Valkyrie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Nice shape 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 EXEMPLARY work. Quite EXQUISITE .. Thank you for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Now that is starting to look really pretty . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 I concur with everybody else here, she's taking shape lovely Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 it does have a certain elegance to the profile doesn't it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Beautiful! I'm afraid I'm one who prefers the earlier marks, but the later ones do look sleek! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Nice work on positioning the control surfaces Crisp. Looks much more lively and authentic based on your reference photos. The photo of flight crew is extremely interesting along with all the history that can be inferred from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 10 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Probably heresy to many, but I have always thought the long nose of the Griffon Spit/Seafires made it look even nicer. Count me with the heretics then. Even more heretical, I can take or leave Spitfires. If I have to take them, make mine Griffon flavoured (no wafers), and preferably with contra-props. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) I'm also a fan of dynamically posed control surfaces and if you are going to lock the elevators it makes sense having then ' nose up ' to keep the tail on the ground. I discovered from reading a book about the re-build of the Bf 109G-4 by Russ Snaddon that there was a control lock designed to hold the stick back in 109Gs, consisting of a T-bar which pulled out from under the seat pan and fitted into a slot in the control column. I recently acquired an Airfix 1/48 Spitfire 22/24 and am itching to start it after seeing your Seafire but I promised myself ( again ) this year that I would finish some more from my shelf of doom before starting anything else. We'll see. John Edited September 24, 2017 by Biggles87 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 That looks blooming excellent Crisp, makes me want to go & grab my 1/72 Seafire 46 out of the stash, but being a modelling tart, I'll get over that when I see another great looking build. this one is working for me just now though. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Looking really good, like the displacement of the control surfaces Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Great work & looking good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Still making progress, though less dramatic than the last update. You really don't need to see a photo of a masked canopy! But the canopy is now glued in place (shut). Other than that I've been concentrating on the underside - specifically the fairing under the engine and the (Barracudacast again) resin chin intake, which once again fits superbly once cleaned up. I have also been cleaning up the remaining parts - wheels, undercarriage legs, doors etc., as well as starting to clean the resin prop replacement blades (which are visibly different to Airfix's offerings, so well worth the effort). The Airfix exhausts are pretty decent, actually, though they need to be drilled out. [I have seen an after-market set of exhausts advertised as "for the Airfix FR46/47 kit", but if so they are wrong; this mark did not have fishtail exhausts]. Tomorrow I will be doing all those little tidy-up jobs on seams etc., plus prepping the surface for paint - yes, we are now getting pretty close to (at the very least) a coat of primer. Pip pip Crisp Edited September 25, 2017 by Ex-FAAWAFU 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 is this a mojo build or a speed build? it definitely is coming along nicely. I have to say I prefer the rounded wingtips rather than clipped wingtips on these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Really good, quick progress Crisp! I've been toying with getting one of those Barracuda intakes, but keep balking at the price (yes, I know it's not that much, but still....And I have invested in the prop & cowling covers!) because I'm not sure how much benefit it brings - do you think the seam would actually show up that much if the Airfix part is used? Looking forward to the paint going on! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Will this be at Telford? Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I can certainly agree with the sentiment about griffon-nosed Spitfires! I my case I blame it on the Matchbox 1/32 Mk 24 which was the object of desire when I as a wee lad. I saved my allowance for best part of a year (it felt like) to afford to buy it but in the end I got it...(off course it was never finished!) Good decision about the control surfaces, it brings more life to it. I really like how this comes together too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 4 hours ago, Christer A said: I blame it on the Matchbox 1/32 Mk 24 which was the object of desire when I as a wee lad. Ditto! Just about my favourite kit as a lad. Along with the Matchbox 1/32 sea venom. Cripes - nearly painting already Crisp. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 19 minutes ago, Fritag said: Cripes - nearly painting already Crisp. Indeed! Looking very good with all the resin bits in place Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 25, 2017 Author Share Posted September 25, 2017 13 hours ago, keefr22 said: Really good, quick progress Crisp! I've been toying with getting one of those Barracuda intakes, but keep balking at the price (yes, I know it's not that much, but still....And I have invested in the prop & cowling covers!) because I'm not sure how much benefit it brings - do you think the seam would actually show up that much if the Airfix part is used? Looking forward to the paint going on! Keith I’d say the Barracuda intake is nice to have rather than vital; with care you could get rid of the seam, and assuming the fit of that part is as good as the rest of the kit, you’d be fine. The resin version has a nice filter flap inside - which us just a flat wall on Airfix version - but frankly you’ll onoy see that if you peer very closely inside the intake, which is under the nose and tiny anyway. Prop blades and cowling definitely, because they correct shapes; chin intake lovely but not essential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Thanks Crisp, appreciated. Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 AWESOME workmanship as days go by... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) OK, only primer… but PAINT! Your eyes do not decieve you; white underneath, grey on top (both Tamiya). Oh, and we have guns, too. Lovely delicate turned brass Master guns; yum. I'll do a detailed check tomorrow once this is all dry, but my immediate impression is that there are no howlingly horrible seams what I have missed. Happy! Crisp Edited September 26, 2017 by Ex-FAAWAFU 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Gorgeous! And a mean looking machine, already Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 What Giorgio said! Nice work Crisp! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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