Again, thanks for the encouraging words on the Spitfire. Have to say though that browsing around the net I'm staggered at the quality of some of the modelling even at 1/72 scale... me, I'm not exactly time-rich and I don't think I'll get into the extreme detailing/weathering side of it too seriously, I'm happy to crank out a 1/72 two or three weeks and if it's a reasonable representation of the original it'll do fir me. (Wouldn't mind knowing how to do that thing where the lines between the panels are darker though...)
I've got a Mustang on the go now, my wife thinks I've gone nuts, think after that I'm going to sum up the nerve to have a go at something a bit bigger, probably a Stuka. Haven't the neck to take on the Lancaster just yet...
BTW I'm using entirely Revell, simply because I have Revell paints... though I did pick up an Airfix Kittyhawk yesterday and was shocked at the difference between it and Revell kits... really poor I think, strange as in the UK at least Airfix is "the" name for model kits.