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Thanks for that Max, I was following progress on this one and the Canadian one but lost my way a bit. https://www.typhoonlegacy.com/ Cheers Dennis

That looks great, the NMF and the weathering look right just to me. Cheers Dennis

That looks great, at least you have the photos of the interior and have spent some enjoyable time researching, assembling, and painting everything. Great work. Cheers Dennis

Going back a lot of years (2011) I built an Aeropoxy Yak 3 and painted the markings, I got the masks from Mal at Miracle paint masks, the fuselage side masks were one piece. Masking applied White sections removed and white airbrushed White masking replaced and red sections removed and red airbrushed, after masking the flash. And the result, I was impatient and pulled some paint off before it had dried. The same method was applied to the underwing stars, but I did not take photos of that process.. A quick edit here is a photo I found with the wing stars in progress, white first, mask replaced then red sections removed and red sprayed. This meant minimum mask removal and replacement. Cheers Dennis

Great build that Mike, hope mine turns out half as nice as that one, I'm using photos of yours for reference. Cheers Dennis

Looks great, I must build one of those, the last time I built that subject was the ancient Revell kit. Cheers Dennis

Nice, I love the look of the XII the best of both Spitfire worlds, early and late, I built one using the Paragon XII conversion and a Hasegawa Mk. V and it is one of my favourites. A modern converision using the Tamiya kit would look spectacular. Cheers Dennis

Nice to see it standing up. Cheers Dennis

Not a C202 but I built a 21st Century C205 a long time ago, and enjoyed the build I had to replace the kit wheels as they are way too small and as mentioned the decals are superb. I also built their Me109 and Stuka and also enjoyed the builds, Tamiya they are not but they do polish up nice. Kev built one and the build thread is somewhere here on LSP but I cannot find it. Found a photo in my files though. Cheers Dennis

I am not the greatest with model aerial wires but will try and help, there will be an expert around some time soon. Usually the aerial cable goes through a hole in the canopy to the radio equipment in the cockpit. Here is a thread from way back on the subject of P51D's aerial wires Heres another on Fw190's from Britmodeller, though I am not very up on Luftwaffe subjects. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235077586-aerial-cable-droop-in-bulged-canopy-fockes/ If you are using CA on clear parts make sure that you use Klear (or equivalent) on them to prevent fogging. I use this stuff for my aerial wires, I did use stretchy thread but over time it sags. I know aerial wires on RAF aircraft were stainless steel so if I do paint them I use some kind of silver paint. Aerial wires are not my favourite thing but I try. Here is my latest effort in progress, I drilled a hole in the aerial mast and glued a length of thread into it, previously in the build I had drilled the fin and inserted a piece of plastic strip with a hole drilled into it. Just visible in the picture is a small tube which is not really accurate but gives a bit of interest, it should be a spring, the mast was then glued in with CA, the thread passsed through the attachment point on the fin, tightened and glued with CA and the excess thread cut off. This was the result. You can also us CA and accelerant to affix the thread, put a spot of CA where you want the thread to attach and dip the end of the thread into some accelerator this gives an instant bond. Cheers Dennis

I thought that I would just to inject a bit of "Edgar" into the discussion, Posted 25 April 2010 - 08:43 PM On the door 23-1-42; before that (3-2-41) beside the seat (right side,) and it could have been plain steel, bronze green, or black, never red (until post-war.) Edgar Posted 25 April 2010 - 09:54 PM It was retro-fitted, to all Marks, but not until those dates. Edgar The crowbar's an odd one; stowage was supplied from February, 1941, but the bar wasn't actually fitted until November. I haven't figured that one out, yet. Quite right about the colour(s,) too. An ex-pilot told me that, during the war, he'd seen them black, green, silver, but never red. H & S again, I suppose. Wot 'e sed, though it's felt that painted ones were more likely to be bronze green, since they were bought in, not manufactured on site. There is anecdotal evidence of an occasional black one, too. Red seems to have been a fairly early post-war manifestation of "Elfin Safety," not just in rebuilds. Edgar Cheers Dennis

The Italeri C200 is a great idea as it may spur the AM market to help with my PCM C200 build! Cheers Dennis

All part of the fun and very satisfying. Cheers Dennis

Thanks for that, all now on backorder at Hannants. Cheers Dennis

Nice one Rich, Max is spot on sometimes AM is not necessary. Yahu is also my go to IP supplier, I have just got a nice delivery from Mr Hannants of 5 Yahu pieces of kit for future projects. It's great that your dental P47 is still with you, pretty amazing. Cheers Dennis

I always have some on my birthday and Christmas "wish list" so far I have 11 of them on the shelf above my head. The Hurricane one was especially helpful when I was building my PCM fabric wing Hurricane. Cheers Dennis

Building up nicely, looks very neat. Cheers Dennis

Hi Max, I had to shorten the tail wheel on mine, I very roughly did this against a scale drawing. Cheers Dennis

The other problem I have with EV's is battery degradation over the years, would you trust a second or third hand EV, I would be very dubiuous. As to hydrogen I have worked with hydrogen for nearly 40 years on oil refineries and commisioned a new HMU at my last refinery. Hydrogen has to be treated with respect it is dangerous, hydrogen atoms are small and will leak through metal walls in pipe lines, also the metal walls can become brittle. The explosive range for hydrogen is very wide, the lower explosive limit (LEL) for H2 is 4% in air and the upper limit (UEL) is 77%, for petrol (gasoline) the figures are 1.4 to 7.6% quite a difference. Cheers Dennis

Likes it, well done Cheers Dennis

Superb, makes me want to build one. Cheers Dennis

Looking every inch a Hurricane, nearly there now. Cheers Dennis

Very impressive start. Cheers Dennis

Nasty stuff Mike, I have spent my time in A&E and it's not much of a rewarding experience. Get well soon. Cheers Dennis

Happy birthday and best wished from me. Cheers Dennis