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Probably average 2 a year, all 1/32 scale of course.

Who’s assuming that?

I'm really sorry to read that you consider it a "ball ache" that you can't be bothered with Nick, I'd always thought the WiP section in particular was the core of LSP, perhaps I've been mistaken.

I don’t recall saying that anything was wrong with collecting unbuilt kits, merely speculating. Each to their own, but I do get pissed off with the perennial wish list cropping up at every opportunity, and yes I do choose to not read those threads once I see the direction in which they are heading.

ALL of my photos Mike are taken with an ipad, not a difficult task.

How many people do we have on this site I wonder who really are “modellers”, as opposed to “collectors”, dreamers” or whatever? There is a hard core who post WiPs and subsequently RFIs, but an awful lot who don’t.

How quickly a thread wanders from the OP’s original and, as usual, develops into yet another boring wishlist.

On closer examination of the port fuselage framework, there's an item there which I'm sure is the throttle quadrant! I don't recall putting it there (but I may have! ) or the previous owner may have. Anyway, no need to scratch one. The cockpit construction is tricky so I hope these pics will help any future builders who may stumble across this. Firstly, correction of the misalignment of the firewall and side frame spigots: Then a careful step by step build up, checking and dry fitting frequently because anything part not correctly fitted will have a knock on effect: It’s not at all clear in the instructions where and how the heel bar/rudder pedal assembly goes, I had to amputate a little to get it to fit where I think it should be: View from below: It fits well into the fuselage: But when the two fuselage halves are zipped up, how much will be seen? Not a great deal!

Masks + spraying need special attention and tlc on ribbed surfaces but you’ve cracked it Denis!

Thanks Mike, yes indeed but about as far north Dorset as you can go compared to Warmwell being as far south! Same skies though.

Thanks Guy. I have to credit Derek Stevenson’s super book as added inspiration, he writes with such candour, clarity, even perhaps naivety about his nervousness and trepidation as a new pilot, something that you don’t often find in autobiographies about these young men who were eager to “do their bit”. That’s always the aim when a build is started, so I’ll take that Rich….thanks a bunch! Nuff sed. Glad you enjoyed my journey Dennis….caring and sharing eh? The camera never lies Chris! The background is actually Compton Abbas airfield, a photograph that I took some years ago and had enlarged to A1 size as a backdrop. CA now owned by Guy Ritchie the film director who lives locally and as of last year a new operating base for AeroLegends doing Spitfire flights. Big airshow of vintage planes in August for which I have tickets! Thanks Matt. Just putting the model on a shelf or in a display case always seems a bit of an anticlimax afterwards, but there’s always the next one to build! Must admit I’m quietly pleased with how it all turned out Mike, just love them Hurris!

No idea what a Waky is, sorry.

Tally-ho!

John Stambaugh and Juggernaut, hope you both have a wonderful birthday chaps!

Here is Derek Stevenson's Hurribomber (IIB) which in the summer of 1942 was based at Warmwell, near the south coast of Dorset. The props/spinner are by AIMS, the fishtail exhausts by Grey Matters, the parachute by True Details, the wheels by CMK, the outer Browning machine guns by Air Master and most importantly the 250lb bombs and carriers by Tim Perry (ex Flying Start Models)....otherwise OOB! Great kit, very easy pleasant build. Build thread is here. BE687 was lost during the operation code named "Jubilee" attacking the Dieppe area:

Yes and no. I think my “stash”, I prefer the word “collection” is well short of 30 kits, and those I add must be “must haves”, like the Kotare Hurricane will be, but I find it immensely frustrating that I probably won’t get round to building them all. My fingers are itching to start my Grebe, my Fury and other biplanes that I have, but a couple of Hurricanes and a Typhoon are priorities. So the waiting list sits there goading me!

That’s just ridiculous!!

Actually Dennis I’m hoping not to go overboard with detail on the Tiffie, as you will know it’s pretty difficult to see much inside the cockpit especially with it being mostly black on black. But we’ll see!

Get the party lights shining on that CR42! Hope you have a wonderful day.

Good idea to bring the link over to LSP Pete, the website is a fantastic resource for research. It enables me to trace the history of the Hurricanes which finally ended up at the Rhodesian Air Training Group.

Loving both the Spit and the Jag William!

Wow!

OK, Hurricane IIB finished so time for a change with my Tiffie. The first task to update myself with the cockpit and what goes where, only to discover that one piece is missing, the throttle quadrant on the port side. The instructions are of no use in helping with an idea of what needs scratch-building, but the following pics give me enough info: this is one refurbished for the JetAge museum: and in situ: Another cockpit view: and in the Pilot's Notes: I enjoy carving lumps of resin "sprue" so I just need to get an idea of size then see what can be done. Just behind the throttle sits the trim wheel, useful pic from JetAge again:

Congratulations on a fine looking build Rich, looks every inch a P47 to me. Minor setbacks like missing bits are just a day to day part of the modeller's life and scratch-building replacements isn't too hard if you give it all enough thought and preparation.