Gunpowder17

Here you go. From the Aussie modeller web page

Its not glued on its only resting on but i see what you mean.

Nige i know you are very experienced , and im trying to teach Granny to suck eggs but you know that the wingtips are longer on the bottom than the top. If you stand them on a flat surface on their mating sides they lean a bit i mean. Im sure you know that though Andrew

Yup thats right. I fitted the spacer under the nacelle in the hole , then all of the trail edge inserts. The wingtip went on ok , but still needed a little squeezing to get it to sit flush , so i added the plasticard to push it out just a little bit more and now it fits great. Andrew

I assembled my wings and now i can see why they molded them the way they did. They are strong and light. I just added this to the ends and it makes the wingtips fit much better on mine.

I was chatting with HK models this morning as my wing is the same as Nige's. The port wing is thin on top at the stb one is thin on the underside! Hk seem to think it was ok so i will just reinforce it a bit if needed, Now then , Phantom of the Ruhr. Needle props , fuselage windows and deeper bomb aimer blister?

This is my first one for the new year. Tamiya's Beautiful Spitfire IX. I have built 3 of these including this one , and each one has been a dream in terms of fit and quality. This one is straight from the box witrh no extras. It was a Present from the Wife for Christmas. I started it Christmas evening and finished it last night. The only thing missing is the markings for the prop. Our 7 month old Cocker decided to eat those bless her , little terror! Camo was airbrushed using the blu tac method. I kept the weathering to a minimum. I preferre the look of a clean Spitfire. Apologies for the photos. Im not the worlds best photographer and they really do not do the model justice. Here it is in our display cabinet And with its panels off

It has both rudders , elevators , cowling top and bottoms and long and short carb intakes. Plus the clipped wings

This i sthe most beautiful build of the Airfix Mosquito i have seen yet. Really makes me want Airfix to hurry up with the reissue!

Airfix 1/24 Spitfire Mk1a https://www.justgiving.com/DaisyThorne/ Well its finally done. Its taken 1 weeks and more hours than i can count. The challenge was to get sponsored to build the kit in 1 week and then auction it off. All of the monies goes to little Havens. This was also built in Memory of our little 3 year old Daughter Daisy who tragically died on 14/02/14. I always new that there was a really nice kit of a Spitfire hiding in that Airfix box. With the kind donations from Airscale , John Dutfield model railways in Chelmsford , Grey matter Figures , and Dave T. This has been a slog that has mentally drained me. I found myself starting everyday at about 8am and working on until about 4pm every day. The kit went together OK and with a bit of scraping , filling , sanding , and swearing it worked out. I made a spar for the wings to get the correct dihedral. The gun covers and side panel are removeable. I wont waffle on any longer other than to say , " Daddy finished it my little Angel , for you and your little Boys and Girls".

No photos tonight. I may as well save it for tomorrow. Its in its paint now so is on target to be finished tomorrow.

Another fun filled day! Most of the work today was on the underside. Radiator , oli cooler , ammo covers and wheel wells boxed in.

Lots more done today including sanding all of the rivets off. Its really getting there now , but i will be glad when its done.

Wow modelling marathon today , im exhausted! I got the dihedral i wanted though. Wings are now fitted , tailplanes just dry fitted. Tomorrow will be filling , sanding and boxing in the UC bays. See you all tomorrow!

Thanks for the thoughts and comments. Heres my progress today so far. One of the things i have noticed is that there are alot of great 1/24 Spitfire builds that have been let down by the dihedral , or lack of it. I think this is a very important part of the build. I have added a thick steel rod mspar to keep the wings in the correct position. I made it from an old thick wire coat hanger. Guns have been added too. Hopefully the wings will be ready for fitting by the end of the day.

Well its been a long day today. The Fathers day thing was OK in the end. I just concentrated on the Spitfire and tried not to think of anything else. The fuselage is now joined. I built the Merlin up but i think i will just leave one side panel loose. If it had not have been for the amount of cleaning up i have had to do on this , it would have been finished by now! Well its been a long day today. The Fathers day thing was OK in the end. I just concentrated on the Spitfire and tried not to think of anything else. The fuselage is now joined. I built the Merlin up but i think i will just leave one side panel loose. If it had not have been for the amount of cleaning up i have had to do on this , it would have been finished by now!

Thanks People. Heres todays progress. Not done too much today as we visited the Hornby visitors centre , which was great! Fuselage halves now complete and the IP is finished.

http://www.justgiving.com/DaisyThorne As some of you know , my Wife and I lost out beautiful little 3 year old Daughter Daisy on Valentines day this year. Its been the worst time of our lives.Since Daisy Died i wanted to do something for Charity. I chose Little Havens for terminally ill Children. Daisy was taken suddenly , but can you imagine being told that your child is dying and theres no cure. Thats Heartbreaking. The plan is to get sponsored , which i have , for building the model. I will then sell the finished model on eBay and all of the proceeds will go to Little Havens. Airscale and Grey Matter Figures sent me some stuff for the build for free. Take a bow chaps. My Friend Heather Wilkinson from John Dutfield model Railways in Chelmsford kindly donated a kit. The kit i have is the Mk5 version. Box art is stunning and i really want to build one in this artwork later on. I will be building the Mk1 from this kit , so the Mk5 parts are being auctioned off too. I still need some Mk1 decals so if anyone has any that would be great. I started the build yesterday and most of the day was spent cleaning the flash off the kit parts. I have got it into primer and thats it so far for yesterday. Once the parts are cleaned up its still actually a good kit seeing how old it is. Heres some photos so far. Check back for daily updates!