Spitfire Mk. Vc(trop)
Discussion
The motorbike build has stalled. Mainly 'cos Asda has sold out of the card I was using and I'm not heading the 10 miles to the next big one just for some card.
In the mean time, I'm attempting a kit I found on the internet.
Note: I fully intend to purchase several kits from the manufacturer, however I've had no replies to multiple emails yet - and the spitfire is out of print.
Printed out on photo paper (160gsm)
Part 1: Building the seat
Other than the fact some of the parts are numbered in no kind of logical manner,
they are tiny and there are 17 in the seat assembly alone
Seat assembly is <2cm tall, and my headache is significantly bigger. The back of the seat frame is appx 1mm wide, and it's all butt-joints.
Getting them to set square required some inventiveness.
Next up, the cockpit.
In the mean time, I'm attempting a kit I found on the internet.
Note: I fully intend to purchase several kits from the manufacturer, however I've had no replies to multiple emails yet - and the spitfire is out of print.
Printed out on photo paper (160gsm)
Part 1: Building the seat
Other than the fact some of the parts are numbered in no kind of logical manner,
they are tiny and there are 17 in the seat assembly alone
Seat assembly is <2cm tall, and my headache is significantly bigger. The back of the seat frame is appx 1mm wide, and it's all butt-joints.
Getting them to set square required some inventiveness.
Next up, the cockpit.
Eric Mc said:
I'm not saying the colour scheme is wrong but it certainly isn't typical of th colours used in the Med. Spitfire Vs tended to have "Earth/Mid Stone" upper colours.
I wouldn't be surprised if the colours are wrong - they certainly look a bit "Jolly"I'm more interested in building this as a test for his kits - if i'm happy with the result, i'll take a look at the other ones on his list for a more accurate colour scheme.
If I was painting it, id probably do a bit of research, but as a precoloured paper kit, I can't really justify spending the time photoshopping the colours prior to print out on what is effectively a 'test' kit. I hope the retail kits (of which this could well be a badly scanned version of - I know the printer is within spec) would have at least an attempt at historical accuracy.
There is a write up, I assume, with a picture of the pilot, but unfortunately my polish is not good enough
Either way, some of the subframe ahead of the cockpit has been assembled, out of double thickness for strength - pics when I'm back in the orifice
There is a write up, I assume, with a picture of the pilot, but unfortunately my polish is not good enough
Either way, some of the subframe ahead of the cockpit has been assembled, out of double thickness for strength - pics when I'm back in the orifice
Somewhat multi-tasking on this, managed to get a bit done during lunch yesterday, just waited to let the glue set up before taking some pics.
Some progress has been made on the cockpit display - there were two options for this, one with a set of recessed dials, however, cutting out about a dozen 1-2mm dia holes would probably ended up looking ratty, and worse than the flat panel. This was actually the "between" step whilst glue was setting up - the main progress has been on the side.
I'm not happy with the bottles, they're just rolled tubes - I may scratch-build some better ones, depending on how visible they are going to be
There's one more part to be completed and I can sign off on this step (unless I do the bottles again)
Some progress has been made on the cockpit display - there were two options for this, one with a set of recessed dials, however, cutting out about a dozen 1-2mm dia holes would probably ended up looking ratty, and worse than the flat panel. This was actually the "between" step whilst glue was setting up - the main progress has been on the side.
I'm not happy with the bottles, they're just rolled tubes - I may scratch-build some better ones, depending on how visible they are going to be
There's one more part to be completed and I can sign off on this step (unless I do the bottles again)
Minor update. i've completed a few bulkheads and couldnt resist placing them in to see how it was looking. The bulkheads will have the outer skin formed to them more once i've completed the rest of the fiddly bits.
cockpit is nowhere near complete, but it's getting there.
Apologies for the awful pics, the app on my phone has been "upgraded" which seems to affect the macro performance.
the whole section is appx 6cm long.
cockpit is nowhere near complete, but it's getting there.
Apologies for the awful pics, the app on my phone has been "upgraded" which seems to affect the macro performance.
the whole section is appx 6cm long.
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