Gamera  I think your Spit came out fantastic, 

Lost, that S.5 is coming along great, you may not make the deadline but I am looking forward to seeing the finished model.

Bish, my build was an Eduard 1/72 Mk. IXe. Thanks again for hosting this one.

Thanks guys! Guess I'm annoyed that the beginning went so well and then things seemed to fall apart in the end. The camo and white leading edge ID markings really scared me but they went off like clockwork. I don't think I've ever had camo masking go down without some overspray or seepage. And then I got the issues with the decals and the canopy. In any case I still have the other two sets of decals and intend to build a couple more Aussie Spits sometime in the future.

I really do want to figure out what happened to the canopy though before I tackle the gigantic greenhouse canopy on the JU-188 however.

Piers I guess we are our own worst critics- the S.5 looks beautiful to me. The blue and silver look perfectly smooth and flawless from here. Good luck with the floats, I hate trying to mate up parts where there's no points to indicate where stuff goes.

Built kit list now updated, some very nice kits there guys. Great looking lineup of Spitfires and love the Invincible.

Yes Jake, i'll be having nightmatres involving that damn plane.

JB, i didn't add that second kit to the roster, i know its Eduard, can you confirm scale and mark please.

Tony, LA, those are coming on nicely, look forward to seeing them done.

68, thats a real shame. But if you do sort out the missing part, i hope you will post the end result here a well.

End of year check-in - and I didn't complete mine.

Harold, cracking job on the Mk II, great paintwork.

Robert the Invincible does look super, magnificent job.

JB, super work on the great looking Israeli scheme.

Cliff, the Mk VIII looks great, hope mine is as good when I get to it.

Tony, keep at it, great start nearly there.

The S.5 has been a slow burn and is not finished. I am getting to the painful part now. The painting and decals are done, next it is time for the floats to go on. With no positive mating points, I will need to build a rig to get it all aligned properly. This could take a bit of work

The blue is a bit dark, it should be the same colour as the blue in the roundel.

Well done everyone who finished on time, I will get to the end of S.5 at some point soonish...

Gamera

Is she perfect- nope... Is she done- yeap, pretty much... I had fits with the decals, probably my fault. I bought three sets and liked a set twenty-thirty years old the best so I used them. I probably wouldn't have the same issue if I'd used one of the newer sets. The canopy just messed up. Not sure what happened there. It's just stuff all over it, looks dirty. Anyway I'm glad it's over and ready to move on to another kit...

Your experience with decals reminds me to test any decals I'm not familiar with because they can be old or poor quality.

Harold

Nice Spitfires, Gamera and JB!

Robert, great job with the carrier.  That deck really draws the attention.

And more Spitfires over the finish line.  Excellent renderings both Gamara and JB.  

Bish may have trouble falling asleep tonight...

regards,

Jack

Thanks Gary, you're too kind! 

Gamera,

That's an excellent Spit.  I like it. 

Gary

JBRaider

Robert that CV came out really nice, I especially like the finish on the deck. Great job on the your first Spitfire Harold, definately one to be proud of.   I finished up mine with a couple of days to spare. The Eduard kits are fantastic and I am looking forward to doing another.

Harold

Is she perfect- nope... 

Is she done- yeap, pretty much... 

I had fits with the decals, probably my fault. I bought three sets and liked a set twenty-thirty years old the best so I used them. I probably wouldn't have the same issue if I'd used one of the newer sets. 

The canopy just messed up. Not sure what happened there. It's just stuff all over it, looks dirty. 

Anyway I'm glad it's over and ready to move on to another kit... 

Some of the decals silvered, the ones of the lower side the worst. Maybe I'll back and try to fix them. I just wanted this posted first. 

I think the ANZAC pilot came out better than the plane... 

68GT: Even if you don't make the deadline please keep going on her. Good luck on finding the upper wing, just found the clear parts sprue of mine last night with about forty-eight hours left to go... 

Well I havnt made much progress since my last post in here but I'm bowing out.  Lots of things got in the way this past year and I misplaced the upper right wing.

Maybe I'll find it and finish up in the RAAF GB.

Tony: She looks good!

JBRaider: WOW! That looks awesome! I've got to do an Israeli Spit now! Great job!

My Spit is about 99.99% done. I found a missing clear parts sprue last night and just need to add the gunsight and the navigation light behind the cockpit. Sorry, I took some photos last night but don't have the right USB cable to plug into the work PC and don't want to log into Google mail here on the work machine. Cross your fingers I'll have the final photos in before the deadline tomorrow.

Robert that CV came out really nice, I especially like the finish on the deck.

Great job on the your first Spitfire Harold, definately one to be proud of.

I finished up mine with a couple of days to spare. The Eduard kits are fantastic and I am looking forward to doing another.

Thanks for running this GB Bish

taxtp

I've got the dark earth down last night. Dark green will go on later today.

Cheers

Tony

 

Harold

I've got the dark earth down last night. Dark green will go on later today.

Cheers

Tony

Robert: Great job!!! Fine work you did on her!

Tony: I'm crossing my fingers for you. Everything looks good so far!

GAF

Harold> For not a airplane guy, that turned out splendidly.

Cheers Gary.

Harold

Harold> For not a airplane guy, that turned out splendidly.

Robert> The Invincible looks like you could take her to sea.  That's a nice model!

Tony> Good luck on finishing by the end of the year.  You and me both! 

Well done to all of you!

Gary

Glamdring

Harold, the plane turned out great.  Whenever I get around to building a Spitfire some day, I hope it looks 1/10th as good as that one.

The Invincible had a top speed of 28-knots presumably with all four boilers online. So during flight operations she would need to have one boiler power the catapult and turn her bow into the wind and launch aircraft up in the air with aid of a ramp. Very clever design indeed.

Harold

Harold, the plane turned out great.  Whenever I get around to building a Spitfire some day, I hope it looks 1/10th as good as that one.

I am calling the Invincible done.  Testing out my new photobooth to finally get some uncluttered views, even if it is a tad small for the project:

taxtp

Your Spitfire looks fantastic Harold, well done.

Harold

Your Spitfire looks fantastic Harold, well done.

Here is an update to mine, colour is on the underside. I'm still trying to finish it this year !

Cheers

Tony

Gamera

That's beautiful Harold you did a great job on her! 

 

Harold

That's beautiful Harold you did a great job on her! 

Bish

You may indeed, well earned.

jeaton01

Looks great, Harold, nice job.

 

Harold

Sergeant

 

 

Bish

Thats a cracking looking Spit harold ( not often i say that ). Been a pleasure following the build and all the great info being shared.

I am going to spend some time tomorrow catching up on the GB's and getting rosters/final pics updated.

 

 

 

 

Thank you Bish... May I display a Supermarine GB badge?

 

 

You may indeed, well earned.

Looks great, Harold, nice job.