PlaStix Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 That looks really impressive Cookie! All that masking........... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Grand job on the paintwork Cookie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Thanks everybody! I got the decals on the Mk 21, they're a little darker than the painted stripes, but close enough. Â Â Phooey, just noticed that 'kink' in front of the tail. I'll have to do my best to fill that somehow. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET Â Don't worry, I took this pic before wiping away the excess ink wash from the cowl fasteners. Overwing bumps gone. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Nice work Cookie, the Mk.21 is looking particularly sweet Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 +1 - great work Cookie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Kinky or not, it looks good especially the foiled cowling. I'm now looking forward to the MkXIIs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Good morning Cookie Great work But please tell me how many Spits are you building at the same time ? Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Nice work Cookie, the Mk.21 is looking particularly sweet Cheers, Stew +2 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 +3, looking really good! Looking forward to see how you deal with that kink Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hi Patrice, I had seven Spitfires on the go at one point, but the three Mk XIV's are complete, so now it's down to four: the Mk 21 and Mk XII's in this thread, and a Whif Mk 26 in the What-if section. It's madness. I'm trying really hard not to start three Mk V's that are sitting on the bench: an Airfix Mk I/II kit that can be built as a MK VA, a KP Mk VB, and a Sword Mk VC, all in 303 Sqn markings. I filled the 'kink' with some Perfect Plastic Putty, and primed it with some Lifecolor Light grey. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET Â The grey blended in better than the Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum - that stuff is shiny. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET Â A few coats of matt varnish will be required to blend it in. Counter rotating prop construction started. Â Â I think that SH has done a wonderful job of making a rather complicated prop fit together easily and intuitively. It would be such a great kit if the fuselage and wings weren't a little funny looking. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Impressive masking job and good save on the "kink" ! Glad to see the XIIs are progressing too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Good save Cookie Can I ask how you get the separate prop blades at the same angle please? Do you do this by eye or are those bits of plastic / resin a cunning jig? I always have problems but yours look spot on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Yes, what Ced said; I find individual prop blades a terrible faff too. Cheers, Stew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I guess they're like that to allow 'precise' modellers to vary the pitch. I certainly do that but not necessarily the same on all the blades 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Nice save, Cookie Great job on the propeller too Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Good morning Cookie Seven Spitfires at the same time :wow:I must say that I am very impressed , if I where you I wouldn't hesitate to start 3 more .. Very on the prop Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Good repair job on the section in front of the tail. It all looks to be coming together rather splendidly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 IIRC chaps, the SH prop blades have square pegs, so they fit in the spinner at the proper incidence out of the gate. I seem to recall stealing the SH contraprop for my resin Seafire 47 build, much easier to work with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Yes, as PC says, the pegs are square, the fit is precise and the instructions are clear. I know I keep saying this, but SH kit is well worth it, even if the actual kit is never built. You are a bad influence Patrice! Well, maybe it wouldn't hurt to get the cockpits started... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 You are a bad influence Patrice! Well, maybe it wouldn't hurt to get the cockpits started... Here he goes again ... :d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 This looks great - I just wonder about the question mark. In my memory this looked to be painted above / inside a yellow (?) circle. I cannot find my reference pic and can be wrong but maybe you want to check before you apply the clear cote. René 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Your very skilled cookie, very nice work! Love the i sea of the A,B,C spitfire mk v.... But maybe get these tucked away before your head explodes or you paint a mk v a as a mk xii by mistake! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Thanks Rene, here's the reference picture I'm using. I don't see any circles, although the 'space' in the racing stripe for the "?" seems to be circular. Good advice Rob. I fully intended to start on the MK V's last night, but thought I'd add a few bits and bobs to the Mk 21 first and ended up finishing it. Neither the Airfix or SH kits seem to come with a rear view mirror, so I did my best to scratch one from plastic rod. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET Â Then cleaned up the canopy a little, and reluctantly added some grime to the wheel wells and wing roots as at least a nod to the dirty appearance in the reference pic. Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET Â PIC LOST TO PHOTOBUCKET Â Â I'll try and get some gallery pics up soon, and try and refrain from starting three more Spitfires, but there is more room on the bench now... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 That looks lovely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Very nice Cookie, great result and some lovely detail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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