Looking fantastic. My late Dad was in the Fleet Air Arm too. He was a fitter/mechanic about the same time as your father just as the war was ending. He worked on the Seafires and Seafurys etc.

Incredible attention to detail. I cant think of any easier way and get the same effect.

Seeing your detailing blows me away, at 61 yrs old I (after too many ciders) bought this kit, also the Airscale belts and cockpit photo etch to go with it the last time building kits was in my teens, also got airbrush, compressor, & spray booth, wish me luck

I'm impressed! Very nice!

That is obsessive, but the end result is totally realistic, so much better than the plastic. I have been fascinated by your videos of the silver Spitfire, the metal foiling, the cockpit detail. All amazing. Thank you so much. Nick.

I am a watchmaker, and if I was making these I would use a combination of your ideas. One, machine the bullet shape in the lathe, cut off slightly long, and Two, use a metal jig like yours to trim to length. Its quicker if the hole in the jig is a bit oversize, as the finished part falls out on its own. The ammo belt is great. Thanks for sharing

Spectacular result, small as they are, those will make a huge difference to the end result!!

I HAVE A TIP FOR YOU!! Ink pad for rubber stamps and a tiny brush with alcohol for your ID hash on tiny metal parts. It will be semi opaque and at scale. It's Britain. I am sure the red ink is a little more expensive these days than the black. (please laugh) This is one of my favorite series on anything, ever. Your attention to every tiny bit. We are the same age, by the way. It is a good place to be for this sort of work. My 30 year old models have excellent exteriors with shaded metalizer panels, but the internal detail look like a 30 year old kid had a date that night. Cheers, Richard!

Very good work ,they look great 👍.

I should add....any lathe will do this job..it does not have to be a watchmakers lathe. But it will be more comfortable on a 3 inch Unimat than on a 15 inch monster!

Great bit of detail, just wondering, re painting the tips and how the sharpie was rubbing off, what about Mr Hobby or similar etch primer? Brush it on the tips and then use the sharpie. Works for painting PE?

Detailing at its best , can I ask what micro drill you use ? Regards Fred hope you don’t mind me asking as I’m struggling to find a decent one

Instead of cutting two different lengths of brass rod why not just cut the correct total length of the shell required from the thicker brass rod and turn the smaller end down to the diameter required then round off the end.

There are supererb resin 3d printed option out there on sale now, beats all this work fir no real benifut

Well mate, you’ve done an amazing job with this effort. I’m continually surprised by the ingenuity of modellers on KZfaq when they’re backed into a corner, so to speak. 10/10 here I reckon. As for painting of them, and this’ll probably sound tired to you it now, but get yourself an airbrush. You don’t have to spend a lot of money, the Fengda 183k is almost identical to the Iwata Ecliose. While I do have an Eclipse and have used if for years. Though they’re as good as £200 a pop now - whereas the Fengda FE-183 KIT is £30 box of magic that has at least one BETTER feature than the Iwata!! (The nozzle section is one piece rather than two awkward ones). I thought it’d be crap for £30 but they’re anything but crap, and if you really want to keep it cheap, with a bit of fettling they can be run of a blood pressure meter or a cheapo electric car tyre pump… Tge layers are so thin that they don’t leave tricky marks. Everything becomes so much easier with an airbrush and when I started with ‘em back when tellies were black and white, they even made a bit of an artist out of me because I found it so simple to use. Anyway, amazing work, you’ve definitely earned one more subscriber for your efforts…. me. :) :) Sorry for the essay. I just think what I say above will enhance your abilities to the point you’ll wonder how you ever managed without one. That’s how confident I am in the things :)