stevej60 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hi Folk's with my 1/32 year kicked of with Trumpeter's Spitfire Vb and Me 109 (both nearing completion) next is another Spitfire in the form of Revell's Mkll.This is my third crack at this nice but not without faults kit.I wanted to steer clear of the traditional BoB schemes but the later day fighter scheme's require a lot of correction's in the form of wheels prop's etc as a non rivet counter I'm not really bothered but for this build I am replacing the wheels with a set matching those of the flight's Mkll and finishing her in the 1997-99 277 air sea rescue squadron scheme which I believe was the first time the aircraft was not painted in a front line squadron scheme and no weathering needed! Here's the box I'll make a start next week. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Looking forward to this Steve, got a couple in the stash one was used for some donor cockpit parts for the HB Mk Vb. Be great in the rescue scheme. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Me too, except I don’t have any Revell Spits in the stash, but I’ll watch anyway. Get on with it then! 😜 John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 36 minutes ago, Biggles87 said: Me too, except I don’t have any Revell Spits in the stash, but I’ll watch anyway. Get on with it then! 😜 John Won't be long John! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Hi folk's been tinkering with this one today doing a few sub-assemblies etx main cockpit part's done. All the areas needing interior green done,mixed a very bright shade to match the colour of the real aircraft's immaculate cockpit. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Nice start the cockpit structure and details are good. Did you compare the cockpit details to the Hobbyboss kit at all? Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Nice start the cockpit structure and details are good. Did you compare the cockpit details to the Hobbyboss kit at all? Chris Very similar Chris but the Revell kit "feel's" right,much finer detailing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Yes definitely, much better and its not squashed in height like the HB one. Looking forward to this especially in the Air Sea Rescue scheme, that's a cracking choice. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 Afternoon folk's,cockpit about done,no weathering just a dry brush next then paint the IP dials etc then the sub assembly can be fitted into the fuselage side. I noticed the flight's aircraft has a seat base cushion of some sort so I shaped some blue tack and painted it. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Looking good Steve Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Hi folk's got a fair bit done over the last few day's,this is the third time building this kit and surprisingly found it a struggle unlike the other two there seemed to be a bit of warping of one of the fuselage sides and the molds seem to be showing signs of wear in other area's on the upper edge of one fuselage half but easily remedied and tonight she's drying nicely. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Looking Good Steve - I'll be sure to follow this one - I'm counting on you to make a cracking job of it - top man!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Wilson Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Looking good Steve 👍😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Nice cockpit, the only thing I don't like about the Revell version is that the ' floor ' i.e. fuselage bottom, is a little flat but it's probably not too noticeable when it's inside the fuselage anyway. John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 This looks great, this exact kit is next up in my stash so I'm glad to see you tackle it first. The cockpit looks really good, in my opinion. Not over engineered or anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 18 hours ago, Jeff G said: This looks great, this exact kit is next up in my stash so I'm glad to see you tackle it first. The cockpit looks really good, in my opinion. Not over engineered or anything. It is a nice kit Jeff I'm surprised at the fit issue with this one the other's have been fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Not hanging about with this one, it's looking grand though. Your comments about this being different to the others that you have built struck a chord with me as when I built two 1/32 Hobbyboss Spitfires, one was a great build but the other got awkward, must have been a Friday afternoon kit. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 Evening folk's,Spitfire painting begun with the underside first coat applied.The Mastercasters wheels are superb and minimal clean up required,I noticed to my horror while scouring photo's of the flights spitfire it has a six stack exhaust fitted so I ordered the Quickboost set for this kit. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Nice to see some paint on fella, you are motoring through this one fella. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Evening folk's,after a couple of more coat's of sky out came the masking tape and on with the dark gray but not before more work involving the wing braces which I notice the flight's Mkll has (I believe were applied during production from the Mk V onward). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 I had a moment of horror when I picked up a thread here claiming this aircraft was in a standard day fighter scheme thankfully I found a great photo taken at an airshow showing the dark sea gray scheme I've asked the author for permission to use it and Richard has allowed me use of his photo. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 12 hours ago, stevej60 said: Evening folk's,after a couple of more coat's of sky out came the masking tape and on with the dark gray but not before more work involving the wing braces I noticed the flight's Mkll has which I believe were applied during production from the Mk V onward. Coming along nicely Steve - look forward to seeing this unusual scheme! Cheers, Roger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Dunny said: Coming along nicely Steve - look forward to seeing this unusual scheme! Many thank's Roger,I don't usually get involved with researching a subject so it's been a bit different with this one there's not a lot out there regarding the short time it was painted in the scheme being done I noticed on another photo Richard took of her in flight there's a black stripe running along the underside from prop to tail,the decal company fail to mention it at all and call for the wrong colour's for the upper camoflage,nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Lovely work so far Steve. I must say i do like the colour scheme you've selected to depict! Something unusual is always an eye catcher in my book! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 Hi folk's,I've painted the black stripe on the lower fuselage and fitted the u/c leg's. And after a day for the dark gray to dry brush painted two coat's of the lighter slate gray all went well and now time to mask and paint the fuselage sky stripe. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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