This all started when my "friends" at Squadron offered the famous 1/72 Airfix DH.88 Comet Racer kit on sale for $3 each. I'd never built one of these, so I ordered three.
Of course, it wasn't until
after I placed the order that I started doing a little research. As this sprue shot shows, calling this kit "basic" is far too kind:
However, the famously soft Airfix plastic was easy to work with and I had this built in only a couple of hours. I started by clipping the wings and the nose. I added a spare prop, exhausts, a Spitfire intake and a pair of lovely spats from a Henschel Hs 126. The kit decals were used except for the "London to New Zealand Air Race" placards which were left over from an old Vickers Viscount. The entire project from start to finish took me three days.
I had a blast playing along with this GB and I want to thank Mr Tomcat for taking on the job of moderating it. I leave you with one last shot of G-SPAT showing off those lovely, streamlined spats!
Brian da Basher