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I found this. https://www.scribd.com/document/460074127/How-to-Build-Tamiya-s-1-32-Spitfire It's chapter 9. The Spitfire is Medium Sea Grey over PRU Blue. Barracudacal has the markings on one of their decal sheets but I used paint masks for mine.

Great choice to do a VII Dave! The biggest hurdle with doing a VII is the deeper rear canopy section. The other changes are reasonably straightforward to do. When I did my conversion using the same kit, after a couple tries at smash moulding the rear canopy, I ended up just carefully bending a piece of acetate to match the fuselage profile. Roy Sutherland did an article on the conversion in the Building the Tamiya Spitfire book. I used that as a reference for the other changes that were needed. Carl

I really thought you'd buy a case of them. Guess you're playing it safe starting with 1.

Thanks for sharing. I know how much a 109 fan you are so it's great to hear the kit meets your expectations. Carl

Wow, that's pretty cool.

Almost missed a fourth part: Junior

Japanese garage kits back in the '80s and '90s featured a lot of unlicensed vinyl models. Mostly figures but also vehicles. A few have recently been reissued and are even licenced now. That's the case with this Chibi Godzilla I picked up last year. Made by Kaiyodo, it even has a trademark registration on it. It's a simple kit, just three parts. The excess vinyl gets trimmed off. They generally put in some cut lines to help guide you. Tail and lower body press fit together. Then add the upper body and the assembly is done. Now the fun part- the paint job.

Every time I see PBJ, I think Peanut Butter & Jam. Had many of those sandwiches as a kid in school.

Me too. Even have the t-shirt... ...glued to the bench.

Gecko Models has just announced a 1/16 M24 Chaffee Hopefully they do a British version too.

Let me know how that Iwata kit works out Paul. I've looked at as well and would be interested to hear on its usefulness.

Nature abhors a vacuum after all. So it's good to make sure everything is in balance.

Interesting, because there was one at my LHS today as well. Might have even been bigger than the one at your LHS. Guess I'm as weak as you.

My sister and her family are visiting from Chicago. They brought their dog Maggie up with them. Sue says we should have kept her when we had for a few months back they were moving. Meantime, here's Jimmy's idea of winter fun.

Well, that's a lot of funds to restock the stash with!

Wow, the black paint looks even better. Nice recovery.

That's quite the purge!

I found it on the Hasegawa website. http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/tf915/ Now to find a shop that carries it.

Found this in the stash. It's an old kit that I don't remember when I started. The biggest hurdle is the decals which are old and yellowed. But I recently found that the decals have been reprinted so now I need to track a set down and maybe this'll see more of the bench. Once some other stuff is done.

Hasegawa makes some tinted foil I believe. They're very thin and have some stretch to them.

That's really is supercool.

I think like Kevin said, thin layers and slowly build up the colour is the best approach. Alclad does a smoke tint as well as other colours.

The heat staining looks great to me. Also, nice recovery from the decals issues.

A pile of parts... ...which led to the legs getting done.

Really nice turret. Super clean and sharp masking on the clear part.