SoftScience Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Hello GB participants and mods, My contribution will be this spiffy new Eduard Spitfire kit, which I am building as a no. 601 squadron machine. UF-Q was flown by 11-victory ace, Flt Lt. Desmond Ibbotson from Perugia, Italy in Mid-1944. He was killed in November of 1944, when his spitfire (this machine?) crashed during a training flight. Its a really fine kit, with options galore! Here is a view of some of the many optional wheels, stores, cockpit parts, etc. and the PE bits And finally a closeup of the very delicate surface detail. I don't expect any of the tiny rivets to show after a coat of primer and paint. If anybody from Eduard is reading this; thank you for making such fine products in 1:72. Keep them coming, please! Work will begin tomorrow evening. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Oho! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 I was expecting to find The Sword Of Dakpur, the Silver Spitfire in a Commando Comic classic masterpiece 😊 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Good morning I take a seat I have several of this one in my stash .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted August 25, 2016 Author Share Posted August 25, 2016 Good morning I take a seat I have several of this one in my stash .. Patrice I hope I don't disappoint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ooh, I'm on board for this one alright - the new Eduard kit and in silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 Ace choice looking forward to this Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 I began this build by assembling portions of the wing and fuselage. Although there isn't much to show off with yet, I'm happy to say that everything fits really well. I was pleased when I attached the wingtips and didn't see a step down in thickness, which seems common on a lot of spitfire kits. A test fit of the wing and fuselage shows that joint to be spot-on as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 I love the grill detail! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Good news indeed on the wingtips, and the PE cooler grills look great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Much progress on the interior. I typically don't go too wild on 1/72nd interiors, but Eduard treats you to one that is just chucky-jam full of detail! I did the best I could, but I had trouble with fitting the sutton harness through the armor plate, and so it came out a bit sloppy. Shortly after taking this photo, I began assembling these components, and let me just sat that the warnings about very tight fit is no b.s. Things began popping apart for me. The armor plate PE flew off along with part of the harness, and I managed to lose the control stick. Right now I'm just trying to breathe deeply. I put everything aside before I make it worse and fly into a rage. I'll reattach the plating tomorrow, and scour the damned floor for the control column. Dammitall 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Good morning Too bad for the missing parts , you have done a very good job so far .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Sorry to hear about your woes. Hope you get everything back together it is looking great. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 The interior looks incredible. The missing PE bit may have gotten on a train or something by now, I'm quite certain they have this ability. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I ride the train every day, and I'm pretty sure I saw a Focke-Wulf instrument panel the other day that looked familiar. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Your sloppy is my exquisitely neat, nice work Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Thanks for the levity, guys. It puts these things in perspective I buttoned everything up, and the cockpit looks fine(-ish) now. I still can't find the control column. It must have changed several trains by now. I'll have to rig something up and throw it in there. Maybe there is one from a dead airfix spitfire in the spares box...hmmm. Fit of the fuselage halves was okay, but I'll need putty in the area in front of the cockpit. Fit of the wing root was not perfect, and required some sanding. I ran a marker over the rescribed seem and there is some unevenness and burrs in there from uneven cement drying. Any tips on how to fix that? It's going to stick out once the silver goes on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I read somewhere that the cockpit sidewalls can interfere with the fit of the wing. I've found that a tiny piece of sandpaper attached to a 'flattened' end of a cocktail stick can be handy for sanding wing roots without tearing up too much of the surrounding plastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Cookie's a little bit like Macgyver, but for model airplanes and sadly he lacks the sweet mullet. That Spitty's looking good, regardless of annoyances, Softy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Mmm somehow missed this. I have this kit and intend to do it in this scheme. Looks nice so far apart from the frustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Sorry you've had a few problems but it's looking very good so far. I'm pleased to see several of these Eduard 1/72 Spitfire kits being built at the moment because I've got one and it's good to take notes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUU...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was tinkering with this build again and somehow the PE instrument panel fell out of the completed cockpit and vanished!?! HOW!?!?! WHERE?!?!?!! I swear, I'm about ready to give up on 1:72 models after all the recent failures. I've built aircraft in this scale since the early 90s, and the prospect of storing and displaying a larger scale collection frightens me, but seriously, of the dozen or so 1/72 kits I have started in the last year, I have finished maybe five, and two of those will probably get binned because of the screwups I can't unsee. This is not the place for this rant. but dangit, I just don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I find at times like this a steadying drink helps me forget all about instrument panels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Hi SoftScience - apologies but I missed your thread and I'm building the same one... and having similar problems Sorry to hear that the i/p has gone missing - it's probably inside the nose, of course, and I've found in the past that shaking sometimes works, although with the tight fit in this one I'm not sure... Good luck from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 It's happened to me before where something falls off INTO the plane, and I cannot get it back out no matter how long I shake it. I know my part isn't missing, it's right there. Inside. But never to be seen again So my sympathies. What scares me about larger scales isn't just the storage space, but also there's more kit's in 1/72. And what if I want to build a B-29 and my scale is 1:48? It won't fit anywhere, and also my OCD won't allow me to mix different scale aircraft in the same room! Anyway I hope you find you IP and can continue your build. Cheers Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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