Col. Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 This kit was initially started by a fellow Aberdeen Modeller Society club member who sadly passed away before he could complete it. With the airframe substantially completed by John straight from the box I did a few small additions to the cockpit by way of a throttle and its operating cables, some seatbelts, then added a gunsight which was missing from the remaining parts. John had built it with the intentions of folding the wings so I honoured his intentions but added a slight twist by setting one wing in a partially unfolded position with the stay scratch-built from brass tube, piano wire, then some plastic rod details. The decals were also missing so I used those from my own kit; must remember to request a new sheet from the Airfix parts department. The kit is now finished but that's only half the story as I'm currently trying to modify some figures from Airfix's RAF ground crew into the Royal Navy deck crew who will be unfolding the wings. The two characters on the upper line go above the wing while those on the lower line will be arranged below the wing. Still plenty to do to correct their uniforms and position arms, heads, hands etc but hopefully you get the idea. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Nice work, the dio sounds promising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Looks great, nice job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Lovely model and a nice tribute to your friend , I am sure he would approve of the finished model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Great model, top work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Top work Col, it looks even better in the flesh. Well done on winning the club competition with it. Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Looks great, nicely done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Beautiful Seafire - good luck on the diorama! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 Thank you for all the likes and kind comments gang I hope John approves of how this one is going - undertaking this project has certainly rekindled my enthusiasm for our hobby. Can't promise there will be any updates on the figures soon as I'm trying to make progress through several other projects at the moment while also working stupid amounts of overtime but they are one the workbench ready for more attention once I get the chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I hope John approves of how this one is going. I'm sure he would have. You have finished it to the highest of standards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Nice one Col. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Great Seafire, really looking forward to the diorama Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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