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Got the cockpit assembled The Tamiya pilot figure is looking a bit cramped but I suppose that's to be expected

I tried the ICM version of Spirit of Kent a few years ago. That was my first encounter with the nightmare that are ICM decals. What a pain. Then I go an cut the door open like a non-pressurized Spit. Still happy with the color though. Yours is looking great.

I leave mine out on the table since I'm constantly using it for holding parts for painting. Not exactly sure which brand your using but I use UhuTac.

What was the PITA part? I think the whole blue-tac worm camo thing is kind of fun. If the painful part was the tape/putty interaction, that I can see. I get around that by ONLY using putty and doing it section by section like this: Looks great by the way.

Most of the cockpit parts are ready to go Painted RAF cockpit green (or at least my custom mix of Tamiya paints) Went with the decal for the IP rather than drybrushing. It will be a closed cockpit with a pilot figure so there will be little to see.

Got bored and made a spreadsheet looking at GB participation over the past decade plus. Year with most GB's in one year: 2008 (19) Year with most topics (or threads) per GB: 2005 (there was one GB with nearly 700 topics created !!!) Year with most replies to topics: 2005 (unsurprisingly) But here was the interesting stat. A high reply to topic ratio means that individual threads are followed by lots of people, there is a conversation going on, or somebody just posts a lot of WIP pics. While it looks like the number of GBs, topics, and replies have gone down over the years, the ratio of re

All the cockpit parts are off the sprues and ready for painting Preshading done:

Cool! I've been wanting to try that kit. Are you going to build it with one or more wings bent?

Thanks! I'm hoping the next kit goes a little faster. Want to leave plenty of time for the Tamiya 1/32 that I've been hoarding since it came out.

First things first Why would anybody make a 1/32 kit box end-open? Fixed - little scotch tape, some modifications, and....top-opening This kit has the thickest sprues I have ever seen: I very rarely bother with figures but if I'm going with an in-flight pose, an empty cockpit would look kinda funny. The Revell kit doesn't come with a pilot figure so I grabbed one from the Tamiya Mk IX (hope to start that in about a month).

Round two: Revell 1/32 Mk II While I love the lines of the Mk II, I've never liked the green and brown camo so this one will be an in-flight build with a what-if paint scheme.

Eduard 1/48 Mk IXe, Johnny Johnson "beer ferry"

Finished ! For the most part a big thumbs up to the kit. Awesome surface detail, excellent decals, and this being my first Royal Class Eduard kit, just love all of the extras (PE, canopy masks, beer glass, etc). When I get around to doing the other Mk IX from the kit I probably will get the aftermarket cowling. Might be the only downside of the kit from my perspective. More pics in the completed thread. On to the 1/32 Revell What-If-Style

Get your paint yet? For one of my ICM Spits I wound up doing what you described, not because I planned to but because the front section was so poorly fitting that it was just easier to leave off the cowlings.

I've actually never just completely given up on a kit, but if it's as frustrating as you say, maybe better to just pick up another kit and forget the headache.

Is the top engine cowling acceptable? Tried as I might mines still shows the seam line if you look JUST right. Grr.

Underside is complete: landing gear, bomb racks, beer kegs, bottom signal lamp, IFF whip antenna, pitot tube, slipper tank hooks....

Interest in hisotry Planes are cool looking Need to do something 'real' after spending all day making pixels and 1s and 0s dance about.

Beer kegs are ready

Nicely done ! Another completed kit and another entry for the raffle. Will you be doing another Spit before September?

The final fiddly bits: Beer kegs are painted and ready for final detailing:

Nicely done WW - please post in the Completed Builds thread and consider yourself officially entered in the raffle. As it stands right now you have a 100% chance of winning since there are only two completed builds and only two prizes to be won.

Sludge wash of burnt umber: Wiped off and went over everything with a super thin post shading of Tamiya smoke + red + brown + black: Just need to finish up some subassemblies (namely the beer kegs) and I'll be ready to flat coat and move on to the NEXT Spit ! For that one I think I will do my first what-if / radical / creative paint scheme. Never done anything but realistic Spits. One of my favorite models that I've made was a P-38 for my son to play with:

Decals done. Time to seal it up and do some weathering