Maginot Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 What a terrific theme. Liking the skills you are displaying here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruskin Air Services Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 According to my battle of Britain the movie book MH434 12 different spitfires with 9 different serials. Codes: AI-A, AI-D, AI-E, AI-G, AI-H, AI-K, BO-G, CD-F, CD-H, CD-M, DO-N, EI-H Serials: N3310, N3312, N3313, N3314, N3315, N3316, N3317, N3319, N3321 the problem also is that some of the other spitfires used some of the the same codes and serials. The only way to recognise MH434 is the 4 blade prop, 6 tubular exhaust stubs, 4 aperture wheels and a small dipole aerial under the rear fuselage, hope this helps. Mark 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I just found this, hope it helps in some small way http://www.daveswarbirds.com/bob/spitfire.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Ruskin Air Services said: According to my battle of Britain the movie book MH434 12 different spitfires with 9 different serials. Codes: AI-A, AI-D, AI-E, AI-G, AI-H, AI-K, BO-G, CD-F, CD-H, CD-M, DO-N, EI-H Serials: N3310, N3312, N3313, N3314, N3315, N3316, N3317, N3319, N3321 the problem also is that some of the other spitfires used some of the the same codes and serials. The only way to recognise MH434 is the 4 blade prop, 6 tubular exhaust stubs, 4 aperture wheels and a small dipole aerial under the rear fuselage, hope this helps. Mark This is indeed useful Mark, thank you. I think it probably does allow me a little bit of latitude to just choose a few stills showing the required angles and settle upon markings which appear to make sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 14 hours ago, Ruskin Air Services said: According to my battle of Britain the movie book MH434 12 different spitfires with 9 different serials. Codes: AI-A, AI-D, AI-E, AI-G, AI-H, AI-K, BO-G, CD-F, CD-H, CD-M, DO-N, EI-H Serials: N3310, N3312, N3313, N3314, N3315, N3316, N3317, N3319, N3321 the problem also is that some of the other spitfires used some of the the same codes and serials. The only way to recognise MH434 is the 4 blade prop, 6 tubular exhaust stubs, 4 aperture wheels and a small dipole aerial under the rear fuselage, hope this helps. Mark I'd kike to summarize that to "Good luck Mr. Gorsky!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 It's looking a lot like Village Photos is defunct, which is a disappointment since I have already been through this before when Photobucket did their thing. In the mean time I've hosted these on my own website to hotlink here. Same story as usual - been too busy / too tired / not enough time / no motivation since the last post. I have the topsides camouflage on now though. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back in the Saddle Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 It was worth the wait Jamie, that looks very tidy👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 I drew up some masks, checked the sizing with a paper print then cut them. Mostly I spent the weekend making sawdust though I don't fancy my chances much of Village Photos coming back. The owner has disappeared over the hill. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Nice work on the stencils mate The ship's looking pretty good too Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Stew Dapple said: Nice work on the stencils mate The ship's looking pretty good too Cheers, Stew Thanks Stew They appear to work alright. So far at least! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Jamie, the codes look great. As a former Airframe tech though, I can't say the same about the 'rivet' detail on the kit. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies said: don't fancy my chances much of Village Photos coming back. The owner has disappeared over the hill. Me too I've switched to postimage, which is actually very similar and a bit easier to post multiple images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 I got the rest of the markings painted on today: ... then looked at the film still again. Spot the obligatory mistake I'm incapable of making a model without. Actually there are two errors, and I still need to fix the second one. Back to the airbrush again and that demarcation has been relocated. I need to give this paint some time to cure, then I can begin oil weathering. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 21 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Jamie, the codes look great. As a former Airframe tech though, I can't say the same about the 'rivet' detail on the kit. Sorry. I'm fully aware of the differences between models and real aircraft construction, but recessed rivets are much easier for the moderate level modeller to work with than the correct round headed rivets on the rear fuselage of a Spitfire, for the simple and pretty obvious reason that raised detail gets obliterated doing even the lightest of surface remedial work which pretty much all models need as a minimum. It's less about whether the feature itself is raised or recessed and more about how the modeller uses artistic skills to highlight, lowlight or leave well alone. We represent the full size object since attempting to replicate it in small scales always leads to failure. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 That's the most obvious mistakes in the camouflage taken care of. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Nice work mate - there's a certain irony there that you had to correct your (correct) camo pattern so that it became incorrect, in order that it should correctly match the (incorrect) camo pattern of the original subject Cheers, Stew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Stew Dapple said: Nice work mate - there's a certain irony there that you had to correct your (correct) camo pattern so that it became incorrect, in order that it should correctly match the (incorrect) camo pattern of the original subject Cheers, Stew Is that a double negative or a quadruple negative? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 Today I started on the oil paints. Definitely fun. Definitely slow. I think the key to this will be doing little bits at a time, not least because you need somewhere to hold it without oil paints on 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 A wee bit more done. I think I'll leave this a while now so that oil paint can dry off leaving me some way to handle it to do the other side The underside and wings in general need a lot more. I've only paid any attention to the port side of the fuselage so far really. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 A late catch up with your thread Jamie. Great project. Enjoyed reading it so much I might have to get the film out (again...) Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Hi All, I'm trying to improve my modelling productivity so I've moved my table down to the living room where I can sit near Gill when she's doing dressmaking stuff. I've taken the stuff that's I'm actually supposed to be working on down to the living room as well. I've left the airbrush upstairs in the separate annex room I use just for that (and Shelf of Doom storage). For the last 3 years the modelling desk has been upstairs behind my work-from-home office. I thought that on the basis that I don't really do anything all day long I could spin the chair around and sneak attack a model, but in reality although I genuinely don't do anything all day long, I rarely get ten minutes without someone pinging me on MS Teams asking what I think they should do. After the day's work has been completed, spending more time sitting up here is unappealing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 After a few weeks of drying time for the oil paint weathering, I did the other side yesterday. I also spotted that the photographs of the aircraft on the ground showed 3 spoke wheels, so I'm using these from Ultracast. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 That's looking very nice mate, very nice indeed Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Stew Dapple said: That's looking very nice mate, very nice indeed Cheers, Stew Thank you Stew. I've even re-hosted the earlier photographs from the thread and rebuilt all the links. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 It's still missing the rectangular rear view mirror - this isn't in the Eduard kit (or I lost it) so I'll need to raid the spares box. It also still needs an aerial rigged up - I think - need to double check. Lastly the nav lights are painted silver and need to harden up before going over with Tamiya clear red and green. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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