timraven1992 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Thanks GGC and Mish , Quite a fair bit of progress has been made, The fuselage has been fillered and sanded a few times, and also rescribed. The door hinge has been reduced down a bit as well. The wings were thinned a LOT from the inside, with the ailerons being removed and thinned, and the flaps as well. (thanks for the tips Dave G) Me being clumsy as usual I created a bit more work for myself in the process! :banghead2: Nothing copius amounts of Milliput can't sort out though! The wings are far thinner than before and should look fine after the filling and sanding hopefully Thanks for looking! Comments/constructive critisism welcomed! Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Looking good! Nice progress Tim! Azgaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Nice work Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timraven1992 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 Cheers peeps , I made a silly error with the Spit , I attached the wings, but forgot to paint the bottom of the wing section interior green, so it is light grey! Its fairly obvious if you look straight into the cockpit, but It should tone down with some paint on the outside to stop light shining through. I may have to do it with the pit closed now I've milliputted the wings, then sanded and black painted them. After more sanding I have applied tippex which shows more filling needed , I've also separated the elevators and repositioned them dropped. This was achieved by 0.5mm wire and a 0.5mm drill bit in a pin vice. I'm also happy because I got good GCSE results, and as a treat my mum contributed towards a Harder und Steenback Evolution airbrush , from Everything Airbrush! Can't wait till I can give it a try , Cheers Tim P.S. All my modelling seems to have knackered out Bramble! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Nice work Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Yes, nice work Tim! Nice looking cat too! Azgaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gibson Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I made a silly error with the Spit ,I attached the wings, but forgot to paint the bottom of the wing section interior green, so it is light grey! Shouldn't be a big problem Tim. You need a long-nosed dropping pipette (see Science teacher) and some well thinned interior green. Add the paint using the pipette and swirl it around. It should make all the difference. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebos Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Handy tip there, getting paint into tiny spots can be a real chore. Well done with the exams (and on having a cat! (I so miss mine)), the spits coming along nice, I'll have to try out this tippex lark myself sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old VG 33 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Hi Tim Your Spitfire is taking a nice shape and it seems the job is not so easy. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFY21 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Enjoy the Evolution mate and lets see some results from it. rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timraven1992 Posted August 27, 2008 Author Share Posted August 27, 2008 Thanks for all the comments people, And Dave, thanks for another brilliant idea mate ! Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timraven1992 Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 A fair bit of progress, I had a spray round with my new H+S Evo to check the seams, more filling was necessary After that I squirted some thinned Hu 78 (new acrylic type) onto the pit floor with a syringe. However I may have forgotten about the hole for the landing light, landing gear (all three!!) and the eight machine gun ejector ports. Luckily I was wearing old trousers :laugh:! I then blocked off these holes with car masking tape, and tried again: As this dried the paint separated and dried very pitted and with varying greens. However this can only be seen if looked at VERY closely, so I'll leave it I attached the horizontal stabs and fillered them: I then test fitted the Radiator bath and Oil cooler, which both have the mating faces a bit to thick, after sanding them down and gluing, and then fillering I was left with this: I have also dipped the canopies in klear but the main canopy is unuseable due to a moulding defect I emailed airfix a while ago but am still waiting Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 A bit more sanding then Tim. Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 You're doing a good job there Tim - nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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