This is my very first highly detailed build. I have got almost all addons to this kit, available on the market.

I have got brassin cockpit, engine, gun bays, photoetched flaps, metal canons and masks.

I want to put this all together to get beautiful Spitfire of one of our most famous pilots - Tomas Vybiral. The choice was easy - it is czechoslovak pilot, born in Slovakia and he was flying for some time in Nitra, where I currently live.

I started with very nice cockpit, I have just added few wires and nothing else is needed from my point of view.

I will only add more wires on upper sides in cockpit, which are not made from brassin, so details level is lower there.

Painting:

1. airbrush - green -> dark shade -> light shade -> light gray to make higher contrast.

2. brush - painting details with Vallejo collors.

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I'd venture to say the after-market goodies cost way more than the kit itself (by the way, which kit is it?). And I agree with David (twice)...that Avenger was excellent!

Well, I won some big discount. Therefore it was a bit cheaper. It was still 2x as much as the kit, cca 70 Eur in total. Kit is Eduard overtrees.

You just don't see enough 110's - can't wait to see what you do with that!

Cockpit is almost done, I took few pictures before closing. Brassin cockpit is truly amazing, it looks full of details, and from some distance it is very hard to believe it is not a live thing 🙂
I have just to add seat belts and gyro gunsight and that's it.
I will also cut off the engine part of the fuselage before getting it together - it would be easier to cut it off now.

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For sure it came to my mind 🙂 I am not decided yet, we will see. Here the cockpit is half open and many things you can see even after the build is finished.

Beautiful Merlin, Martin!

I've been looking forward to that Zerstörer for a while and hoping to see it on your bench soon. As I've said before, it's actually a classic aircraft that you rarely see built (especially here). I think the Merlin looks great, more like 32 than 48.