AliGauld Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 1 hour ago, bigbadbadge said: Oooooo paint, great job Alistair, looking good. Chris Thanks Chris, It's not much but at least it's a start. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Good idea to label on trays. I can't imagine doing a parallel build like this without mindlessly snipping everything off and ending up with a frankenspit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Ngantek said: Good idea to label on trays. I can't imagine doing a parallel build like this without mindlessly snipping everything off and ending up with a frankenspit. Absolutely why I did it as I can be less than sensible at times. Cheers, Alistair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 I managed a couple of spare hours this morning to apply some photoetch and paint some details. Only one set of pictures as they are both pretty much the same. The compass still needs a little black paint around the body but after that there will be some washing and dry brushing and then I can get them glued together and start building the thing. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Excellent progress Alistair and looking good. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 1 minute ago, bigbadbadge said: Excellent progress Alistair and looking good. Great work Chris Thanks Chris, Lots of fiddly stuff but now it's done things should accelerate. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 Good job Alistair, the cockpit looks the part for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Alistair, Some impressive detail work there for 1:72 - coming along nicely! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 12 hours ago, mark.au said: Good job Alistair, the cockpit looks the part for sure. Thanks Mark, 10 hours ago, Dunny said: Alistair, Some impressive detail work there for 1:72 - coming along nicely! Cheers, Roger Thanks Roger, Too kind. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 Not much time today, just a clear coat and some Tamiya Brown Panel Liner applied, Once that is dry tomorrow I'll apply a wee dry brush and get down to some gluing. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Lovely work on the cockpit so far. I wish I'd been aware of your build earlier! I have this very same set sitting next to my bench scheduled to be built (a double build as well) sometime before year's end. The Eduard kit is terrific... by far one of the best kits I've ever made. I'll warn you though, that the tolerances are tight and I had a devil of a time getting the two fuselage halves together. I'd recommend going over the mating surfaces of your cockpit assembly with sandpaper and doing some careful dry fitting! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Alistair, That wash has popped the detail nicely - coming along very well! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 7 hours ago, opus999 said: Lovely work on the cockpit so far. I wish I'd been aware of your build earlier! I have this very same set sitting next to my bench scheduled to be built (a double build as well) sometime before year's end. The Eduard kit is terrific... by far one of the best kits I've ever made. I'll warn you though, that the tolerances are tight and I had a devil of a time getting the two fuselage halves together. I'd recommend going over the mating surfaces of your cockpit assembly with sandpaper and doing some careful dry fitting! Thanks very much for the tip. I'll need to pay a bit more attention than usual. 3 hours ago, Dunny said: Alistair, That wash has popped the detail nicely - coming along very well! Cheers, Roger Thanks Roger, More today hopefully. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 My eyes are about birlin' after this mornings little escapade. The cockpit has been fitted and the fuselage joined. I got lucky as I only had to scrape the paint off the mating surfaces and everything went together nicely. Then I started on the wheel wells and this was where it got interesting. First of all I cut the wrong bottom wing off and drilled holes which will need to be filled. No big deal. Got the right part out and fitted the wheel well parts with care as there are different parts for the C and the E. This is the Mk. IXe wing. I think that is it for today I'll get the MK.IXc up to the same point tomorrow and we may have something that looks like a Spitfire at the end of that. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Great progress Alistair, it can get like that foing multiple builds, especially of the same types. Well overcome and great to see it coming together, looking good fella. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 26 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Great progress Alistair, it can get like that foing multiple builds, especially of the same types. Well overcome and great to see it coming together, looking good fella. Chris Thanks Chris, Thing is it'll be so much easier on the other one as I've done the hard bit on this one. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Quack Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Looking good Alistair. Very impressed by your recent output - both quality and volume. Fast work, and excellent. Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 hours ago, Dr. Quack said: Looking good Alistair. Very impressed by your recent output - both quality and volume. Fast work, and excellent. Q Thanks so much Q, That is extremely kind of you. I've been lucky with the last few as they went together really well. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 I've managed a little bit more. First the MK.IXc And the MK.IXe The wings are just dry fitted just now. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Great progress Alistair, it's good to see the fuselage and wings going together.. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Nice to see the wing fit. There's something deeply tactile about seeing a small, sharply tooled spitfire kit fitting together really nicely. I suddenly want to make one too. Andy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Just caught up Alistair, and you are doing a fine job of the pair. Keep up the great work. Stay safe. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 On 12/07/2022 at 23:24, bigbadbadge said: Great progress Alistair, it's good to see the fuselage and wings going together.. Chris Thanks Chris, Having an issue with the wing to fuselage fit on the Mk.IXc and it must be something I've done but it's nothing that a little scraping, sanding and filling won't solve. On 13/07/2022 at 09:50, Ngantek said: Nice to see the wing fit. There's something deeply tactile about seeing a small, sharply tooled spitfire kit fitting together really nicely. I suddenly want to make one too. Andy Thanks Andy, That's the felling I get watching other builds. On 13/07/2022 at 11:09, Spookytooth said: Just caught up Alistair, and you are doing a fine job of the pair. Keep up the great work. Stay safe. Simon. Thanks Simon, I'll get there in the end. Cheers, Alistair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just caught up Alistair (can I play the COVID card?) Looking lovely, Cheers, Roger 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Dunny said: Just caught up Alistair (can I play the COVID card?) Looking lovely, Cheers, Roger Thanks Roger, No worries as long as everybody is healthy, my plastic mangling is a mere bagatelle. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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