Simon Williams Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Hi Folks, As promised in my poll, here are a few pictures of my PCM Spitfire, dodgy invasion stripes, silvered decals, bad construction and all. I bought the kit in July from Hannants on a trip to That London. (Think I might have seen Bob von Booby Buckle in there that day :-) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Lovely jubbly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 (edited) A spiffing Spit! Great work Simon! Stuart Edited October 8, 2008 by Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedfellows Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Lovely looking Spit, made out of a pretty awful kit i've heard? Good work Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeew Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Nice work, loving those invasion stripes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobs_Buckles Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 (Think I might have seen Bob von Booby Buckle in there that day :-) ) I hope the experience didn't leave you traumatised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Nice, I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Noooooooooooooooooooooo not another Spitfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Very nice! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizzy Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 That is really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse1 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Excellent Jesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabspat Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Nice looking Spitfire, i have on question, not dissing your work, but does the kit have any panel lines? As from some of your pics you just can't see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Williams Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) I'd like to thank everyone for all the nice comments about my Spitfire. . To answer a couple of questions, in the first place the kit is not "bad" per se, it's just a bit off here and there with the fit although the resin parts fit beautifully into the cockpit and wheelwells once they're separated from the pour stubs. It's nothing a little application of Modelling Skill (of which I have a seriously limited supply) and some Elbow Grease wouldn't solve. To answer the second questionthe panel lines are incredibly fine and shallow, so I didn't do a wash because there was very little for the wash to flow into. It was an interesting and fun build, if a bit of a slog sometimes and it was the first time I'd used resin parts on a model. Would I build another? Maybe not, but it was a good way to expand the skills. Edited October 10, 2008 by Simon Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 It looks pretty darn good to me! How did you find the kit? (as in "to build" not in the literal sense) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Williams Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 It looks pretty darn good to me!How did you find the kit? (as in "to build" not in the literal sense) Sorry, I must have been editing my post as you were making yours. Put simply, there's no locating pins, quite a bit of flash on some of the parts, the plastic's a very shiny light blue, but it all fits if you take care, dryfit 3 times and be prepared to spend a lot of time sanding. Watch out for the fit of the upper wing roots (I shimmed mine with some plasticard at the leading edge) and sand down the radiator housings a little if you want them to fit in their slots. Don't forget to polish or Klear the canopies as they're a bit cloudy on the sprue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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