Hi Rick.
I built this from the Top Flite Gold edition kit. Retracts are Robart 605s with struts and dave brown wheels. I made my own radiators because I didn't like the shape of the kit ones, too boxy. I also skinned the ailerons because the Mk IV has metal covered ailerons. I added a hatch where the radio hatch is located on the Spit. It's hinged using a couple of dubro hinges, held shut with a catch made of a plastic tube and a small epoxy lump on the frame. I mounted a rare earth magnet in the hatch so I can open it with almost any metal tool. The exhaust stack was made by creating a model of one stack using modeling clay. I then made a silicon mold and cast resin parts. I then hollowed them out, mounted them on a strip of styrene, cut out the original stacks and mounted the replacements. I made a detachable chin scoop by shaping it out of florest foam, then fiberglassing over it and then removing the foam. It's held on with rare earth magnets and removed for flight (it covers the exhaust pipe and exhaust fan). The plane is glassed with .7 oz glass and West Systems epoxy. I used Duplicolor primers for filling the weave and making surface details. The Panel lines were made with 1/64" chart tape and primer for the butt joints and masking tape and primer for the lap joints. The rivets are 'burned-in' using a small brass tube mounted to the tip of an iron (I used the Top Flite trim iron). The paint was airbrushed latex exterior house paint color matched from a book I found that had all the Brittish color chips. The scheme is MK732 painted as H-25 of the RNAF cerca 1950. The markings and weathering are done with Humbrol and Model Masters paints. It's all clearcoated using a satin waterbased polyurethane. The cockpit was scratch built, and the pilot is from Century Jets. All up weight is 10 lbs 10 oz. There's some photo in my gallery, and I made a number of posts in Tubig's TF Spitfire Build thread during construction. This was my first scale build.

Scott