Christer A Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) My poor poor winterized Harrier hit a big snag recently, so much in fact that Ii put it back in the box for a while. To cheer me up a little, I decided to have a deeper look into my Christmas gift: 31 different decal options, but only 2 complete set of kits. I really hope that Eduard will offer more Overtrees soon! First, I thought that I should do one of the Grey Nurses, since I do have a thing for Sharkmouths... And I definitely want to do a brown/green one, and a desert one with the blue/light blue roundels and one green one with bomb racks... So, instead of botching Bobby Gibbes rather spiffy looking machines I decided to start with this to learn how to build an Eduard Spitfire. Pictures to follow! //Christer Edited August 12, 2017 by Christer A 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Nice, Christer, I got the same box, and indeed the choice is very difficult. I've made my own selection, but like you, I'll get some overtrees (2 sets?), there's no other options... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 What a kit! Looks like oe he'll of a haul. Looking forward to your work! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I wish they would sell the decals separately, there are a couple of schemes on that sheet that interest me. I already have two Mk VIII overtrees and don't want to buy any more just for the decals, as I've already planned my 2016 model spending budget. Eduard often seem to reduce it's prices dramatically after some time, so if I wait long enough, who knows? I'll be watching your build with interest John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Looks like a very interesting project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) Thanks everyone who joined in! I promised more pictures, and here they come. Just for a chance to glue well-fitting parts together without touching etch or lots and lots of tiny detail, I started with the wings.Or rather trying to drill holes for bomb shackles. A quite nice template is included which was taped down here: P1040164 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Unfortunately, I then promptly lost my 0,3mm drillbit to the carpet monster, so the template was removed to be used another day. Right, on to the wheel wells instead. P1040165 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Quite a few parts, with different options depending on my selected variant. Hi detail indeed and the fit was exemplary. I learned that for the wheel area, it's best to glue the inner parts first, and then the outer one. That way all joints all but disappear. I really need to stop sploshing Tamiya Extra Thin Cement all over the place though! That stuff flows everywhere... Time to paint them then! Eduard has used a lot of material from Mr Peter Malone in making all the profiles and paint schemes, and I reckon they can be trusted to the letter. Forest green and light blue is the order of the day, and the wheels should then be panted light blue, Guze H417. I had that bottle at hand so I started to spray it, sniggering to myself that i was painting a Spitfire in RLM76! (H417 is called RLM76 on the bottle). P1040166 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr I just love Gunze! One of the few acrylic colours that doesn't give me any trouble... Before closing up the wings,position lights are to be added. Here I used trick learned from a fellow modeller back home: P1040169 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Clear part was installed, translucent red and green was painted and then I covered the lenses with ordinary kitchen foil, with the shiny side down of course This way, you get a terrific shine to them! P1040170 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr I also did a very light wash in the wells with light grey and brown, but it's so light so that it almost disappeared P1040171 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Will do more later then. but this was the last chance to do have good access to the wells, because when the wings go on, everything is completely covered up! Then I brough fourth a few clamps and got the upper wings in place P1040172 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Now would've been a terrific time to start on the radiator assemblies, but the rest of the family wanted to go skiing for a few days instead... Off to the swedish mountains in Dalarna then. Lets hope that all bones in my body stay in one piece during that ;-) Cheers for now! //Christer Edited August 12, 2017 by Christer A Flikr-fied 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Cracking on then, have you spotted Eduards deliberate mistake in showing rivets ahead of the main spar line? Enjoy your skiing and come back in one piece, I'm eager to see more of this. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warreni Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Excellent work! I have this and a few overtrees and are watching with interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badvest Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Love the light technique. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Cracking on then, have you spotted Eduards deliberate mistake in showing rivets ahead of the main spar line? Enjoy your skiing and come back in one piece, I'm eager to see more of this. Cheers John Hi! I survived the skiing without injuries it seems so now I can get on with the kit. Rivets in front of the main spar? I wasn't aware that there were any issues at all with this kit. But the rivets are so small that they'll almost disappear anyway. Especially if I sand a little Excellent work! I have this and a few overtrees and are watching with interest. Thanks! I think I need a few overtrees too. I wonder if you can graft the nose from Airfix XII on to eduards IX? That could be bloody nice! Love the light technique. It's really something so nice and yet so simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 The rivets ahead of the main spar line were puttied and sanded ( like the P-51 ) to give a smooth finish. As you say the rivets are very small, when I get around to make mine I will give that area a coat of Halfords acrylic primer and sand it back. Looking forward to more. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) More you say? Well, here is more! I finished the radiators. This is a trickier than usual, since the sides and bottom are separate parts but it gives Eduard an possibility to mold some strenghteningen plates on the sides of the radiators. I recommend slow setting glue if anyone tries to do this as a seperate piece. I cheated and built everything up on the wing itself instead. P1040173 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Much easier this way, but it lead to some gaps on the bottom part which was sanded away. No biggie. Then I added ailerons, outer wingtips, canons and so on and got a complete wing.P1040176 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Usually that is something very scare when building Spitfires, because building the wing separately will lead to a gap in the wing root. But not on this kit! The fit is perfect! The fuselage halves was treated next. Coffman starter bulge was added on the right side, wing roots on both side (without bulges) and a hole for the gun camera was drilled on the left side. It turned out a little oblong, but this will do for now.P1040177 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr I can still fix it, if need be. To wrap this update, i present a picture of the most trickiest part in the entire build. Top and bottom engine covers. P1040175 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr On actual Spitfires these are in one piece and hand made to fit the intended aircraft. They're also double curved in two directions which means that Eduard cannot do them in Injection molding. There are resin alternatives available, but I'll make do with these one. It builds character I guess :-) But after this, it seems that I need to focus on the cockpit (on my big Tiffie too!) //Christer Edited August 12, 2017 by Christer A Flikr-fied 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Great progress, I like the way you've approached the radiators, I think I'll try that method on one of mine. I've taken the easy way out on the top cowlings and bought some resin ones from Barracuda. More soon I hope. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Thanks John! I've spent some time in the modelling den this afternoon. More pictures tomorrow I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Glad your in one piece after the skiing, very jealous I wish I could head off for a ski but the hill by me is a) a hill b ) too warm and c) I can't really ski very well or infect own any! My brother is currently in Austria having a whale of a time with his family.... However nice work I a beautiful kit, I am sure it will have your normal high quality of modelling going into it Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Thanks Rob! I'll muddle along in my usual glacial pace then.... I've actually made a start on the cockpit , but first I had to deal with a few sinkmarksP1040178 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr The filler came out early in this build! That was a little unexpected... After that chock, I started drilling stuff.P1040180 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Lightening holes must be open, that's like a rule of nature or something. All of a sudden I had a lot of parts ready which could be painted Interior Grey/greenP1040187 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr But I had to improve it a little bit with some wiresP1040189 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr P1040191 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr I lookad A LOT on this http://spitfiresite.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-spitfire-cockpit.html I'll probably add a few more wires on the right side in due time. I also started to paint the chair.P1040188 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr It's painted Tamiya Hull Red, and then I sponge painted a lighter and darker version of that color on top of it. Straight out of Roy Sutherlands tip! http://barracudacals.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/how-to-paint-resin-seat-with-molded-in.html I think it turned out quite good But what about the wings? Yes, I learned about the puttied leading edge , and since this is a test model, why not test it? Mr Surfacer, make your magic please!P1040186 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Should the wing tips be puttied as well? I can deal with that....I hope. Edited August 12, 2017 by Christer A Flikr-fied 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 You don't need to go any further back than you already have, that's fine. Those sink marks on parts 26 and 27 look pretty severe, I don't think that they're as bad as that on mine. Keep up the good work John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Thanks John! What abut the rivets on the wing tips? Were they puttied as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Those sink marks on parts 26 and 27 look pretty severe, I don't think that they're as bad as that on mine. Keep up the good work John I just started to look at an Eduard Mk IX kit, and the sink marks are present on mine, similar severity. I'm in no way a Spitfire expert, but from Christer's photos above I'd say the kits share a mould for that sprue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 I think you're right about the common sprue, the Mk XVI has them too, and just as pronounced. I have a couple of Mk VIII overtrees and they are deeper on one than the other, strange that. I hadn't thought about the wing tips, they are depicted as smooth on most Spitfire kits I have, but I don't know if that is correct, I'm sure that someone out there will tell us. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouthStrikesAgain Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Will be following this one, great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thanks! I've just ordered the new Vallejo Metal paints and will use them to paint various parts of the interior. Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jckspratt1 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I bought some of Vallejo's Metal Paints on the weekend - it was the first time I've seen them here so I grabbed four to play with (many thanks to Craig at Aeroworks for taking the punt on stocking them, as he usually doesn't carry Vallejo). They're a little pricey here in Australia, but I'm glad I did: early experiments painting a resin engine block for a 1:48 Roland D.II have been very pleasing. Steel and Burnt Iron look better than any other acrylic 'metallics' I've ever used, and better than Mr Metal Color (which was a little surprising). Pleasingly, they buff really well too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 That sounds promising! I've been looking for something that's as good or better than my old Citadel Mithril Silver/chainmail pots. Since GW changed their paint formulas to the new one, the replacment (runefang steel) is nowhere as good as the old ones. I like the Nuln oil though! Here's hoping that the paints arrive today so that I can test paint! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Unfortunately, it seems that the paints have taken the scenic tour, and have not arrived. Bummer. But I did some painting anyway. P1040194 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr I like black basing cockpits, since then you can spray the top coat at an angle to give a better illusion of depth P1040197 by Christer Andersson, on Flickr Detailpainting next! Edited August 12, 2017 by Christer A Flikr-fied 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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