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I thought I'd stay with a blue theme after my Hurricane and use this GB as an excuse to build this kit which has been hanging about at the bottom of my stash since the kit was released back in 2019 (?). I have a number of aftermarket addons for this kit, some of which may be duplicated due to my "enthusiasm" on it's release based on the fun I had doing the Airfix car door Typhoon not too long before this was released. I also followed Nigel's Modelling Workbench while he was building this kit and bought a couple of resin addons from him as well. While that build was going on, Peter at Airscale released his cockpit additions, so I bought that too. I've also bought the KLP guide to building this, and made notes in the instruction book from Adrian's experience with this model, so hopefully I've avoided some pitfalls. I've made a small start on this by gluing a few bits together in the cockpit, as well as breaking the control column off. Not a difficult fix, but annoying. So far, I've started work on the cockpit floor and rear bulkhead, glued the rudder pedals onto the front bulkhead and put the pilot's pew together. I'll be gluing more bits together before I start splashing paint about, so hopefully by the next update, you'll see a little colour. Cheers, Michael

Many of us have admired the box art on the Airscale Typhoon, remarking particularly how evocative the scene is in conjuring up the feeling of a pilot preparing for an early morning op.: What follows is a recount by a 197 Squadron pilot of one such op., albeit slightly later in the war. The feeling, the routine, the tension and relief no doubt remain the same: P/O Derek Geoffrey Lovell 197 Squadron June 1944 – August 1945 NERO ONE NINE – Just Another Op. This is a first-hand story of a typical operation of a 2nd Tactical Air Force Typhoon Squadron during the winter of 1944/45: A November day in 1944 at Antwerp where our wing of five Typhoon squadrons had been based on a pre-war airport called Deurne in Belgium, since October. The wing had arrived here via Lille after the battle of Normandy. Of the five 146 Typhoon Wing squadrons, four were rocket firing squadrons (193, 257, 263 and 266 squadrons) and one was a specialist dive / low-level ground attack bomber squadron: 197 Squadron – call sign Nero. My call sign was Nero 19. “Mr. Lovell! Mr. Lovell! Mr. Lovell!” Slowly I come out of deep sleep in a nice warm camp bed. “What?” “Mr. Lovell, it’ s half past five, briefing in three-quarters of an hour.” It was Taffy our batman and the call to action. Tumble out of bed, don shirt, thick white sweater, battledress top and trousers, sea boot socks, escape flying boots, gun belt, revolver and silk scarf. Out into the dark, cold, frosty morning and to the mess for early breakfast. Who wants breakfast at this hour in the morning? Stomach and nervous tension say a definite no to porridge, greasy egg and bacon and sawdust-tasting soya sausage. But to a good mug of hot sweet tea? Yes! In saying no to food one is only too aware that one ought to eat in case one gets shot down, taken prisoner and, perhaps, has a long wait for the next meal. Look around the mess to see who else has been called for the first operation of the day. See that I am in good company. The Squadron C.O., B Flight Commander and five of B flight’s old hands, plus me. Not much chatter. So down to the operations tent and briefing. On the blackboard are our eight names under the heading of Nero, two sections of four. Green section is led by the CO. Yellow section, the flight commander. I am yellow three with Paddy behind me as my number two and Jock in front, yellow leader’s number two. Next to the list is a map with the target marked on it – the railway marshalling yards at Utrecht, again. It is where the enemy brings the V2 rockets on their way to the launching sites directed at Antwerp or London. The C.O. briefs us after the intelligence officer explains where the rocket wagons are placed and, importantly, where the anti-aircraft guns (flak) are placed. The attack is to be a dive bombing attack from 8000 feet. Each aircraft carries two 1000lb bombs, one under each wing. We are to approach from the South avoiding the 88mm and 40mm flak sites across the Rhine as best we can. “Check watches, press tit time (engine starting time) in 20 minutes.” We all pile into and onto the C.O.’s jeep, which was designed to seat four not eight, and out to aircraft dispersal. We dismount at the 3-ton truck which acts as the flight sergeant’s office. We each sign for our aircraft. I have OV – S which I consider to be mine. Into the next truck to collect parachute, life jacket (called a mae west), my flying helmet and fireproof gloves. Then out to our aircraft. I hand my chute to one of my mechanics who puts it into my aircraft. Meanwhile I, like the rest, have a “panic pee” near the tail wheel, taking care to avoid the tyre as urine tends to rot the rubber. Then check over the outside of the aircraft, making sure that the main wheel tyres are okay – a burst tyre on take-off can be lethal. Tie up my mae west, clamber up into the cockpit and with the help of the two mechanics, strap myself in, on with helmet and gloves, plug into the radio socket and oxygen. At this point, my engine mechanic hands me another mug of hot sweet tea for a welcome swig to moisten a dry, anticipatory mouth. Up until now, nervous tension has been dominant. That is about to change as I begin the start-up procedure which keeps me busy – and busy I will be – for the next hour or so. Oxygen on; radio on and to the right channel. Check flying controls are moving freely and in the right way. Trim wheel, set propeller pitch fully fine, throttle slightly open, flaps 15 degrees, petrol tanks full and switched on to main tanks, engine primer pumps open and ready, harness tight, oxygen flowing okay, bomb switches off, gun button off, gun sight on. Check time – one minute to go before “press tit” time. Prime engine, switches on, fingers on starter buttons – ready. The seconds tick by. I hear the hiss and coughing roar as the CO starts. Then we all join in. The starter cartridge fires, the prop turns, hesitates, and then continues. Flames and smoke belch out of the exhausts, and the mighty Napier Sabre engine’s 2400 horsepower bursts into life. Press home the primer pumps. Check all instruments are working; set the giro compass against the main compass, set the altimeter, oil pressure okay, brake pressure okay, now we’re ready to go. Wait for the CO to move. There he goes, followed by the rest of green section. Wave the chocks away, thumbs up to the mechanics and I follow yellow one and yellow two. We all zig-zag towards the runway – zig-zagging so as to see ahead around the massive Sabre engine in front of the cockpit. At the end of the runway, we all turn half left, heave back on the stick and open the throttle to test all is well by switching off and on the two magnetos one at a time. The revs don’t drop so all is well. Set 15 degrees of flap, and close the hood. We are ready. "Nero Leader to Bradshaw (flying control) clear to take off?” “Bradshaw to Nero Leader, clear to take off, wind 250 degrees, 15 knots over” “Roger Bradshaw” The CO lines up on the right of the runway with green 2 on his left and slightly behind. The rest of us follow suit – green three right, green four left and so on. There is a mighty roar as the CO opens up to full throttle and off he goes, with green two close by, slowly at first but quickly gathering pace. Half way down the runway they are followed by green 3 and 4 then the rest of us follow. As it gathers speed the Typhoon, in its eagerness to get going, gives the pilot a mighty push from behind. The rumble of the wheels stops, we are airborne. Wheels up – follow yellow one and two as they slowly turn left as we climb away, 200 feet, flaps up. Climbing on course for the target. “Nero aircraft, channel 2” (change of radio frequency to group control) As we climb, we move into battle formation, to sections of four, green on the right, yellow down sun on the left and slightly above. Each section is in two pairs. The leader with his number 2 on one side and 3 and 4 on the other. The aircraft are about 200 feet apart and slightly behind each other, like the fingers on a hand. Eight thousand feet, level out and throttle back to cruising speed. Eyes on swivels, watching out for any enemy aircraft and for flak! Check all instruments are saying what they should say. Check the map to see where we are. Check in the right position on the right of yellow one, 100 yards away and slightly behind his tailplane. There is the river Maas and there is the enemy front line, and here comes the heavy 88mm flak. Big black puffs of smoke, in fours, just in front. There’s another four, closer this time, too close for comfort! “Nero aircraft weave” calls the CO. We all start by varying our height by 2-300 feet, some go up some down, then change. All this to upset the enemy’s radar and the next bursts show way behind and below. It does not always work, but it does this time. The 88 mm flak stops and soon we stop weaving. There ahead is Utrecht and just outside the town the target – the marshalling yards. “Nero aircraft, echelon starboard.” We get to the right of our respective leaders. Yellow section moves to the right of green. And here comes the medium flak, 40mm with red tracer bullets every sixth one hose-piping round the sky. “Uh, oh, redskins”, calls out one of the Nero pilots.” (Don’t worry we have all seen them.) There is the target, to the left and just behind (at 7 o’clock). Check gunsight on, bomb switches on, finger on the release button on the top of the throttle. Gun button on the control column, thumb at the ready. Up goes the starboard wing of the C.O. and over and down he goes in a 60-degree dive. Followed, on the count of three, by the rest of us in turn. Flak is coming up thick and furious; now 20mm flak has joined in, bursting grey puffs all around. The ground is coming up fast. Start firing my four cannons aiming to hit some flak sites. There is a big explosion in front of me – someone is hit and has exploded – a ball of fire tumbles to the ground. 3,000 feet, target in gunsight, ease stick back a bit, 2,500 feet. Bombs away, two clicks and a slight jump as 2000lbs of bombs leave the aircraft. Now pull out of the dive good and hard, nearly black out; full throttle hard left rudder to skid the aircraft to make it a bit more difficult for the flak gunners to hit – I hope. 8,000 feet again, circling left with the rest of the squadron. A quick look below, lots of black smoke and explosions – target well hit. Reform in sections and make for home. Quick count, only seven. Who is missing, green four? Flak has stopped, but still need to keep our eyes open for enemy fighters (“bandits”). There is the Rhine and here comes that 88mm flak again, weave as before. No one hit thank goodness. We are now over friendly territory, so can relax a bit. I always started singing to myself “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine…” We slowly start to descend, 4,000 feet – there’s flak bursting below us. What’s going on? We all look hard. There below us is a VI, a flying bomb or “doodle-bug” on its way to Antwerp and our anti-aircraft doodle-bug screen is after it. Suddenly, there is a big explosion and it is gone, so has the flak. “Nero aircraft, channel one” “Hello Bradshaw, Nero leader approaching from the north” “Roger Nero leader, clear to land. Runway 240, wind 20 knots” “Nero aircraft line astern, go” Each section gets behind its leader and yellow section is on the right. Down we come towards the runway, as we reach the beginning at 300 feet the CO pulls up, going left and on the count of three we each follow in what is called a stream landing. The idea is to get us all down as quickly as possible. Up to 1,000 feet parallel to the runway. Throttle back, radiator flap down, undercarriage down (“clonk, clonk” as the two main wheels lock), and three green lights confirm all three wheels are locked. Propeller pitch fully fine, turning left again now down to 500 feet, left again lining up with the runway. In front, the CO, on the left of the runway, green two to the right and so on. Over the boundary, cut the throttle, touch down, keep straight, don’t run into the one in front. Turn off at the end of the runway. Flaps up, taxi back to dispersal. Waved into position by a mechanic. Stop, brakes on, switch off engine, switch off petrol, radio and oxygen. All is suddenly very quiet. Mechanics on wing:” All O.K.”. ” Engine?” Great”. “Any jammed guns?” “No” “Any flak holes?” “Don’t think so” Undo seat harness, unplug radio, disconnect oxygen, release parachute harness, clamber out. Gather with the rest of the squadron in the centre of a ring of aircraft. Light cigarette. All on a high having survived another op. Tough about green four, direct hit – new bod too, only his third op. It often happens that way. De-brief by an intelligence officer. “Target well hit, big explosions, lots of flak, no enemy aircraft sighted”. Point out the latest flak positions on his map. Return flying gear to truck. Tell Chiefy the Flight Sergeant: “All well with the aircraft thank you”. Wander back to the mess for a much-needed breakfast of porridge, greasy egg, bacon and soya sausage – and more sweet tea! It is still only half past eight. Time to wash and shave. There will probably be another briefing in an hour or so.

My last review of 2025 is now live - and what a kit to end the year with! We take a look at the latest release from airscale: a superlative Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB that combines injection-moulded airframe parts with stunning 3D Printed details. Have fun! Iain

It was never my intention to do a build log of this model but I've been so impressed with the detail that I thought it would be worth sharing. Like others, I was blown away by Tolga's test build and am excited that Peter at Airscale has produced such a high quality kit. Given that there will be undoubtedly many build threads on this kit (Iain's being one such example), I don't intend to go into too much detail but in simple terms, since I now build exclusively in 1/24 scale I approached Peter to enquire whether he would consider producing a 1/24 version of his new 1/32 model - and thankfully for me he agreed to do it as a commission. The downside for me is that there are no decals or IM glazing - although Peter did provide vacform glazing parts for me. My intention is to build it as a RCAF 409 Sqn machine KP-S based at RAF Coleby Grange. On the A15 I regularly pass this old airbase on my visits South to see family and over the years have seen the old control tower slowly decline. I managed to find a small B&W picture of this particular Defiant - which I've had an attempt at colourising: The kit turned up extremely well packaged - and you can see that it is going to be big. Unfortunately for me, right after unboxing it and taking these pictures I suffered a burst appendix (possibly the excitement of getting it?) and I ended up in hospital for a period of time and then at home convalescing... however I'm now on the road to recovery and have managed to start spending a little time at the bench making a start on it: The parts have to be removed very carefully but they clean up easily and once primed and painted look exceptional. Without kit decals, I've used Airscale's RAF instrument decals - and placed these according to the layout defined in one of the technical books I'd purchased to support the build. I found that although the instrument panel fits well, I had to cut out a channel in the backing support in order to slide it into position - this is because it interferes with the side wall mounted parts. The cockpit assembly also fits well - but I had to sand it down at several edge contact points in order to close up the fuselage with the minimum of gaps. My first big mistake - the turret browning's have a lot of supports on them which need to be cut away to free the part. Unfortunately I seemed to have accidently cut the ends of the lower guns off. I will need to replace these. The assembled cockpit sub-assembly. No matter how much dry fitting I did, I couldn't remove this gap - but I'm not overly concerned since the radiator will still fit ok and the gap should be straight forward to fill. That's it for now. I'm enjoying the build and it is testing me because I've never build a 3D kit before. Additionally I've never used vac form and have traditionally been quite happy using decals - but this will require a set of masks to be produced - so it will very much be a learning experience. I do hope to do it justice however. Peter really has produced a first class model and I wish him every success with it. I hope with a passion that he produces other kits to fill the missing voids. Thanks for looking.

A new post on a fairly long running topic by Peter @airscale. If you've been following his post (and who the hell in their right mind wouldn't?) You'll he's now produced the most exquisite Engine and prop build in 3d for his Do17Z project. He even put two test carts in there, one for the engine and another for the prop. We'll I was b*****ed by a French Horn when he asked if I'd build and paint the prototype for display at Telford 🫢 So here we go with my average photography skills. If you're going to Telford, you MUST go and see it in the flesh. The detailing in the printing is just gorgeous. Much better than my dodgy David Bailey impressions can do justice to. Peter sent me the bits cleaned up with his ultrasonic knife (sounds very nasty) and ready primed so the carts were printed as one piece. I'm imagining this as an older engine going into the workshop for an overhaul and a new prp fitting and balancing. The workshop's been busy and the carts have seen some hammer! Just a standard job of silver, chipping fluid (or if you're a devout Yorkshireman, hairspray) and chip away. The little boxes on the engine cart I smartened up with some labels and a few small gauges from the decal box. The prop stand was just beaten up a bit If you look at Peter's original renderings, you'll see how it all goes together but these are the side flaps of the engine cowlings which sit open, gull wing fashion on the finished piece. Again, old engine so I've layered aluminium base metal, overpainted with RLM02 and well worn off. Then oil from leaks etc. Some sooty stains will be going on last. Same with the engine casing which will hold the block and oil cooler Early days with the engine itself. Normally on a radial, I paint it steel and then flood with wash to get the fins showing. This time because of the makeup and detail of the piece, I went the other way. paint black then drybrush the silver over. The detail is so fine it's possible. The fuel lines are the pain in the arse to hand paint yellow, oil lines brown. It's had a sheen of engine oil but is only test fitted together at the minute. The rear in particular needs more work and I'm struggling for good reference pics for whats black, silver etc. so if anyone can help PLEEEZE do. More to come tomorrow hopefully. Peter need it for telford so I'd better get cracking😰

Absolutely delighted to be able to publish a review of Peter Castle's forthcoming Defiant kit - it really is rather good! Our thanks to Peter Castle/Airscale for allowing us to get an early look at this kit and share it here! Tally Ho! Iain

I actually don't like D Day stripes. They ruin the appearance of a nice model. But I have three of Pierre Clostermann's aircraft in my stash and since one of them has these stripes, this seems like a good time to get on with it. I read The Big Show when I was about 15 or 16, and a few more times since. My father was in the Royal Engineers during WW2 and he had previously told me of his days camped outside Caen with the Army trying to dislodge the German forces. He said it was mostly boring, but occassionally not. In his off duty moments, he and some mates would go on the scrounge for something to bolster the rations and they came across this field with and apparently unattended cow. So they milked it daily as fresh milk was rare, only to find one day it had already been milked. Next day, they got up earlier to beat their rivals who, it turned out, was the RAF. It became a race to see who could get to the cow first until Dad and his mates decided this was ridiculous so they took the cow with them. It eventually got left with one of the poorer farmers close to the town in Belgium where he seemed to stay for a while. Clostermann relates exactly the same story in The Big Show. Same place and time, so it's possible I have a slight and distant familial link to this man and subject of this GB. So on to this model. I'm building the Airfix Spitfire Mk.IX for this group build, with a few extras. I have the Xtradecal 1/24 set for this plane, Airscale's PE set for the cockpit, Eduard Brassin fishtail exhausts and a choice of Eduard steel seat belts or HGW cloth jobs. I'm not sure which of these two I'll use and I don't get on with HGW's stuff, but this being the size it is, I'll give them one last go. I made a small start on it today, but it may be slow going as it's very hot right now and it's hard to work on these things when your glasses are sliding down your face. The very first thing I did was to glue in the tail wheel area onto the fuselage. The parts fit quite well, but each has a small gap in different areas. The left half (upside down one in this pic) fits very well on the vertical join against the fuselage but has a gap that will need a dose of Mr Surfacer 500 beneath the tail plane fillet, whereas the right half fits well against the fillet but has a visible gap against the fuselage. But it's easily dealt with, again with some Mr Surfacer. From what I've seen, that about sums up this model. Next I added some parts to the cockpit floor so that I can paint this before too much longer. I'm also drilling out the lightening holes in the fuselage frames. You have to with this size model or it will really stand out. Next, I started assembling the pilot's seat and adding the first of the Airscale enhancements. The kit detail was removed before adding the PE parts., and the whole thing needs a little tidy up before paint. Lastly, I sprayed some Tamiya AS12 over the insides of the fuselage and cockpit sides and floor. If it looks a bit strange, that's because it probably dried to fast in the heat. I hope it will look better once I get the cockpit green sprayed, otherwise it will get done again if we get a cooler day soon. So that's five steps crossed off the instruction book. Only two hundred and thirty nine to go . Cheers, Michael

We take a look at another new 3D printed set in the Airscale Pro range: Bf109 G2/G4 660 X 160 Wheel Set. Have fun! Iain

As a follow-on to yesterdays review of Airscale's new Cockpit Upgrade for the Revell Messerschmitt Bf 109 G2/G4, we take a look at a supplementary set of 3D printed parts, item number 3D32 CD, that replaces and adds detail to the Revell kit's parts. The set provides a highly detailed set of replacement parts for the kit's rudimentary throttle, oxygen control, REVI C12/D Gunsight, Control column and an accurate seat with no moulded belts. Take a look here: Some incredibly fine printing work! Iain

We take a look at the latest from Airscale's 'PRO' range - this time a comprehensive set of additions for the Revell 109G2/G4. More to follow! Have fun, Iain

We have what is now the BBFM's MK356 Spitfire LF Mk.IXe as she hopefully would have looked the day before D-Day. LF meant she had the Merlin 66 fitted and was used as a ground attack plane. She was attached to the RCAF Squadron 443 Build wise, it's a superb plane. The fit is stupendous, if a little TOO tight in places and for £95 the level of detail is superb. I've modified her to an E wing although I'm sure Airfix will bring out an E wing variant in time for Christmas maybe. Lots of extra pipes etc on the engine which is a bit bare TBH and the E wing conversion kit Aerocraft. Sven at 1ManArmy was superb in helping me get a mask for her serial number and his masks for the kit in general are without equal in my opinion. Peter at Airscale as ever provided the cockpit detail. Link to the build is here. Thanks for looking and blue skies to all.

We take a look at a new cockpit set from Airscale for the long-awaited Trumpeter 1:32 Douglas Devastator: this set will add a huge amount to what comes with the kit! Iain

Last item for review this evening from Airscale's collection of enhancements for Trumpeter's new Devastator: wing fold. Iain

As a follow on to Airscale's 1:24 Spitfire Mk.IX cockpit for the Airfix kit, we take a look at the matching RAF Sutton QK Seatbelt Harness. Iain

And another new 3D Printed set for the Devastator from Airscale: a set of twin Brownings. Iain

Another set from the hugely talented Peter Castle's Airscale range for the Trumpeter Devastator - in this case a beautiful set of early wheels. Iain

OK, the Hellcat is off to its new home and the bench is cleared for a commission build of a 1/32 HK Avro Lancaster Type 464 in Operation Chastise mode. Have to be honest, the box picture is more exciting than the opening of the box. The well documented poor HK packing was evident but everything was thankfully in one piece. Two nice instruction books, one for the standard MkI/III build and another with the special bits for the Dambuster build. Also a nice little extra a little book called "Rad Shutters Auto" by Stuart Reid, a former BBMF pilot. Nice little touch. The failings of this kit are well documented but, I love a challenge and it was the only option really. My client wanted a Dambuster aircraft and, of course, the Border model is a ferrari against a ford in their base state but there are no Border Lancs about at the moment and God knows when or if a 617 squadron one will come along. With lots of work, reshaping, scratch building, tons of research, ( I'm about 30 hours of research in already and still only sorting out cockpit layout, there's a brilliant kit to be built. The floor for the pilot's seat has to go, it's way too high and misshapen. Pilots seat is very poor but a resin one from Resin 2 Detail is in the post and the IP is frankly, disgusting for a £300+ kit. Thank the Lord for Peter and Airscale. Their IP arrived today and, as ever, it's superb. Also got one of his new branch out of seatbelts for the pilot's seat, they look more RB than HGW. I'll get that made up tomorrow. The eyes will suffer for that one! Spot the deliberate mistake BTW? I've gone and ordered the Sutton harness in 1/24 instead of 1/32 Still, it'll be fine for the new spitfire in the autumn So today, the horrid box construction that the pilots seat sits on has gone, I'll reuse some of it for height but it needs a total reshaping before that. The engineers panel has been filed smooth ready for the Airscale PE plate. I've removed the two little star shaped knobs first though for further use. Go in through the back with a ball cutter and they just pop out. Thanks to Nigel at Nigel's modelling bench for that one. Used it on the Hellcat too. I've made up the pilot's seat too just to get a feel for the fit and hardness of the plastic although I won't be using it. That's about it for now, got a trip to Lincoln at the weekend and maybe a detour to look at a Lancaster.........

So while I’m waiting on replacement IP decals for my F4 phantom I decided to start on my Hornet. My buddy over in Louisville and I have been looking at these and got a great deal from the LHS! So we bought a pair and we’re gonna work them together although I will be a little slower ha ha i’ve had a picture of the digital camo from the 100th anniversary of Naval aviation in my albums forever and this is a great chance to go ahead and try and do this. It’s gonna be all about the paint as usual for me and I’m going to be doing it with thousands and thousands of rectangles all done in Tamiya tape in order to come up with this pattern! So I won’t bore you with a lot of details but I will try and catch the intricate assembly steps for a couple of the quirks in assembling this kit. here’s the kit on the shelf at the LHS with my buddy’s working on the cockpit of course this week. It’s a nice little subassembly that I felt like I could do in between other things. I’m doing everything pretty much out of the box maybe just a little ad here or there but nothing major. For instance I added some Tamiya tape straps here to accentuate the photo etch seatbelts but that’s almost the only thing I added in the cockpit except that safe latch on the right side of each seat. when I was working on my aircraft carrier I bought some 60 mash flour sifters in order to use for screens and vents. I was looking at the seats in the Burt Kinsey book and thought hey, I have another use for those… and here’s where I’m at today. I used glazes on the seatbelts to try and get a little bit of depth to the color. I used Bondek to make the glass for the instrument panel. Some air scale decals to add to what came with the kit and a lot of little detail painting to close it out. and that concludes the cockpit walk around for this week! Now I rambled on about this cockpit and I didn’t really show you a picture of what that title really means so here’s a teaser, probably for the end of the summer

So in keeping with the GB's theme I've going along with a duel build/s. First up is Revell's Spitfire IXc along with the normal am etc. I'm attempting to build it as a little dio as per these photo's I have a resin pilot thats pretty close to the first photo and should work well? Its also a chance to have the flaps down and displayed and I have a set in the stash! It also helps that I wont have to worry about the undercarriage, which is my least liked job of any build For my second build its Hasegawa's Fw 190A-8 again with a bundle of am. for this one it will be a scheme I found on an aeromaster sheet in 48th, and found reference (although no actual photos exist) in Luftwaffe's last hope book (along with the Spit). Again this was a downed plane so may well do another little dio. Yesterday I started on the pe for the flaps... 3 hours work but looking good? Aaron