Beard Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 (edited) I'm going to have a go at EN446 QJ-1, using the AZ Spitfire IX and the Xtradecals sheet X72-110. It'll be brush painted with a mixture of Humbrol and Sovereign Hobbies Colourcoats enamels. Before I start, the decal sheet has the aircraft having wide cannon bulges and the spinner either Night or Dark Blue. What does the Britmodeller hive mind think? A quick search shows that the spinner colour has been discussed before, the photo suggests, to me, that the aircraft has wide cannon bulges but I'm no clearer as to the spinner colour. Edited September 27, 2016 by Beard To add information 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Can't help you with the technical details.... But can I still tag along?! You know I love I Simon spitfire! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 13 minutes ago, rob85 said: Can't help you with the technical details.... But can I still tag along?! You know I love I Simon spitfire! Rob Of course, Rob, glad to have coming along. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Here is the pic,......judging by the colour of the roundel centre which we know is red,.......I would say that the spinner is black or blue,......I would go for black myself but it could be a flight colour and be blue too? The wheels have hub covers too and the `QJ' codes look to be grey with the number `1' in white. For the Sicilian invasion Spitfire V units had some Spitfire IX or VIII allocated to provide top cover and these wore numbers rather than letters. Good luck with this one,....nice choice, Cheers Tony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Spitfire, Beard build, not to be missed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 10 hours ago, tonyot said: Here is the pic,......judging by the colour of the roundel centre which we know is red,.......I would say that the spinner is black or blue,......I would go for black myself but it could be a flight colour and be blue too? The wheels have hub covers too and the `QJ' codes look to be grey with the number `1' in white. For the Sicilian invasion Spitfire V units had some Spitfire IX or VIII allocated to provide top cover and these wore numbers rather than letters. Good luck with this one,....nice choice, Cheers Tony Thanks Tony, The photo shows the near impossibility of determining colours from b&w photos. The looks to be same colour as the blue in the fuselage roundel and fin flash. I think black is more likely than blue but that's not even an educated guess, just a guess. Mind you, dark blue would look quite interesting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) As the Tomahawk is nearly finished (just the canopy and pitot tube left to fit) I've made a start on this. I'll be using the last two from a Joypack: Here are the sprues (the second one will be used for another entry in this Group Build): This is the aircraft I'll be attempting: Some painting has been done and some parts put together: (You'll notice that I cut too much off the wing-tips, nothing a little filler won't sort out.) This is as far as I got today: As usual, thanks for looking and I welcome any comments you may have. Edited September 28, 2016 by Beard Spelling and grammar corrected 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Wow, that was fast! Looking good Simon, especially the internals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 A great start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 A little progress... The gap on the starboard wingtip was caused by over-enthusiastic sanding and has been filled. As have some other gaps. Is it my eyes or is the port cannon blister not on straight? I'll start painting tomorrow, after some sanding. Thanks for looking and comments are welcome. Simon 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Another watcher, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 40 minutes ago, Beard said: is the port cannon blister not on straight? Hmmm. I think that's one of those 'now that you mention it' things. It certainly didn't pop out at me on first sight and the shadows might be fooling us. What's it like under a measure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 1 minute ago, CedB said: Hmmm. I think that's one of those 'now that you mention it' things. It certainly didn't pop out at me on first sight and the shadows might be fooling us. What's it like under a measure? Do you mean a measure of gin or whiskey? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Enough measures and it might look straight again! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 23 minutes ago, CedB said: Enough measures and it might look straight again! That's my plan... a free drink to any-one who looks at it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I looked at it twice, don't worry I sorted my self out with a drink... I will pop back and look again and let you know if it's straight.... Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Well I haven't been drinking, so.... To me it looks slightly skewed but if you hadn't said anything I wouldn't have noticed. As we used to say on the building site.... "I'll not see it from my house.".....😉 Sean 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 I've been lurking Simon. Can't resist one of your Spitfire builds, and I'm very interested in Mk IX in 1/72. The bulge looks fine, then again, I really have just had a glass of Beefeater and Tonic (with lemon 🍋). Probably best just listen to the sober people here . All best regards TonyT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Crap! Tony at that point it was only one of us! Its the morning, so thankfully I am sober... A good sign from a life perspective! But the cannon bulge is ever so slightly off.... Only ever so.... To fix this? Take pictures from and angle always.... No need to thank me.... sean, you crack me up with your little gems! And for your ability to write how most of my family talk... Rob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thank you for your opinions on the cannon bulge, I'm going to take Rob(85)'s advice and only ever show photos of the finished kit that are taken at a angle. Just applied the first coat of Airfix Azure Blue to the underside. No photographs because it's not very exciting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Good call Simon - use the shadows too, they are your friend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 That's what I do for all my Rfi's!! Once paint decals are on, you'll not even notice. 13 hours ago, rob85 said: sean, you crack me up with your little gems! And for your ability to write how most of my family talk... Rob Perhaps we're related?.......Cousins!!!!!! Sean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 38 minutes ago, sean said: That's what I do for all my Rfi's!! Once paint decals are on, you'll not even notice. Perhaps we're related?.......Cousins!!!!!! Sean Well it's always possible! However mine are all from the tip on my dads side, a few from the north on my mums.... However my wife! Different kettle of fish, you could be related to her! Rooneys from Clones Co Monaghan....much more your neck of the woods 😃 And a lovely neck of the woods it is too, need to get the kids over there they would love it. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Clones is a very nice place, stripped a couple roofs over there a while back.( Legally, I'll have you know). Plenty of Rooneys around here, although I'm not related to any, here or there. Having said that, Dad liked to travel.. Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 No photographs but I've done the first coat of Dark Earth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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