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  1. 06/24
    I wish that were the case, but no, the other photo in the instructions (and I think others of 602's at that period), clearly show that it is a strip of angle, riveted but eh looks of it, to the skin. Reading elsewhere, it seems they started with the bump, lost them for a while in later marks, and then gained them again towards the very last marks. Other have written about it at length, but I'm comfortable they are correct for my Mk.1
  2. 06/24
    Indeed I hope so. However, what is perhaps not apparent from the picture is that the seam line is slightly depressed, so I have had to fill again. I suspect the problem, other than my general incompetence (!) is that I have been using tippex for filling seams and it's never been very successful, it seems to eat away at the underlying plastic no matter how thinly it is applied. I've reverted to Humbrol, so we'll see how that goes. (I don't get on terribly well with any filler, but I've ordered some Vallejo putty to see if that works better for seams, I think it cleans up with a cotton bud in water, so that might be better.) I often wonder why the manufacturers don't break down cowling a as a separate part. airfix even do this on their lego style quick build for kids, so that has no cowl seam straight from the box!
  3. 06/24
    I've given the cowling a waft of primer to check finish, and highlight where I need to clean up. This has shown that, as I feared, the join line down the middle us still noticeable, despite filling, sanding and polishing. My concern now is that redoing this area, and cleaning up the excess superglue (which isn't as bad as I first feared) will dislodge the blinkers. We shall see. Primer test by jongwinnett, on Flickr
  4. 06/24
    I'm impressed. On the Hurricane, the only way I could get the wee bits of clear sprue to stay in place for the sanding and polishing, was with Humbrol liquid cement. This meant that any attempts at silvering the back of them was wasted. It did nothing for their clarity either. What superglue did you use, and how did you get it to grab on such a small area?
  5. 06/24
    Very nice, the Spit, Hurri and MW look good to these uneducated eyes. Albion bonnet looks a bit odd at first glance but I take it that's the angle of the shot? (Bit of a nerd about this, as the wife's Uncles worked at the Albion). I will undoubtedly have to get one, which means I may need to get a 1/48 Spit or Hurricane to go along with it. A 1/72 scale Albion would be nice, pretty please Mr Airfix.
  6. 06/24
    Beautiful.
  7. 06/24
    Best wishes both of you.
  8. 06/24
    Ohhh, now your talking. Fish chips and mushy peas. Ketchup on the side. Perfect. I could just go a supper from the chippy in Brough right about now. Pint of Theakstons or Black Sheep, bit of bread and butter to clean the plate, lovely! Still I've a pint of Spitfire to get me through. Can we talk about beer or is that verboten in the happy knowledge that Mrs PC can't imbibe. (I wish you and she every success, Mrs 06/24 and I took many years, IVF and all sorts of grief before we gave up trying, only for Kieran to arrive as a happy accident. Unbelievably, it seems there really is always hope.)
  9. 06/24
    Blinkers by jongwinnett, on Flickr Blinkers by jongwinnett, on Flickr
  10. 06/24
    Tonight consisted of dealing with the dust marks in the white primer, the finger print, and generally cleaning up. The primer has crazed in places, and is definitely not very good, but is recoverable. I still wonder if it was the cold or the can, will try it again sometime on a sacrificial test piece to see. In terms of actual forward progress, I have fitted the blinkers, or whatever the angle items are, to the cowling ahead of the 'pit. Hopefully I've got them in the right place, there's a close up of K9955 on the Fundekals instructions which helped. They were easy enough to cut to length and clean up, rather harder to stick on. How do all the etch fiends do it? One side took several attempts, cleaning off superglue and accelerator residue each time. Finally they both went on in the right place, but there is now some excess superglue to clean up, which I can't say I'm looking forward to. Rudder actuator next I expect, although I might have to go back and fit them to the Hurricane if I do that!
  11. 06/24
    I'm in, if you'll have me. Quite a lot of my stash is oriented to this period, as you've probably guessed. Candidates (do I need to declare my hand now, or can I wait until the start?) include creating a metal wing for the Airfix fabric wing Hurricane, Franz Werra's Emil after it came down, a Blenheim 1F if I can find a set of decals, and then there's all sorts of Spitfires, the Defiant, Flying pencil, another Emil (I don't usually do axis stuff) another Blenheim, and there's probably others. No way I'll do them all, or even more than one, but let's see how we get on.
  12. 06/24
    On the whole I tend to agree about the no stark blacks or whites rule, but I have a feeling for these early Spits any deviation from the true colour will need to be minor, if the finish is not to look like it was poorly applied, rather than artfully toned. I was thinking Tamiya NATO or Rubber black for the starboard wing, whereas I might stick with the primer or a very thin coat of Vallejo white for the port. I have had frequent problems with white on other unfinished models in the past, so if I get it right here I shall be pleased.
  13. 06/24
    Ah, a whole thread devoted to watching paint dry... The good news is that a night in the low bake oven (aka the airing cupboard) seems to have done the trick, a hesitant check this morning suggests it has hardened at last. Since I'm out at work all day it's staying put in the cupboard until tonight, stand by for the next exciting episode... Snow has performed it's usual magic trick of transforming most of central Scotland's drivers into either panicked sheep or lunatics, so the journey to work was fun. Do West Lothian and Edinburgh councils even own gritters? Anyway, veering my own thread off topic, poor form, more later.
  14. 06/24
    Sorry to hear it didn't go as expected. Hopefully once you've had a chance to regroup a new option will present itself.
  15. 06/24
    Brilliant. The nose chequers are superbly done. As is the rest of the airframe.
  16. 06/24
    Very late to the party, but photo 15 on this page: http://www.raf-in-combat.com/downloads/december-2013-douglas-dakota-11-photos/claims to be FD904, although perhaps after its FAA service?
  17. 06/24
    Very nice indeed.
  18. 06/24
    Sadly that shot (which I hadn't found earlier in the process) shows I set the port codes too far aft. Ho hum...
  19. 06/24
    Thanks everyone. I'm thinking of doing another for the BOB group build, but with metal wings from the older issue. A chance to challenge my skills and practice my rescribing technique. I have another starter set in the loft, and also picked up the "Battle of Britain Experience" set from Wonderland, which includes a new tool Spit and Emil, and the old tool Hurricane, so I have a wing donor ready to go. I still want to get the normal boxing of the fabric wing to get hold of a plain pole aerial, I don't know the date of this picture but, like the plane as it is now in the museum, it has the older aerial: L1592 by jongwinnett, on Flickr (As usual, not my picture, for discussion only, happy to remove on request.)
  20. 06/24
    On a happier note the teeny weeny L section is "shipped" so should arrive shortly. I think I'll hold off on any more painting until then, which might let the White primer dry. The White primer is also not white enough (again, this hasn't been an issue before).
  21. 06/24
    Unfortunately today turned out to be a two steps forward, one back, day. The primer coat has attracted dust (I may not have cleaned it sufficiently before spraying) and has refused to dry. How did I discover it was still tacky after ten hours? Oh yes, I found out by grasping the tail, with only light overspray, and leaving a lovely fingerprint! I have used the Rustoleum primer quite successfully in the past, although this was a new can and had been stored in the loft. I suspect the Scottish weather had contrived to leave the house rather chilly, and this combined with a sluggish can of paint may have been my undoing. It's now on a lukewarm radiator and may get moved to the tank cupboard in an effort to persuade the paint to dry. If it does not then it's out with the oven cleaner but I hope it won't come to that. Poor coat of primer by jongwinnett, on Flickr.
  22. 06/24
    Conrad's War. That takes me back, as a 10 year old in 1979 I was pretty much that target market, there were a slew of war and aviation related childhood books, many of which I have forgotten, but some, like,Thunder & Lightnings, which deserved their fame. The Machine Gunners was another, as I recall...
  23. 06/24
    Ordered the brass L section last night, which with postage cost more than the basic kit! Must be mad. I was on school run duties this morning so the extra hour at home gave me time to replace a faulty electrical socket and get a couple of coats of Rustoleum White primer on the underside of the starboard wing. I may go straight to black for the port wing, not sure it'll need a primer coat, the topsides will get Halfords finest grey as normal.
  24. 06/24
    Not at all. I appreciate all the thought you're putting in. Have checked out Eileen's Emporium, the smallest brass L section they sell goes down to 0.5*0.5mm. Now in 1/72 that's just shy of 1.5 inches (loving the mix of imperial and metric units) in each direction. That might be close enough.
  25. 06/24
    Not much progress tonight, but I did get to finish watching Guy Martin's Spitfire with my wee lad. That is one beautiful aeroplane 0392:G-CFGJ / N3200 by David Whitworth, on Flickr Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200 by Martin Fuge, on Flickr
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