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It's all looking good, John :) Was the filler on the leading edge applicable to all Spitfires, or just the early marks?

 

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It's a bit annoying when you have gaps like that. Not uncommon in Spitfire models. Gappy wing joints are a conplete pain.

 

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17 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Oh dear!

I’ve often have problems with other Spitfire wing tips but not usually Eduard, perhaps you got a ‘ Friday afternoon ‘ job.

 

John

I really think it must be something that I've done, or not done, I've built Eduard's MkI before and had no issues but for some reason this time the wing "edges" are a little "off"

 

17 hours ago, 81-er said:

It's all looking good, John :) Was the filler on the leading edge applicable to all Spitfires, or just the early marks?

 

James

thanks James

 

the filler was applied to all Spitfires, similar to Mustangs

 

14 hours ago, Tigerausfb said:

It's a bit annoying when you have gaps like that. Not uncommon in Spitfire models. Gappy wing joints are a conplete pain.

 

Andrew

thanks Andrew

 

this is my 8th or 9th Eduard Spitfire, mainly MkIX's, MkVIII's & MkV's but I have built one of these previously and the fit was exemplary, so I must have done something wrong, here's a link to my previous build...

 

 

 

rgds

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52 minutes ago, 81-er said:

Thanks John, I'll make sure I add it to my Spitfire builds 👍

 

James

thank John (Biggles87) he told me about it "many moons ago"

 

rgds

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Thin strips of styrene were used to fill the gaps…

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…with putty used for the wing roots…

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…the front cowl panel line needed to be filled…

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…and the rear cowl panel line re-scribed…

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…Eduard provide canopy masks…

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…sponge and liquid mask cover the wheel wells…

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…a “spare” cockpit door and Tamiya tape masked the cockpit.

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Next I’ll be preparing for paint.

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

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The cowl joint looks good, I’ve taken the easy way out and bought Ultracast and Barracuda one piece cowlings for mine.

I pulled out one of me Eduard Spitfires ( a Mk VIII ) and quickly dry fitted the wings to the fuselage which looked OK, so I don’t know what went wrong.

 

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57 minutes ago, Biggles87 said:

The cowl joint looks good, I’ve taken the easy way out and bought Ultracast and Barracuda one piece cowlings for mine.

I pulled out one of me Eduard Spitfires ( a Mk VIII ) and quickly dry fitted the wings to the fuselage which looked OK, so I don’t know what went wrong.

 

John

thanks John

 

I've no idea how I managed to get it wrong!? its a talent I have for most things 🤣

 

the "newer" Eduard Spitfires don't have a separate cowl, I once made the mistake of buying an Eduard (Brassin) cowl only yo find out it was too big! the Barracuda one fitted perfectly !

 

rgds

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Before using primer to check the repairs I need to paint the canopy with the SMS internal green…

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…then I used Mr Surfacer 1500 black primer to show how much extra work the seams need…

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…there are a couple of areas that need attention…

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…but overall I’m happy with how they’ve turned out.

 

Once the seams were finally “fixed” the entire airframe was given a coat of Mr Surfacer 1500 black primer.

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Next I’ll be painting the underside camo’.

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

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The underside for this scheme is silver fuselage with black and white wings.

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I’m guessing that “silver” would have been paint rather than bare aluminium?, so I’ve used Tamiya LP-11…

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…the LP-11 was then masked and different MRP colours were used as a “marble layer” including MRP-015 light brown, MRP-167 light earth, MRP-205 eggplant, MRP-241 dark gunship grey, MRP-366 dark grey…

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…MRP-135 insignia white was used to blend the “white wing”…

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…and MRP-255 night camouflage to blend the “black wing”

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Next I’ll be starting on the upper camo.

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

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4 hours ago, modelling minion said:

Very effective painting John. 

thank you

 

for some reason the "white" looks pale blue in the photos, it doesn't "in the flesh"

 

rgds

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13 hours ago, 81-er said:

Looks good to me as well, John :)

 

James

thanks James

 

I'm not sure why the "white" looks "pale blue", after leaving it alone today I'm thinking of over-spraying with white, the colour i used is insignia white which is a little too cool, what i really want is a "dirty off-white" so misting "pure white" might get me closer to the colour I'm after?

 

rgds

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Tamiya flexi tape and tape was used to mask the underside…

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…LP-11 was sprayed along the wing roots followed by some hairspray for chipping after the camo’ colours have been applied.

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A marble layer was then made using MRP-159 chocolate, MRP-235 gunship green, MRP-167 light earth and MRP-004 white on the fabric surfaces…

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…the marble layer was then blended with MRP-108 dark earth.

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For my previous BoB Spitfire build I’d used a mix of Tamiya paint for the dark earth:

4 parts XF-52 flat earth, 4 parts XF-49 khaki & 1 part XF-3 yellow

This MRP colour is very close to that colour mix and saves bit of faffing!

 

 

Next I’ll be applying the dark green camo’

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

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On 12/10/2024 at 06:43, modelling minion said:

Done to your usual high standards John, the MRP paints certainly look like they go on nicely. 

 

2 hours ago, Milan Mynar said:

It is an outstanding modeling work.

thanks chaps 👍

 

rgds

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“Clever putty”, similar to “Panzer putty?”, was used to mask the brown.

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MRP-136  intermediate blue and MRP-237 sea blue were used for the marble layer…

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…MRP-110 dark green was used to blend the marble layer…

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…putty/mask removed.

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Next I’ll be applying the decals.

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

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Crikey, I've completely missed this one John! A lovely build and as per your usual standards and detailing .... nice work! 

 

I've just had a couple of Eduard Tempests land on the doormat and have a Spitfire IX to have a go at, so seeing your build is a great reference. 

 

Keith ☺️ 

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28 minutes ago, Keeff said:

Crikey, I've completely missed this one John! A lovely build and as per your usual standards and detailing .... nice work! 

 

I've just had a couple of Eduard Tempests land on the doormat and have a Spitfire IX to have a go at, so seeing your build is a great reference. 

 

Keith ☺️ 

thanks Keith

 

I've built their their MkV Tempest and 2 or 3 Spitfire MkIX's both are really very nice kits.

The MkIX is a little different to this MkI in as much as the cowl is separate from the fuselage, this kit its "integrated". however, the cowl is in two parts giving you a centre seem line to deal with, I opted for an aftermarket "one piece" cowl, the idea being that there'd be no seem line, only problem the Brassin (Eduard) cowl is too long! the Barracuda version fits perfectly!

I'm guessing this is the reason that they've changed the fuselage for their later Spitfires, as a bonus they've also made the exhausts one piece and far easier to fit, so swings and roundabouts with easier/better exhausts and a cowl seem that reasonably easy to hide.

 

rgds

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The kit decals have the “peelable” carrier film so I placed some of the “underside” stencils and left them to fully settle over-night…

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…the carrier film was then carefully removed…

the stencils were added first as it looks as if one of the roundels, with the outer yellow ring on the black wing, might overlap one of the stencils and I wanted to removed the carrier film before adding the roundel.

…roundels added.

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On my recent Marlet build I didn’t leave the wing roundels to settle for long enough and I ended up having to remove them and then paint them using an “old” Montex mask. I’ll still toying with the idea of painting the wing roundels as I plan to paint the “walkway” lines

 

 

Next I’ll be tackling the fuselage and other “upper” decals.

until next time

as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received.

rgds

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