Outstanding. I learned so much from your “dry filling” techniques. As a beginner I appreciate your patience with followers like me. Thank you. EBD.

Nice to follow this new project with your advices and your great expertise 🙏

Great start Steve, I'm looking forward to seeing the detail painting of the cockpit.

I know there’s a ton of talk about a lack of an engine. Personally, I’m fine with that… two reasons, 1 I’m thankful that Kotaire was born from the old Wingnut wings crew and at the end of the day it’s a business and they have to start somewhere with probably a tight budget. 2, that fit is sublime! I can’t wait to get cracking on my build of it! Thank you Steve for another great review and build!

Great part one; I'm hooked. The straightforward assembly process must be a pleasant respite from the photoetch intensity of the Bismarck.

Hi Steve, this is goingbto be a great build to watch, so far you have done a great job and I look forward to the next update, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍

im loving watching your build amazing ,thank you so much for sharing .

Thank you for part 1 looking forward to starting mine soon

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed your process of building.

Off to a great start, Really looking forward to this series.

Based on the build sequence on this kit so far Mr Steve, I will definitely be ordering one for a future build. I need to finish up all my unfinished projects before I start a new one. I learn something new from you on every build of yours.

Great start Steve, looks like an interesting kit.

I see Kotare as the "Pheonix that risen from the ashes", and they have the potential to be far greater then Wingnuts, for one they are free from the personal demands of Sir Pete and can therefore make subjects that aren't vanity projects.

Love it! I just received my 1/48 Eduard Spitfire Mk1a as I watched this. Now I'm wanting a bigger one...lol.

Great start! The detail looks better than the Tamiya Mk VIII I have in my stash, and with a lot fewer parts! If the fit of the cockpit parts are any indication, the rest of the build is going to be almost filler free. Looking forward to the next upload! Thanks again!

Looks fantastic and I can’t wait for mine to arrive at my supplier in uk

Good start Steve, great fit, I am waiting for the 1939 early to be released with two blade prop. Should be a good addition the cabinet...........👌

New Project- great!!!

G'day mate, yet again your giving us a master class in model building! I do have 1 suggestion and a question, firstly, when you drilled out the holes in the frame, why did you give them a swipe with some extra thin cement? Secondly, my suggestion, for those annoying ejector pin marks, I punch out some disks from styrene, as close to the diameter and depth of the holes. Then I give them a tiny bit of filler to blend them in, and therefore don't have to worry about "shrinkage" :)

great work on the cockpit,pity they couldn,t use the merlin from the defunct lancaster ,thats if it was the right engine

Reference your query on the position of the rudder pedals. I’m sure I read somewhere that spitfires were parked with a rudder input. I think you’ll find the rudder assembly will be off centre to match the pedals.

There is a modeler who put it together wiyjout glue and you couldnt tell. Lol. He took it apart. Amazing fit.

Just a heads up Steve; I watched another detailed build and the addition of the colour coat did seem to have an effect on the fit, particularly around the area of the rear frames. Removing the paint on the contact edges did the trick.

Hope you are going to install the rigging. Would be god to follow that along, also the HGW harness assembly.

Fantastic kit, fantastic fit. Even though it's only the cockpit the engineering shows. Does Kotare give the diameter for the control cables? If so will you use Easy Line or fine copper wire. Keep up the great work.

thanks for reply, there both in the border model kit merlin and packard

I wonder if the later LG retraction motor is already included in the kit. Late Mk1s and all follow up had this...

22:25 I think a seperate engine(in the kit or sold seperately) next to the plane would be a good compromise...

I'm on the fence with this one, I just don't like that there's no engine, and even if there was, I'd have the satisfaction of knowing I built it and it's hidden behind the cowls... I think I'd still consider the Airfix 1/24th scale over this one.

Steve, do we know why Wing Nut Wings failed? Was it to do with personality clashes?

Are you going to review the engine - the inconic _Merlin_ engine in part 2? You reviewed only the first 117 kit parts here. Surely, you'll review all the rest - must be hundreds more! - in part 2 as well?

Even if there was an engine included in the kit it would still be too expensive for me. Looks like a nice kit though.

Glad I didn't buy it. If I cocked up a kit with perfect fit I'd never be able to live it down!