Dave Gibson Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) Was delivered 20/02, started building 22/02 and finished today. Bit of a record for me! The model almost builds itself. As I was building it with the lid closed, I used an antique set of Extratech belts. The cockpit is more than adequate if closed up. Regardless of what Brett says on HS, you cannot pose it canopy open using the kit canopy unless you do a bit of excavating to the inside of the canopy. That's what I did when I built the Mk XII.I drilled out the exhausts replaced the air scoop with one made from sheet copper and fitted a monofilament whip aerial and that was about it.The MSG was Gunze and the PRU was a hombrew of 4 parts XL18 Medium Blue + 1 part XL66 Light Grey plus a couple of drops of Tamiya clear blue and clear gloss was added to brace it.http://img10.imageshack.us/i/p1110017h.jpg/'> Dave Edited March 3, 2013 by Dave Gibson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Very nice indeed. You just cannot go wrong with this kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Great work. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NPL Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Dave Gibson said: Regardless of what Brett says on HS, you cannot pose it canopy open using the kit canopy unless you do a bit of excavating to the inside of the canopy. Look for yourself at hyperscale. Well Brett really did, so it is up to us to ask how he did it! NP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Beautiful build of the most beautiful Spitfire Mark, blessedly free of panel line washes! You might want to consider full size pics on the forum instead of thumbnails, though. I suspect that not everyone jumps through the hoops of navigating to Imageshack and look for the enlargement button… ;-) Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpiggy Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Nice work, very effective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Beautiful build of the most beautiful Spitfire Mark, blessedly free of panel line washes! You might want to consider full size pics on the forum instead of thumbnails, though. I suspect that not everyone jumps through the hoops of navigating to Imageshack and look for the enlargement button… ;-) Kind regards, Joachim He he! Spitfire31: You are wrong. The most beautiful Spitfire is the one you are looking at ... anytime! NP I got inspired by an old Carlsberg add: When does a Carlsberg tast the best? Anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Looks great Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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