Since Max is mad on kits I thought I would add a post about my Spitfire kit collection.
I started collecting when I was 14 years old and now have 147 kits of which I have built around 30, the original idea being to give me something to do when I would have more time, like in retirement, if my eyes and hands are still up to it. The old kits that I have built are now looking a bit shabby as the decals are drying out and peeling off and the plastic is becoming brittle and small parts break easily. So I have started replacing some of the old kits with new ones.
Recently I started using some new builds to make photographic prints. I photograph the kit in front of a hand painted sky as a backdrop. I do this outside so that the light of the subject and of the background is the same. This helps to 'integrate' the aircraft kit with the background. I use a fan off camera to rotate the propellers and it is quite difficult to get the rotation speed right as I take shots with a long aperture opening in order to get the depth of field that I need. With each print I research and make short videos about the individual aircraft histories which I make available to customers who purchase my prints via my private YouTube channel.
Below is a list of the kits that I have built (coded B) and have yet to build (coded C)
Kit collection for EAF.pdf
In my search for kits of Spitfires there are still lots that I do not have, notably from Czech Master Resin, the difficulty being that many are limited edition production runs, so if any of you have some un-built boxed kits that are not in the list I would be interested to buy them.
@Max The Revell 1:48 scale MkV that you built was from a standard kit or did you adapt it from another kit ? I have not found a reference to this kit.