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- JohnRatzenberger
- Why is he so confused ?
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- lancfan
- Avro's Rivet Rhapsodizer
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Here we are at last, Spitfire time! I have five builds planned- three aircraft from the BBMF and two wartime machines, plans aside if I can get them all built in time will just be a case of time telling the tale.
David.
David.
David.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
If you forget the past, you may lose the future.
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Yay!
I'm planning on two builds - both of which from two prominent Spitfire-related films: Battle of Britain and Dark Blue World.
If I've got time, I might do a third - we shall see!
I'm planning on two builds - both of which from two prominent Spitfire-related films: Battle of Britain and Dark Blue World.
If I've got time, I might do a third - we shall see!
Daren
Half-assed Spitfire builder!
Half-assed Spitfire builder!
- splash
- Senior Service Rotorhead
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I'm in with an Airfix 1/24 MkI
Splash
Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
- Molly-new
- Modelling Gent and Scholar
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I will be starting with an Airfx Mk IX as flown by Wing Commander J E "Johnny" Johnson, followed by a Heller Mk IX (for which I have a cunning plan relating to my Museum Group Build if time allows).
Airfix WWII Aircraft Of The Aces.
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- BlohmWolf
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I will build my mk.1, airfix Aircraft of the Aces pack special!
But no airbrush means that Ill have to wait until later April in order to paint it up. So sorry if my progress is a litte slow.
But no airbrush means that Ill have to wait until later April in order to paint it up. So sorry if my progress is a litte slow.
"Can not finish a model at all"
"You can get more of what you want, with a kind word and a wallet, than just a kind word".
Currently Building: FROG Wildcat, Fokker DR1 Red baron and some other things...
"You can get more of what you want, with a kind word and a wallet, than just a kind word".
Currently Building: FROG Wildcat, Fokker DR1 Red baron and some other things...
- TobyC
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Having just got 4 Hobbyboss Vbs tropics off ebay for under a tenner I think I'd better build some of them
Enjoyment over accuracy. That's my motto
- JohnRatzenberger
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I was thinking about doing the Airfix 1/72 Mk.Ia -- both the old- and new-tool in comparison -- but the more probable choice is the new-tool Mk.I/IIa, something in a nice black & white underside with a 2-blade prop.
I have several decal sheets to work from.
I probably will not make much of a start until the 2nd week ....
I have several decal sheets to work from.
I probably will not make much of a start until the 2nd week ....
John Ratzenberger
It's my model and I'll do what I want with it.
It's my model and I'll do what I want with it.
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I am in with the 1/48 Airfix Spit Mk XII. My personal favorite Spitty. My other two GB's will go bust I am afraid but I have a desire with this one.
Besting 60 years of mediocre building of average kits in the stand off scale
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My pair will be a Hasegawa 1/72 Mk.I and a KP Mk.IX/XVI. I have not yet decided on the configuration of the Mk.I or the paint scheme of either model, but the KP will be from some RCAF unit. It depends in part on whether some elderly decals prove to be usable.
August
August
A good model is any model you can walk away from.
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I'm in with a 1/48th Airfix / Otaki / Arii Spitfire Mk VIII to be completed as a USAAF machine in MTO markings. I have various bits (inc. fuselage and gun-barrels) left over from my stalled 1/48th T.IX build so I may try a bit of cross-kitting.
I would love to follow up with a 1/72nd Hasegawa HF.VII as this is a major gap in my collection but, realistically, I'm unlikely to get round to it. I'd also like to do an Airfix 1/72nd Spitfire Mk IX as a PR.XI with the Freightdog conversion. Oh, and I've got a 'Joypack' threesome of AZ Models Mk IXs that really need to be built.
regards,
Martin
I would love to follow up with a 1/72nd Hasegawa HF.VII as this is a major gap in my collection but, realistically, I'm unlikely to get round to it. I'd also like to do an Airfix 1/72nd Spitfire Mk IX as a PR.XI with the Freightdog conversion. Oh, and I've got a 'Joypack' threesome of AZ Models Mk IXs that really need to be built.
regards,
Martin
- AndrewR
- In the basement lab
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You're going to need canopies, new props and build the undercarriage doors then...TobyC wrote:Having just got 4 Hobbyboss Vbs tropics off ebay for under a tenner I think I'd better build some of them
I am swamped with real life (tm) at the moment and may not be able to build in this GB. I do have a Mk22 and a Mk II (LR) lined up if the planets come into alignment unexpectedly!
Cheers
Andrew
Up in the Great White North
- bromo
- On a long, long journey
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I will be starting a 1/48 Spitfire Mk 1b or 11b using the Airfix Mk1.1a,11a and the Vb wing from the Airfix Mk Vc kit and Techmod decals I say starting because I always start but never seem to finish
BEEN A WHILE
- splash
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How can you use a Vb wing from a Vc kit?bromo wrote:I will be starting a 1/48 Spitfire Mk 1b or 11b using the Airfix Mk1.1a,11a and the Vb wing from the Airfix Mk Vc kit and Techmod decals I say starting because I always start but never seem to finish
This sounds interesting I like to see cross kitting, I will watch with interest.
Regards Splash
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Have just acquired a pair of Italeri Spitfire Vb kits, I might have a crack at one of these as well, if I have time...!
Daren
Half-assed Spitfire builder!
Half-assed Spitfire builder!