davidelvy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Not long after I started building kits again I bought the Airfix 1/48 Seafire FR47 from the model shop in Swansea. This must have been over five years ago and the shop is now long gone. In the intervening years I have bought various bits and pieces for it. I could probably have sold it on Ebay for a profit, but the kit was bought to be built and now is the time. So here is the box, content and a few of the extras. Hopefully I won't lose the cockpit, like I did with my Buccaneer! Edited June 19, 2011 by davidelvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I could probably have sold it on Ebay for a profit, but the kit was bought to be built and now is the time. Excellent sentiment! I too have just received that decal sheet and am considering grabbing one of these kits from the stash and adding it to the three Spitfires on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted March 29, 2011 Author Share Posted March 29, 2011 Paint it black! A small amount of progress. I'm not intending add much detail in the cockpit as it is very small and tight and with everthing painted black very little can be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Looking forward to seeing your build come together David. It's a great kit, just the wingfold to watch out for if you're having the wings folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 David - watch for my post this evening - I have a neat trick for the undernose carb intake to make it look nicerer-er cheers Jonners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Paint it black! I wanna see it tainted, tainted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky I wanna see it tainted, tainted, tainted, tainted black! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 David - watch for my post this evening - I have a neat trick for the undernose carb intake to make it look nicerer-er cheers Jonners I am intrigued. I was aware Airfix had taken a bit of a short-cut and left the upper surface inside the carburrettor intake flat when it should be curved and was planning to rectify this. I will be very interested to see your "trick". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted June 5, 2011 Author Share Posted June 5, 2011 Well that didn't go as well as I hoped. I thought I had plenty of time, but unfortunately this got in the way: It was a conversion of a kit I built some years ago, so I thought it would only take a few weeks. Unfortunately "mission creep" set in. As a result the porr old FR47 took a back seat for longer than I intended. Nevertheless I shall persevere. Perhaps the mods could more this one to Work in Progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) After the black comes the detail for the cockpit. As little will be seen I decided not to add very much. I hollowed out the control column and added instrument decals. These were from Aeroscale and I must say they were not as impressive as I had hoped. The detail is not great, so it is impossible to work out what some of the dials are meant to be. Also, whilst the set comes with a list of the instrument dials there is no key. Having said that, I did find them easy to apply, they settled down well on the moulded detail and are much better that any attempt I could have made at brush painting. And added a cushion to the seat, which I then painted. I also added a flare rack. I needn't have bothered with this last detail because it can't be seen when the fuselage is closed-up. I decided that the camera windows would require something that could be seen other than a black void, so I made a little camera. Not terribly accurate, but all that will be seen if the front of the lens. I also installed a bracket to hold it. Then the fuselage was closed up and I turned my attention to the outside. The rocker covers are not quite right, so I attempted some correction. I also lined the carburrettor intake with card and re-shaped it so that it was not as bulbous. I used John Kunac-Tabinor's technique for adding the missing curve to the inside of the intake, which I think is both simple and effective. The intake also needs to be sanded back at the front as it is meant to be se-back from the propellor hub. This also improves things. That's all for now. Next time wing folds. Edited June 20, 2011 by davidelvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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