvania every year and we saw Bob Hoover perform many times - no question, the most amazing and natural born pilot I ever saw.

Gaz My pleasure, I sure have picked up a lot of tips from your builds over the years as well

Paul Very nicely done and thank you for the bio as well as it adds a lot to the build itself. I in agreements with both Rob and Hubert that light weathering will add a little depth to the model and bring out a lot of the details. Of course, never having built any armor, I'm not the guy to offer any advice on what to do or how to do it.. Looking forward to your next build, the M3 and will be with you all the way.

Gaz Thank you so much for the very kind words, so very much appreciated. I guess it's part of getting older and learning to deal with aging and some medical issues that set new limits on what you can and can't not do. I'm just happy to be back at the bench and enjoying modeling again, as a few years ago, I didn't know if that was ever going to happen.

John The fit does look mighty good and seems to be one of Aires better fitting offices.

John Nice work on the Aires front office and the details looks amazing. Have you test fitted the 'office' yet?

Sit back and enjoy the story of a legend - absolutely amazing.

Hi Mark Doesn't sound right that both the taxi and landing lights would be on at the same time or both off.

Thanks Rob and I whole heartedly agree - while detailed engines and open access panels look good, I do prefer the smooth clean lines for display. I've built enough Merlin's now that the next group of Merline powered fighters, will be all closed up and why I'm happy the Kotare Spit Mk Ia has no engine - I wouldn't be using it anyway.

Thanks Dennis At this point I seem to get a burst of mojo and focus on cleaning up and finishing all the prep work and being ready for the paint shop and primer.

Thanks John Absolutely is one sweet build.

Thanks Martin ... all smiles for sure. ☺️

Thanks Carl, very much appreciated. Hopefully with a bit of luck, I'll be in the booth next week shooting on the color coats.

John Sounds good to me and of course in the Ready for Inspection Forum, a photo of both together will look so cool.