Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club Forum
Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: kiwichappers on April 24, 2020, 01:32:27 PM
-
Just begun one of the new tool Airfix Spitfire Mk I/Ia/IIa kits. It's all sweetness and light so far with options to build virtually any early Spitfire Mk.
-
So far so good
Chris
-
What scale is this one Francis? It's going to be a beauty anyway, but just curious.
-
It's 48th scale, my usual scale for building Spitfires. Bit more progress today the starboard side cockpit wall.
-
Hi Francis, nice to see you posting on here.
-
Thanks Dave, I'll endeavour to uphold the high standards of the site. but don't be alarmed if there's the odd slip in standards.
-
Hi Francis good to see what you are doing - looking at my models you have no problem upholding the standard (very low in my case)
-
Hi Francis,
Great to have you back posting again.
Can I ask a question?
Were certain instruments on British aircraft outlined in blue, yellow and red just like the Luftwaffe aircraft?
Never seen this highlighted before.
Cheers,
Bigkev
-
Hi Francis bought one of these at Bolton, the last show we attend as a club seems such a long time ago, it was quite cheap, I’ll watch an expert build before I mess mine up.
Cheers
Bob c
-
It's looking good Francis.
Where are we going to display all these models when this pandemic is over?
We'll have to have WEEKLY Club meetings to fit them all in!
Biggles
-
Hi Francis,
Great to have you back posting again.
Can I ask a question?
Were certain instruments on British aircraft outlined in blue, yellow and red just like the Luftwaffe aircraft?
Never seen this highlighted before.
Cheers,
Bigkev
Thanks for the welcome everybody. Now then Kevin, the gauges with the coloured bezels are suffering a bit from modellers licence in that the rings around are not as fine as I like them to be, hence their overly prominent appearance. They are all engine management gauges for temperatures and pressures and their appearance seems to vary from no colour through to my gaudy effort here.
-
Hi Kiwichappers,
Thanks for the update. I know that I use some artistic licence sometimes, especially when reference material is hard to locate.
But, it looks very nice mate, so please continue to lavish us with this build.
Cheers,
Bigkev
-
Fuselage closed up earlier today and I'm now on with sorting out the wings.
-
Sad, all that great work will hardly be seen, but at least we know its there.
-
Hi Francis,
Thanks for letting me know about the instruments.
I think it will still be visible if we/they look closely enough.
Great build,
more please!
Bigkev
-
Really good detail Francis.
Keep up the good work.
Andy.
-
Lovely work Francis. I have always enjoyed your finished kits so it's a treat to see how they get there.
-
Can anybody see a photo of a Bf 109F?
Biggles
/Users/neil/Downloads/Galland's Bf 109F model photos/IPMS Galland - 02web.jpg
-
What is Biggles up too? Anyway here's progress today. All flying surfaces fitted and faired in with a gentle sand and polish. Canopy masking done and the airframe ready for priming later this evening.
-
Looking good Francis.
Bob c
-
Excellent work.
-
Can anybody see a photo of a Bf 109F?
Biggles
/Users/neil/Downloads/Galland's Bf 109F model photos/IPMS Galland - 02web.jpg
Biggles,
No
Bigkev
-
Trying again...
Biggles
-
See it only took two attempts. Hurricanes look well. Nice diorama, well done Biggles.
-
See it only took two attempts. Hurricanes look well. Nice diorama, well done Biggles.
If at first you don't succeed...………………...give up.
Well done that man.
-
Anyway before I got highjacked by Biggles intrusion I was about to post todays up date on the Spitfire. Here it is just out of the spray shop painted in the delicious but elusive late 1940 'Sky Blue'. It'll disappear now for a couple of days for the paint to properly dry out.
-
Don't worry Francis Biggles tries to take over everything - now he can post photos just think what he will get up to ???!!!???
Other than him taking over the Spit is looking good.
-
Looking good. I'm just about to start reading Bruce Robertson's 'Spitfire - The Story of a Famous Fighter' covers everything from development through all the marks and has lots of photos as well serial numbers and profiles.
-
Looking good Francis
-
Here we go with the decaling. So far so good all have settled down without having to resort to the hair dryer.
-
Here we go with the decaling. So far so good all have settled down without having to resort to the hair dryer.
Hi Kiwichappers,
If its not needed short term, can Zak borrow it?
Cheers,
Bigkev
-
Here we go with the decaling. So far so good all have settled down without having to resort to the hair dryer.
Hi Kiwichappers,
If its not needed short term, can Zak borrow it?
Cheers,
Bigkev
How did you know that mine was broken, are you psychic?
-
Nice clean build, Beautiful!
Andy.
-
Really nice build. It’s good to see a different colour scheme.
Bob c
-
Thanks for the compliments gents, appreciated. Here it is, declared as finished. The photo's are not the best but it gives an impression of the finished model representing the 421 Flight Spitfire Mk IIa flown by Pilot Officer Keith Lawrence during November 1940.
-
That looks very nice, also something different in the Spitfire colouration.
-
Hi Kiwichappers,
Just a beaut!
Cheers,
Bigkev
-
Very nice indeed.
-
Nice finish.