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Fishbed

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  1. The only thing not in the kit is the external gun camera. Everything else as at it comes in the box. Tim
  2. Itโ€™s Edwards attempt to show where the yellow ring that is seen on the first spitfires was painted over. I umโ€™ed and arโ€™ed if to use them. It would be better to use a slightly different shade of paint to show this than the decals. Live and learn. Tim
  3. So here is my attempt at Eduards early Spitfire MKI. I wanted to cram as many early features onto the kit as I could. So - 2 blade prop; flash suppressors on guns; external gun camera; "ring pull" entry door opener; no cover over fuel tank behind the engine; un-armoured wind screen; ring/bead gun sight; flat canopy; pole aerial; parachute guard on fin. Probably others. Kit went together beautifully, only my ham-fistedness getting in the way. I modified the decals to PM-H rather than M. I had a profile from an old(!) copy of SAM (yes, I know, probably should not have trusted a profile) but it showed it had the aluminium control surfaces, so it had to be done. The external gun camera was hacked from a spare piece of resin based on what images I could find and a couple of references on this site. Not sure I am a fan of these new decals from Eduard. I did have a go at removing the top layer of varnish. This lead to one of the roundels on the wing being damaged, so had to use a spare to cover it. As these are so thin you can not tell. Pain was my usual mix of Alclad primer for the black and white undersides, humbrol 29 for the brown and colourcoats for the green. Anyway, onto the photos. Camera and PC playing up, so these are not as good as I'd like. Tim
  4. Some good shots here - https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/lightning/walkaround.php An of course on our very own site - Tim
  5. Go with the strawberry and cream mate. you know it makes sence Tim
  6. Don't forget Martin, that this is just a hobby, and you don't owe the reprobates that inhabit/infest this site anything. Your health takes first priority. We will still be here to take the piddle give valuable support when you are ready ๐Ÿ˜‰ Tim
  7. Is it me being stupid (quiet at the back!) or does KH-T have the invasion stripes on one side of the fuselage, but not the other? Tim
  8. The black is Alcad black primer. to lazy to paint things twice ๐Ÿ™‚ Besides it not quite totally black, so looks a better that really black paint (if you see what I mean). The brown is good old Humbrol 29 and the green is from the Colourcoats range. WWII Dark Green I think . Tim
  9. Thats good. Damn it, makes me want to do one. its not like I don't have anyything else in the stash to do .................................... Tim
  10. With a bit of effort I've pushed this one through the finishing gate. Need to make a simple base so I can add the figures properly. Went to the trouble of paining them, so may as well. This the Airfix kit with the CMK Wellington figures and Techmod decals. I replaced the gun barrels with some metal Master versions (rather nice). The bomb bay was filled with some extra 500lbers from the Whitley kit and some resin SBC from Belcher Bits. The decals were lovely and thin, but oh so brittle. Spent ages carefully putting them back together and patching up the gaps with (almost) matching paint. On to the pics. Tim
  11. Glad this one is back on track. But its never 4 years since you started this, I won't beleive it. Tim
  12. Me, Impatient? how dare you sir! Just get on with it. Thank Gill for me for her kind offer (you could learn a thing or two..........), but I'm not sure there are enough turnips aboard for a true Baldrick. Tim
  13. Pass on my birthday congrats. something to say you have survived another year especially as it 2020! Tim
  14. Modelling? I was going to ask the moderators to move this to a chat room ๐Ÿ˜‰ Tim
  15. The instructions do need a second look when you think you know what goes where may be, may be.................. don't get me drooling at the idea take it slowly with lots of test fitting, re-read the instaructions and it hopefully it won't be as bad ad I seem to be making out Tim
  16. Normally I go the masochistic route and use strips of masking tape, but in this case the eduard set probably saved my sanity ๐Ÿ™‚ (whats left of it) Tim
  17. You know how it is when you get a kit that just fights you till the end, well this is one of those. I had reasons for getting this done besides having it next to my Whitley and Wellington (that is being worked on next). Originally this was to be the Valom boxing. That got so far, but I messed up the wing joints and the legendary fit of the clear parts defeated me (even tried the Airfix and falcon versions to see if some combination would work). Then the AZ version with new clear parts came into my possession . This time it would work! There would be no duff wing/fuselage joints! The glazing would fit! ebay provided the torpedo upgrade set! I had the Authentic Decals decal sheet! What could possibly go wrong? Yeh, well, the wings had to come off as I mucked that up again. Chucked a load of filler at it, and called it a fit. After ignoring it for a while I decided it was time to just finish it and be damned. It will grace the collection until airfix or someone does a better version. Even now as I look at the photos I realise I have a) missed the aerial lines off b) not fitted the exhausts! Life............... comments welcome. Tim
  18. Hi all, Managed to finish this off finally. Failed to keep up to date with the build log in the WIP area. Oh well, next time. Pretty much as it come out the box. Well apart from the Xtradecals markings for an early bomber version; the Brengun Vickers VGO gun; Eduard seat belts. Think that was it. Oh, and the Eduard masking set (inside and out!) that was fun. No issues with the build. Lots of detail that will never be seen again. Shame. The black is Alclad primer, good old Humbrol 29 for the dark earth and Colour coats dark green (lovely stuff). On to the photos, comments welcome as ever Tim
  19. Well this shows my inablility to keep up with the progress of my builds. The build is now done, but I will get the camera out and take a few shots for the RFI, but here are a couple of shots for now Tim
  20. After the X-Wing I finished last year, it was only a matter of time (and actually getting hold of one) before I did a Y-Wing to sate my desire for more Star Wars models. Not much to say about the kit that has not already been said. Lovely to put together. The broad-sheet format of the instructions is entertaining. The missing clear part of the canopy at the rear was cut from a peice of clear sheet and fitted. Paints were some that "looked about right" (TM) to my eye. Now where to find a B-Wing................ Comments welcome. Tim
  21. Yes, I remember your Wyvern. At least I think that was an ED job? And it was some years go. Tim
  22. If you can get some, non-fogging superglue works well. Thats what I used on mine - It does not stick as quickly as normal superglue (except to your fingers) but quick enough so that it does not slide out of place. Tim
  23. OK, so I said this would be glacial ๐Ÿ™‚ Due to this virus thing, I was doing some cleaning out of the model area and discovered this kit where I had hidden it 7(!) years ago. For some reason, I opened the box and thought, how hard could it be to get this together? Stupid boy, I have loads of other projects on the go I should be concentrating on. Well I nearly have the fuselage together. Trying to get everything straight and level is proving a challenge. Now I know why I hid it all those years ago,. Come back in 2027 for the next exciting instalment.........................................
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