Alex K
... seriously?! 😛 👍 👍

Robert Podkoński
Great model and fantastic presentation, Gorby!

gorby
Thanks very much Alex & Robert. 🙂

S M
Wow nicely done! And without decals?! Amazing masking skills!

Moreno Baruffini
Absolutely astonishing!!!

gorby
Thanks S M & Moreno for your nice comments. Yes it was a bit of a masking challenge. Fortunately I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes masking.

Neuling
Beautiful model in cool presentation! And thanks for the link to brexitmodeller.

gorby
Thanks very much Neuling. 👍
Incidentally Brexitmodeller changed its name to All Scale Modeller, unfortunately the links still show the old name. Also, the old name was nothing to do with Britain leaving Europe, it was supposed to be a joke about splitting from Britmodeller, which sort of back-fired.

Guy Rump
Unusual and lovely build. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Neat build Sir 👍 The 'camo' catches the eye

Spanjaard
fantastic job gorby, excellent mersu

Spanjaard
wait a second.... hand made masking in 1/72?? wow, amazing!!

gorby
Thanks for your comments mates, I'm glad you like it. 🙂

I've added some photos of how I made the masks.

Alec K
An excellent build and even more excellent saga with the retro Spit build. Congratulations on winning the prize btw! I could not stomach burning my build for ANY reason (likely due to the fact that when I did it as a kid in our kitchen and left a greasy black spot on the ceiling, I have received a commensurate reprimand). I like your mask cutting setup, seems very effective 👍

gorby
Thanks Alec. 👍
I had to torch the Spit Alec, it was Starfix so it was asking for it. 😄

Rando
I did similar masking on a 1/72 Lightning! Also loved doing it, very satisfying when it turns out as beautiful as this plane. What a cool design.

gorby
Thanks Rando. 👍

Djordje Nikolic
Me like it! 🙂 Great job!

Neil
Lovely work! Much patience, perseverance and I suspect 1/72 'chequered' eyesight was undertaken to gain such a deserved result.👏👍

Michael Kohl
Love it.

gorby
Thanks very much Djordje, Neil & Michael I'm glad you like it. 🙂

Vincent
Great work on the scheme. Very impressive painting result!!!

Bernd Grün
Very nice build and outstanding paint and mask job! Congrats, mate. 👌👍👌

gorby
Thanks Vincent & Bernd and for the people who have clicked 'like'.
It did make me wonder if it would be possible to do the same in 1/144.
Maybe I should be sectioned for my own good. 😄

Spanjaard
only one way of knowing my dear gorby 😉

gorby
😄 😄 😄
I think I'll wait a while to see if I can get over that particular madness. 😉