It seems strange to read a build log of yours where there is only one plane taking shape, Louis! The underside colour looks stunning - it would sit well next to the Spits! A real ‘RAF through the 30 and 40s’ tutorial going on here!

The daffy looks beautiful, Louis!

Louis, your BP is looking like a very solid build, I mean, the surface is smooth with no imperfections to be seem. The brown paint is also just right, revealing the panel lines. I often read people opinion, say less enthusiastic about Airfix panel engraving,, complaining abut being to wide and deep. Your photo is a fine proof that this is not so. It has the right depth for weathering ( oils, panel washers, etc).
Those AM wheels look great by the way

Thanks guys, you're too kind with the compliments.

I'm very happy with how it has been turning out. I need to wet sand a small area not too far from the wing to fuselage joint. The paint puddled just a little there and it didn't flow out as it dried.

I'm going to start masking the turret clear parts and the camouflage patterns in a little while.

Hopefully later tonight I will spray paint on the Dark Green.

Here's a picture of the aftermarket wheels.

I never posted a photo of these after I painted them. The shade Dull Aluminum of Bare Metal Foil was used for the center hubs. These are not really this shiny in appearance. The light was hitting them just right when I took the photo.

After the paint had dried on the "Tyre", I took a white colored pencil and highlighted the "DUNLOP" and "AEROPLANE" logos...

I agree, this was a worthwhile investment to upgrade the kit supplied wheels.

Thanks again for looking and I hope to have another update soon.

As usual,
"Comments are encouraged" 🙂

All looking very smooth and sharp, Louis. As Paul says, though, it’s strange to see just one aircraft on the bench. I’m very impressed - as usual.

As mentioned above, today was a good one for "Daffy"...

A good portion of the day was used with masking off the camouflage pattern on the upper surfaces.

I borrowed a trick from another Imodeler friend Rick Wilkes. He enlightened me with using this low tack poster material that can be used to create a form of a soft edge when spraying. You simply roll the stuff on a glass surface into little "snakes" then press the adhesive putty on the surface in the pattern you want.

Then it's simply a matter of filling in the areas that you don't want painted using masking tape. Once you're happy with how things look, you can begin spraying on the next color.

In this case I used Model Master enamels RAF Dark Green. I simply sprayed the areas that were left uncovered...

Once the paint had dried sufficiently, I removed the masking. It took me about 5 minutes to remove the work that took me several hours to accomplish... but I'm very pleased with the results.

Here's how "Daffy" looks right now. You can see the soft edge where the two colors meet.

The undersides were also unmasked, revealing the "Sky" color beneath. The hard edges will need a little touch up work, but overall this is a major step forward today...

Next steps will include masking off the turret glass and main canopy in preparation for spraying. The whole airframe will also receive a coat or two of Future, to give the decals a nice shiny surface to settle down on...

Getting closer, and the two Hurricanes will receive the same treatment very soon. (Hopefully tomorrow).

Meanwhile, as the paint is drying, the PRU Spitfire is flying cover for Daffy...

Thanks for looking, and as always,
"Comments are encouraged".

Good night

Thanks Paul for the kind words... The photo call is going to take some thought. It may end up being done in several photos instead of one single picture. Any thoughts or suggestions ?

I have not been able to get much done on these builds due to various other "Life" duties at the moment.

But I did get a few clear coats of "Future" sprayed on some planes in preparation for the decals.

So here's how Daffy looks at the moment. I'll wait a few days, and then it will be time for some "stickers"...

as always,
Comments are encouraged.

Thanks David ! I apologize for the late reply... I just noticed your response.

Newest update... Daffy has stickers.

and there's a bunch of little stencil decals included too... You can see the underwing round panel lock stencils here...and the "trestle wing here" as well as the "Mooring location", etc. .

I decided to use the gas detection panel, and the wing walk stripe.

Now I'm going to let it sit for a day or so before I spray on some clear matt finish to seal the decals.

If things go well, I may have this one wrapped up soon. I am very pleased with how the kit decals worked. They settled down well. The only place I needed to use decal solvent was on the rudder / fin flash. I wanted to ensure they met at the front of the fin. The decals kept wanting to stay apart at this seam. With a little coaxing, I managed to get them to join at the front.

Two years in the making... since I was awarded this kit so kindly by Martin and his staff.

as usual,
Comments are encouraged.

Thanks for looking.

Man! you sure make some beautiful looking aircraft.