John Masters Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 I have added the landing gear torque links. The kit didn't supply them and they weren't moulded on. Perhaps the Mk.II did not have them? Or perhaps this was an experimental plane with the new landing gear...I couldn't leave it alone.😉 The Duck Egg Green band...sorry for the focus... Masked for the Medium Sea Grey, fuselage band included, and the paint applied. Tomorrow, the topside! --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Ready for the Grey-Blue, the first of two colours topside. I'll have some slight weathering around the engine compartment, the wing panels and the pilot's entry port side. And the Grey-Blue. I researched the RAF colour and its Vallejo equivalent and, I must say, it is darker than I imagined it would be. Very blue as well. I think once it has dried and the Dark Green is applied it will look much different. I hope. One note, the Vallejo Air Grey-Blue was quite thick and required a fair amount of thinning before it would spray well. I'll leave this for some time before attempting the green. I will also study Procopious' Spitfire thread for the masking pattern/technique and try to duplicate this to the best of my ability. --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Nope. Don't like that one bit. Too blue, too dark...all wrong IMHO. So under the faucet it goes with some dish soap and some light scrubbing back to the primer as best I can. I will try a darker grey...I have London Grey which matches a Dark Sea Grey best. Crossed fingers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 I always use Tamiya XF-81 “Ocean Gray 2(RAF) for the grey in Day Fighter Scheme. Not that helps if you don’t have it to hand! cheers Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 I have Tamiya Ocean Grey 2 RAF (XF-82)...same? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Back into the fray and the Ocean Grey 2 from Tamiya looks much, much better. --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 2 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: I have Tamiya Ocean Grey 2 RAF (XF-82)...same? Yes I meant 82! Looks ok in your photo. cheers will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Thanks Will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 Practicing 'The Procopius Method'... --John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 I am very happy with this... On the other hand, today was cleaning day. I swept, mopped, dusted, mopped again...shook out the rugs, cleaned out the makeshift spray booth...somewhere along the way the landing gear, fully assembled, went West, as they say. I have little choice but to use the gear set from the Mk.V Revell kit. I think they are identical anyway. Dammit. I'm not giving up on finding them yet! Dammit. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 While the replacement landing gear are trying, I figured I'd start in on some decals. Topside first, and not too many. The roundels looks good! I'll see what an hour with the Micro-Sol does. They are somewhat thick, very much like the Airfix decals. --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 The decals are going (went) on quite well, with no hiccups. One thing that was puzzling me...how to attach the machine gun coverings (little red squares). The decal material was quite thick which meant that the physics of bending the very small decal was problematic. My solution (pun intended!) was to dip them in the Micro-Sol instead of water, thus making them very soft. Then, one side on the wing and gently brush the opposite side down until it stayed in place. It seemed to have worked. I'll post more pictures soon. --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) The decals look good. Gun covers, exhaust stacks... The underside was fine but the roundels needed a lot of solvent to conform to the detail over which they laid (or is that 'lie'...I am really not sure...) And finally the Mk.V landing gear that will replace the lost set. Very sad. I fear the Revell Mk. V kit will remain a 'parts only' box now that I have used both landing gear and elements of the decal sheet on this build! The wheels are actually from an AZ spares sprue. I am also using the tail wheel from the Revell MK.V. It is better moulded than what I have. I will wrap this up tonight and peruse my Spitfire stack for the next instalment of 'Spitfire A-Go-Go'...! --John Edited October 22, 2018 by John D.C. Masters 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Well...the Mk.IIa is done and things are drying their last. I'll post pictures tomorrow when there is better light to photograph. Too dark here right now. In the meantime... Having checked the stacks and determined that if I want to build another Spitfire I have plenty of decals (Syrian, Egyptian, Israeli, Norwegian, etc...), plenty of kits (mostly Mk. IX/XVI), I decided to do something else. Yes, it's technically a Spitfire, and yes it is British ad I get to do post-war and invasion stripes! It comes with a full assortment of pointed sticks and Holy Hand Grenades. Anyone built this kit yet? Any pitfalls to avoid? The kit itself looks well designed and chock full of PE and other things. And ultimately, it's a Spitfire. --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 The Mk II looks wonderful John the camo and markings look great - sorry to hear about the landing gear woes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Thank you Cookenbacher. It's all been sorted out now at the expense of a not-so-great Revell kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Good work on the Mk II, looking forward to the Seafire. I've this Seafire kits in the stash, so will be interesting to see how this builds. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Thanks Stuart. It looks to be a highly detailed build, a good precursor to something from Eduard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 8 hours ago, John D.C. Masters said: I'll see what an hour with the Micro-Sol does. They are somewhat thick, very much like the Airfix decals. --John Seems strange, because Revellcals always seemed to work fine for me, until two days ago, when I used two roundels which didn't even sink into the panel lines. Anyways, much luck with your build, I'm sure those landing gears will show up eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 The fuselage roundel is from an older Revell Mk V and it sunk down very well. The rest are from the 'newer' moulds. They worked well, but it required a lot of Micro-Sol. I made new gear. What was lost will stay lost...oh well. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 The early Spitfires did not have torque links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 1 hour ago, John D.C. Masters said: It comes with a full assortment of pointed sticks and Holy Hand Grenades. Anyone built this kit yet? Any pitfalls to avoid? The kit itself looks well designed and chock full of PE and other things. And ultimately, it's a Spitfire. I have. I'm not a fan. The wing shape is to my eye very noticeably wrong about the tips, and it's too short. The canopy, IIRC, also is meant to be modelled open and it was a bear to try and do it closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 22, 2018 Author Share Posted October 22, 2018 Thanks Graham and I'll see how it goes Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Very nice Mk II John, splendid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 RFI has the rest... --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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