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Beautiful work Steve, she's stunning!

Thanks gents! She was rather tickled 🙂

Sock Scheme? "What's that young Kiwi up to now?" I hear you ask. Well, one day last year my wife Sam was out shopping and happened upon a pair of socks with planes on that she thought I'd quite like: My first thought was "That looks like a Wildcat!" Second thought was "I wonder how it would look on a model..." Sam got me the 1/72 Airfix F4F-4 Wildcat model for Christmas here's the result. She loves it!

I did, and the build looks beautiful so far - no hint of the troubles you've had!

Airfix has announced a brand-new Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc kit in 1/24 scale, consisting of 433 parts! Box art: CAD: Markings options: With this and the previously announced Kotare Models 1/32 Mk.Ia I predict an expensive but happy year for Spitfire modellers!

She's looking gorgeous!

I had a blast building one of these (CAF Ghost Squadron boxing) as an 18yo, it was great fun and I too was impressed with the details. I'm excited to see yours progress!

And here I am, just wanting a state-of-the-art YF-12A in 1/72! Great pics and discussion, folks.

That comes through with your attention to detail - it's stirring my dormant desire to build one of my own!

Me too. Love the Venom, very excited to see this kit!

Steve, I checked on this thread early on when you were gathering info and as I didn't have anything to contribute. Now I see the fantastic work you're doing - the MFDs look incredible! - and I regret only coming back to it now. Great work!

I'm sorry to hear you were so ill Dave, I'm glad to see you well enough to build. This is such a remarkable build and I can't say how excited I am to see it completed.

I'm very, very curious! I have that book on my Must Read list.

Beautiful job on a rather little bird!

That is such a great idea. Bravo MiniArt!