Louis, thank you!

The Lysander has a large wingspan 50 ft- some 15 ft greater than that of the early spitfires, while their length was very similar (around 30ft). It is very noticeable looking at the kit parts. The same was true of The Storch. I'm a little disappointed by the lack of leading edge wing slats in the kit - although looking at photographs some seem not to have them (perhaps just closed) - the photo you posted from 1939/40 in France certainly does. It may be the variant - I am researching this. Although this photo doesn't show it, some came with a long ladder attached to allow the observer/gunner to get in and out - I guess when you are flying slowly drag reduction is not so much of a concern!

Thanks Tom. I know it wasn’t originally an Eduard kit, but inclusion of those slats would have made a heck of a difference to this model.

Sorry to hear about the computer... I had it happen to me before, as have most of us that use these blasted things... But man they sure are nice when they work properly. It's almost a necessity to have one if you are to survive in a "modern" world. Everything is online now days.

My favorite place is here... 🙂

Lizzy is looking great, and your phone takes some nice pictures if this is how you're posting them. I'm particularly impressed with the instrument panel. It looks very realistic.

Looking forward to the next installment, and some Spitfire and Hurricane updates... 🙂

Good luck with the computer problems.

Paul, you have made some great progress ! In particular I really like how the engine has turned out... It looks as if you somehow managed to shrink down a full sized version 48 times !

The various metallic finishes look outstanding as well...

I remember a time about a year ago when we lost power and internet service for over a week during the aftermath of a hurricane. It was living back to the basics. It was nice in some ways, but horrible in others. Things we take for granted, like clean running water, air conditioning and a refrigerator are what you miss most during times like this. The internet and TV would have been considered luxuries... nice to have but not necessary.

I have found out during my multiple builds that you can get bogged down. This happens to me normally later in the game when you have multiple planes and all are painted differently like I had with the F6F Hellcats during the "Year of the Cat" GB. The parts where they are similar like painting the cockpits actually seemed to fly by.

I'm hoping the same goes for us during our current endeavors...

I'll be looking forward to the next installment... well done !

OK, after what seems an eternity here is an update. The framework that makes up the cockpit is built and painted, and some photo etch parts included in the profipack have been used to give the whole thing a bit of a boost. The fuselage interior walls have been painted interior green (Mr Paint). Once the cement has dried I will put a very thin wash over some of the recess lines , but I am generally inclined to move on and close the fuselage around this framework. I have some metal gun barrels to upgrade the kit MGs but will add that assembly towards the end to avoid damaging it or having to paint around it.

Here some different angles of what I have been up to (phone cam so not perfect).

Thanks Louis, most of it will still be visible as you say - build should go a little faster now that the 'detail' part is done - however the canopy looks 'interesting' - more later on this...

This may seem like another ‘glacial’ post but it is probably important if you are going to build this Lizzie. The support for the wings and the canopy sides are a tight fit. Given that it is a pair of stand alone clear parts - glued to other clear parts - care needs to be taken.

Above all however I’d suggest building the wings up before any of this construction takes place and making sure they fit well by sliding the support part into place.

For this to occur for me the wings needed a little filing and this was much better done before the support piece was put in place.

I managed to get a few hours at the bench today - a rarity at the moment!

Firstly I cut out a gun bay - the Airfix kit offers the option to pose the bays open, so I decided that on one side I'd give it a go.

Then I primed various parts of the hurricane cockpit - and painted them using Mr Paint RAF interior green.

Next I used Alclad lacquers on the Lysander and the Hurricane.

The cockpit was mostly painted with 'Airframe aluminium' - in this photo the difference between the two Alclad lacquers is fairly obvious!

Hopefully time will allow me to construct the Hurricane cockpit through this week...