stevej60 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Hi folk's I have decided on Airfix's Seafire for this tribute, I hope Edgar would approve. This navalised development of his beloved Spitfire was a million miles away from the early mark,s that held out and later took the fight to the enemy in the war years, personally I think these later mark,s were the most beautiful Piston engined aircraft to grace the skies and I plan to finish her in Korean war markings. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Good to see a Seafire joining our selection Steve. I'm quite sure Edgar would approve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I'm currently building one I bought from a flying legends year before last, I intend to display with wings folded minus the stripes on the wings. Look forward to seeing your progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 That looks like it should be impressive! Looking forward to following your build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Morning folks,I was up early this morning due to this lousy cold and to top it all I,ve gone deaf in one ear! Anyway I made a start on this project and much to my surprise these aircraft had black interiors which makes my level of detailing easy just a dry brush in light gray then! After this method on the IP I used a pin to scratch a bit of detail onto the clock/dial faces then dropped clear varnish into them,one thing I have decided due to my lack of skill and tools is to replicate the camera lenses with decal's rather than the cutting out and carving needed on both fuselage sides. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I like how the IP came out . If i had seen your post a few hours ago i would have given your method a try . Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Speak up man,ya deef in one ear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Speak up man,ya deef in one ear Eh? canna heer a thing man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 I like how the IP came out . If i had seen your post a few hours ago i would have given your method a try . Alistair Never tried it before Alastair,being Airfix's light blue plastic gave me the idea,I suppose if you primed in white any kit would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Good start on this one, the Airfix Seafire 47 is a very nice kit, looking forward to the rest of the build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Tidy work in there Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Thanks Col,not a lot of modelling time as it,s my once a month weekend off and we've had some good weather but here's where I got with her. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Another impressive start! I really like the look you have achieved on the IP - who needs etch!..........(well me actually)......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 Morning all,I now have the wings attached and a few other bit,s and bobs added ready for primer,due to the scheme I will leave off the tailplanes and paint them separately,I,ve painted the components for the big prop and painted the wheels and u/c legs. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Very good progress Steve. The wheels and prop are looking very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Oops, sorry, a bit late to this thread. Got one of these kits myself so colour me interested. That's a nice instrument panel you've got there... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Wow, progress like that makes me think, "Hey, I ought to build one of those too!" bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Like what you have done so far and i can see this one is going to be a muscley beauty . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Hi all,sorry for the leap in progress I,ve lost my PC after many years of stirling service it,s now Kaput! so here's progress since last week, which mainly involves the painting of the main airframe,I,m going to give the striped decals a try if it goes pear shape I,ll revert to paint, 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 In today's world the loss of a PC and all the data is a difficult situation, sorry to hear that ! At the same time I'm glad to see that the model is taking shape very nicely, good job on the paint scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 In today's world the loss of a PC and all the data is a difficult situation, sorry to hear that ! At the same time I'm glad to see that the model is taking shape very nicely, good job on the paint scheme Thank's Giorgio,saved my photos and documents onto my external hard drive just trying to get used to Windows 10 I,m not impressed with the photo upload/edit function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 That's a beautiful coat of paint on there! It is a great looking aircraft! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Totally agree with Giorgio and Stix on the paint job. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Thank's Stix and John after a lot of brushing on the Triplane it was nice to get the airbrush out for a work out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Very nice so far. I have one of these started in the stash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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