Peterpools

Thanks Kai, very much appreciated. Great kit a load of enjoyment by the barrel full. I'm planning on first starting my Tamiya Spitfire Mk XVIe and when I reach it's priming stage, starting my next race car build. Unfortunately. I tend to waver a lot as the breeze blows and the longer the time in between builds, the more I keep changing my mind. Right now the Castrol Jag seems to be the next car build but I've just added the Silk Cut Jag and an awesome Corvette C7.R. Loads of choices and which hits the bench could be anyone's guess at this point. Keep 'em comin Peter

Ernie Looking forward to you taming the Helldiver. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Incredible ... just can't be but I guess also included in the kit box is an official jinx! I'm in the same camp as Ernie and these days even if I wash all the parts or not prior to starting, before priming, I always now thoroughly wipe down the model with Isopropanol at if I still feel any grease, I'll do a wipe down with Mr Color Self Leveling Thinners and when dry, follow up again with the alcohol. So far I've been pretyy lucky. With the Spit, I'm going to be using masks for the first time, and lifting/peeling paint is a new concern for me. Fingers crossed, this is the end of the trouble and from here on the waters are smooth sailing. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Brilliant ... you made it and went where nearly no man has gone before! Beautiful work Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Phil Great kit and going to be a fun build for sure. Only way I can get semi close to John's speed, is ship him the kit and he'll build it for me 😉 I've built now quite a few Tamiya Spits and still have a few more in the stash. If memory serves me correctly, the Spitfire was Tamiya initiation into their large scale WWII fighters. One thing I'm remembering as I go, bot the Spit and Mustang had some toy like features ala Trumpeter PE hinges and movable control surfaces that completely vanished by the time the Corsair series hit the shelves. Just a lot of extra work that really doesn't serve any purpose. I'm solidly in the positional camp and more then that, proved to be unnecessary. I built the same Airfix kit in the early seventies and from what I remember, what a beast. But just getting it built was an accomplishment. I didn't even have a compressor, just cans of Pasche air and I know I must have set a record on how many cans of air I used. Keep 'em comin Peter

Dennis Sounds great - looking forward to the builds Keep 'em comin Peter

Dennis Right with ya Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Mike So far cruising along and enjoying the Quinta and Barracuda AM parts to add the right amount of extra detail. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Gaz Always love working on the front office of a build. So far, Tamiya is living up to its reputation - well-fitting detail parts and all the screw ups belong to the builder. Keep 'eem comin Peter

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John Maybe it's time to start working more and more in 48th scale so precious display spce can be found? Keep 'em comin Peter

John You're easily becoming the conquering hero. Gear on and looking good Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kev I know what you mean. When I was working, it was always six days a week for all my life until close to retirement. A good deal of the time, I wish I was working again as there is way too much free time on my hands. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Hubert Always a good feeling starting a kit with the front office, no issues to deal with and satisfying progress. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Rob, much appreciated. From what I can tell, there are two IP's in the kit, I used the one in the instructions for the Mk XVIe and the Quinta IP matches that. So I would have to say the IP's are not the same. Quinta is the same as Tamiya. I might try and pull the shoulder harnesses down a bit but the vinyl seemed to have a mind of it's own and still a million times more realistic then the s/s ones in the kit.. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Looking good and sorry to see you had to backtrack, strip the paint and start over. In the end it's always the best way to go as you'll never be happy that you didn't. Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil Primer coats looks smooth and ready for the color. Glad the weather improved so the air brush work can keep rolling along Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Nice going on the exhaust - they look mighty good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Mark, much appreciated. Glad you're going to be along for the ride. Keep 'em comin Peter

Tamiya Spitfire MkXVIe 1/32 Scale With the Meng GT40 and the Revell Embraer 190 done and in the books, it was time to look at my next projects. For me nothing better then enjoying a Tamiya kit and so the Spitfire Mk XVIe begins. My alternating build is going to be either the Hasegawa Castrol XJR9 or the Revell Corvette CR.7 but which ever build won’t be started for quite a while as I need to first make major progress on the Spitfire. AM purchased for the build: Barracuda – Five Resin detail sets, as I would pick and choose what I needed. Quinta – 3D Cockpit Detail set with Sutton harness Maketar Mask set to be use along with the kit decals. A first for me. Ammo by Mig RAF WWII Late Colors set of Acrylic Paints MRP Paints for the interior and all other colors not covered with the Mig set. Primer: MRP Light Gray And let the fun begin For starters, I needed to make a decision as to how to incorporate both the Quinta and Barracuda AM sets. Barracuda – are resin replacements for a lot the kit parts, adding more details and correcting a few inaccuracies. Quinta .. 3D vinyl decals for the front office and they are meant to enhance the existing parts and bring the cockpit up to a new level of detail. Having used Quinta cockpit decals twice in the past, I decided to go the Quinta route of enhancing the kit parts and then add the Barracuda resin parts as needed and there were quite a few used even at this stage. I just love Quinta 3D cockpit decal sets and I went with the full monte incorporated into the Tamiya front office. I started with the IP and worked my way around including the leather seatback padding, Sutton harness set and all the almost limitless decals and placards. What I thought would have taken a few work sessions, easily was a full three plus and then I started adding the Barracuda resin AM parts as needed. Combining the kit parts with both Quinta and Barracuda brought the front office up to a new level of detail. I still need to finish the IP (I lost the kit gun sight and used the resin Barracuda sight), some light weathering and dry brushing will be needed. Numerous other Barracuda resin parts will be used in the front office and canopy, but I haven't gotten that far yet. The joy stick is still not glued into place as it’s final position will be determined on the set of the elevators. I also gave Ammo by Mig Ultra Glue a try for adding the Quinta vinyl decals for the first time. I found I still prefer Micro Kristal Klear as it’s not as fussy to work with and for all the small decals used CCA. So far, a joy to build, no issues at all, typical Tamiya.. Keep ‘em comin Peter AM so far Mig Paint set of choice Chief restorer and incharge of the project

Ernie Much appreciated and of course you can post the photos on our FB site. Keep 'em comin Peter

John You are amazing! Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz A nice approach I haven't thought about and the results look really good. Keep 'em comin Peter

John GSB is looking mighty good and running out of paint, what else would you expect? Keep 'em comin Peter

John It just doesn't stop. No question, this has to be the kit from hell! Keep 'em comin Peter