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Well, these really float my boat 1:32 PZL P.11 1:32 Fokker DXXI 1:32 Yak 9 1:32 Lavotchkin La5 Cheers Dennis

Great build, just love Hurricanes Cheers Dennis

That's a shame I didn't know it was a V, but it saves me some cash, I will have to wait for Special Hobby to come up with the goods. Cheers Dennis

Fisher kits are usually way outside of my financial comfort zone but I would make a special effort to build a BPF Firefly Cheers Dennis

I started smoking when I was about 16 years old, and thoroughly enjoyed it, back then everyone I knew smoked, you could smoke on buses, at the cinema, in restaurants, on aircraft, just about anywhere that you wanted too. When I started work I worked in an oil refinery, the rules were simple you could only smoke in designated areas, not a great hardship but it cut down the number of ciggies that you could smoke. Fast forward quite a few years and early retirement is looming, the places that you can smoke are now severly restricted, we are living abroad and the cost of cigarettes is not that much, but back in the UK cigarettes now cost a fortune, my wife decides that when we return to the UK and I retire we must try to pack it in, for financial and health reasons. When we returned to the UK, we renovated the whole house, and bought a new car, we decided that we would not smoke inside the house or the car, this alone must have reduced the amount that we smoked and set us up for the attempt to pack the habit in, plus my wife hates the smell of stale gigarette smoke. I was not convinced though as I really enjoyed smoking, and over the years I used smoke breaks to sort out all sorts of problems at work and at home, my wife was a dedicated smoker who smoked more than I did (20 per day for me 30 for her) so the plan was that she would give up first and then if she was successful I would give it a go, as I did not want to give up this sounded good to me. My wife's first attempt at packing it in lasted 4 hours, in fact I lasted longer than her ! But not daunted by this my wife then enrolled us with the local NHS "smoking nurse" who talked us through several options, the route that we chose was using Champix tablets, so once again my wife made the first attempt, despite short feelings of nausea she persevered and in Feb 2009 she suceeded and it was my turn. I have always thought that to give up you really have to want too, so I was not very confident as I did not really want to pack it in, but it worked, and in June 2009 I completed the course and have not smoked since, and do not intend to again. The key thing for us was getting professional help, over the years I had tried a few times to break the habit but failed, with the help of the "smoking" it worked very easily for both of us. Cheers Dennis

I must admit that when I lived in Sydney I got most of my kits from either Hannants or Squadron, I did buy some stuff locally but most of it came from these two sources. Cheers Den

Hi Kev, Hobbycraft kits are back in the UK they are available from Hannants, here's some info http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=8051&code=&product_type_id=&scale_id=953&keyword_search=&setPerPage=25&currency_id= http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234933514-hobbycraft-132-scale-kits/?hl=hobbycraft Cheers Den

If you are after paint masks try Mal at Miracle Paint Masks I use his masks all the time, he's very helpful. http://www.freewebs.com/miraclemasks/ Cheers Dennis

And a Yak 3, that's three kits (Yak, Tempest and G50) for me to buy this year (hopefully), things are truly looking up. Cheers Dennis

Pacific Coast Models made kits of both of these aircraft I don't know wether they are still available though. Cheers Den

Great news that's two kits that I can buy in 2013 ! Cheers Den

I've been waiting for a 1/32 scale Tempest for years, so this is great news and will enable me to spend some money at last. Cheers Den

Nice work, like a lot of people I have one of those in the loft waiting it's turn, so I will be watching closely Cheers Den

Fantastic job, love the weathering Cheers Dennis

Nice job on a nice kit of a very underated subject, good work. Cheers Den

Absolutely stunning work, hopefully one day I will be that good ! Cheers Den

Looking good, the Hasagawa Hellcat is a great kit. Cheers Den

Hi there, a while ago I built a BPF Corsair and Wildcat, I took it that the cockpit colours would be "as built", I used the Techmod BPF decals and did have one of the large wing markings break but a bit more care and a spare sheet and they went on fine. What spurred me on was a couple of fine articles on the BPF in Model Aircraft Monthly (Aug/Sept 2005) Cheers Den

Fantastic work there, paint, weathering, subject matter, all top notch. Cheers Den

If it is the FAA Corsair (Royal Navy) then it has the clipped wings already. Cheers Den

Now that is real class, great job. Cheers Den

Great job of recycling, feels good when you look at the result. Cheers Den

That looiks really nice, braver man than I to tackle that paint job free hand ! Cheers Den

I have absolutely no interest in a 335 or 163, and will not be buying either, however I am very happy for the people who will be pleased by their release, after all I do have my Tamiya Spitfire and PCM Hurricane. So this time it is other people's turn to be excited, they will probably look on with dismay when I am enthusing about the new Hawker Tempest, Gladiator, Fulmer and Firefly that will one day be released. Cheers Den

I'm not an expert on Luftwaffe stuff but it looks great to me Cheers Den