Bill Gilman Hi mates, this is my little side project that I'll be building in-between the big sub-assemblies on the 1:32 Tamiya Spitfire. There are not a lot of kits for the Attacker, and this one is probably the best injection kit. CMR make a resin kit, but I don't think it's up to the same level of quality as their latest Scimitar, Buccaneer, or Sea Venom beauties. Anyway, the AZ Attacker kit is not without its faults, and I'll be fixing them as I go along. I decided to tart up the kit with some Airwaves photoetch, which may need to be modified since it was designed for the Frog kit. But then, Airwaves PE doesn't always fit the kit it was designed for, so maybe it will work out OK! Enjoy the photos - Cheers, Bill

Alec K Looking great so far Bill. And a bear of a kit it appears...

Ekki Watching.

Roberto Rocat Beautiful. Bravo.

Martin o awesome work. this album is a pleasure

Bernhard Pethe Great model, clean work!

Gerald Willing

bughunter Bill, Congratulation to this model! This is not my topic, but what you have created out of this resin cast blocks is unbelievable I was not aware of this jet, until Greg want to ask Tim to ban us, so we have to sync our update in future Thanks Greg for the hint!

Eugen P. Awesome Bucc

Bill Gilman Thanks mates! I'm think I'm starting to get the hang of building these model kits.

Mike Daniels Gorgeouossss. Well done mate. What a fab kit. What a great job. Thats gone on the wishlist!

Bill Gilman Thanks, Bill. The photos you've gathered support what I've learned about Mk.IX headrests. I have a copy of an article called "Five to Nine" with describes in detail the differences between the Mk.V and the Mk.IX. As we all know, the IX was originally derived from the Vc, and quite a few of the early IX's were Vc conversions. These seem to be the ones with headrests. In June 1942, Mod 662 deleted the headrest on all marks. Tamiya are right by not including a headrest. Now, why there seemed to be two different sizes of headrests on the earlier marks is unknown to me. Maybe a difference between Supermarine and Castle Bromwich builds?

Roberto Rocat Great progress, I'm following

Rui S Wooh, I'm in

Bill Gilman More photos! The main components of the fuselage are now together. The fit of the parts is extraordinary. At this point, I may have a go at the engine as that's going to be a major project all on its own. Cheers, Bill

Treehugger Looks like fun! I've slowly built up a desire go have a go at some 1:32 scale kit.

Bart Goesaert Nice work, separate covers and no inner detail... what about the aftermarket industry? but then the lowered borders to mount these plates on could be less deep and have the mounting holes provided...

Holger Kranich Hey uncle Bill, what do i see here? 1:32? And such a nice one ? I´ll take a seat and make it myself comfortable!

Bill Spargo Wonderful to watch a master builder in action, the model is looking great Bill. Well done, so much to learn from your build, thanks.