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Due from HPH in 1/32nd scale. Big model, but big price too - £834 in the UK !!! More images can be found on Hannant's website.

The Shamrock Spitfire.

Those PzIII and Stug conversions are very convincing. Built on British FV432 APC or Abbot SPG chassis.

The question is "How the **** !"

Yep, the one released around 2013 or 15. Overall, it's quite good, but there are some errors, probably due to being modelled from a restored aircraft. The prop spinner is slightly odd, the ailerons are the wrong type (metal-covered, rather than fabric), and the oil cooler fairing is the Mk.V...

That Spit, from 72 Sqn based at Acklington in Northumberland, is going to be the subject for my Revell 1/32nd scale kit, which I'd hoped to enter into this GB. Doubt I'll have the time though, as I'll be back and forth from Norfolk from next week until the end of September, and the B-24 project...

I usually use the thin tissue paper that covers most decal sheets. Paint it, cut to size, and fix in place with PVA. Let it partly set, then either depress where the gun port holes are, or rip it open and then smoke stain as required.

And spiders ?

The inside of the doors, and the wheels, seem to be white, which is odd. But if this is a "colourised" image, then that could explain it. However, there is evidence of what might be overspray on the tyre, so perhaps ? Agree the slipper tank is MSG.

Neatly done Steph.

Nice paint job Bill !

Thanks, Vic and Ralph. Another good idea, especially for the door, as so many Spit models are spoiled by the door being at the wrong angle when open.

Looking good. Two questions - first, is there a separate clear part yet to be fitted for the armoured windscreen? Second, what on earth are those two "lumps" on the outside of the door ? I've never seen them on any Spitfire.

Tamiya or Hasegawa ?

The seat could be the red-brown composite type, and I've seen these in airworthy restored Spits, but more likely the metal version, painted in the grey green colour. These eventually replaced the composite seat, and were often retro-fitted to later Marks, as engine power increased, due to...