stevej60 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) Hi folk's,suddenly realised I'd not bought a kit for nearly three week's so heading home from the weekly torture shopping trip with the missus I left her in the car outside the LMS on the pretext of popping in for a pot of white paint(true).I perused the shelves and saw this kit which I had read the review's on previously, It's not perfect but then I don't care, what's in the box is a beautifully molded kit on par with most of the mainstream offering's and I think it's one of the only Vc's out there two scheme's are offered the box top Egyptian based machine and a Malta based aircraft in What look's like FAA colour's but I could be wrong,anyway marking a place for when at least one of the two build's ongoing in this GB is completed. I will be doing the box top scheme 92 Sqn Western desert1942. Edited June 8, 2018 by stevej60 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Good choice Steve,...... I`m just finishing one of these off,.... but not as a GB or anything! The wing halves benefit from being sanded along their mating edges before they are joined,.... a bit like a vacuform as this helps them to fit better,.... plus they are a bit too thick too,...... but that apart it is a very good kit. It only includes the later style Rotol propeller, unlike the Special Hobby boxing,... just to warn you, Looking forward to seeing what you get up to with this one, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 10 hours ago, tonyot said: Good choice Steve,...... I`m just finishing one of these off,.... but not as a GB or anything! The wing halves benefit from being sanded along their mating edges before they are joined,.... a bit like a vacuform as this helps them to fit better,.... plus they are a bit too thick too,...... but that apart it is a very good kit. It only includes the later style Rotol propeller, unlike the Special Hobby boxing,... just to warn you, Looking forward to seeing what you get up to with this one, Cheers Tony Thank's for the head's up Tony,Revell's Seafire re-box was the first SH kit I built last year and enjoyed it this look's very similar in breakdown of part's and assembly which bodes well! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 25, 2018 Author Share Posted May 25, 2018 Followed Tony's advice on the wing's and pleased with the result sanded the leading edges for a nice smooth finish. My usual cockpit finish for that busy look,tape harness as normal. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I have one of these kits so will be watching with interest. It does look very good on the box. The VC is one of my favourite Spitfire variants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Looks great so far Steve,..... that harness looks brilliant! Glad the wing tip worked out mate, Cheers, Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 Hi folk's a bit of tinkering was needed to get a goodish fit of the fuselage side's then the wing/fuselage join but nothing that can't be overcome with a little trial run or two,the Volkes filter just added so leaving to dry now for a day or so. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hi Folk's,well my airbrush is kaput so need a new one but to tide me over rigged upthe old bottle powered starter one I first had and with the compressor on low setting I can at least get a wide base coat on which is all I tend to use it for anyway.Primed in gray this morning. And after trying to mix a half decent blue bought a pot of Lifecolour Azure Blue. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Looking good Steve,.... that Blue is spot on too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 40 minutes ago, tonyot said: Looking good Steve,.... that Blue is spot on too! Thank's Tony,the airbrush is kaput so using my old bottle fed first one I'm plodding on,after brushing on maskol over the walkway's and leading edges of the wing's (after painting silver) I've got the base coat for the top colour's on this morning. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 That looks the biz Steve,..... wish I could `simply' apply a coat of Mid Stone like that, rather than building it up slowly by brush!! If somebody dd a rattle can of Mid Stone that would be superb!! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 31, 2018 Author Share Posted May 31, 2018 Morning folk's,got a couple of coat's of camo on rubbed off the leading edges and the maskols done the trick once thoroughly dry I can do the wing root's and walkway's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz75 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Morning paint job look fabulous. Your paint wear off effect is a bit to strong for my taste, it might fade under the wash. This is nice build, Revell's kit seems to be nicely design. Keep going Steve, I will be cheering for you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 (edited) On 01/06/2018 at 10:17, Franz75 said: Morning paint job look fabulous. Your paint wear off effect is a bit to strong for my taste, it might fade under the wash. This is nice build, Revell's kit seems to be nicely design. Keep going Steve, I will be cheering for you. Thank's Franz,yes I wil lbe toning down areas of the wear with washes etc,here's today's progress with the first black wash applied,I find SH kit's to have very fine lines which after a couple of paint application's tend to fade away,I'll also wear away the leading edge of the upper roundel's too. Edited June 2, 2018 by stevej60 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Yet another fine looking Spitfire Steve! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 2 hours ago, PlaStix said: Yet another fine looking Spitfire Steve! Kind regards, Stix Many thank's Stix,dry run show's no issues with the glazing so now started painting the framing,this may be the only Spitfire I've built with the door open! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Looks great Steve,... you are doing a superb job on this one mate, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) Hi Folk's this one's been a bit of a departure for me with a try at heavier weathering,staining etc plus the open cockpit door/canopy, been enjoyable as it's a cracking kit which build's well with care and good practice for the Tomahawk which will join it soon in similar colour's and weathering.Should get her in the gallery over the weekend. Edited June 8, 2018 by stevej60 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Wonderful job Steve,.... you should feel very proud of that beautiful Spit, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Well done Steve! Looking forward to seeing more photos. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Great Job Steve 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Nice one Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz75 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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