Bomber_County Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Sublime as ever John, the cockpit was tiny compared to US planes.... 3
JohnB Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 4:29 PM, Bomber_County said: Sublime as ever John, the cockpit was tiny compared to US planes.... Expand Thanks Phil. That's what I understand. Pretty snug! 3
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Posted April 19, 2021 Making some progress! I'll start on the nose next with engine covers in place. 5
Kaireckstadt Posted April 19, 2021 Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 7:46 PM, JohnB said: Making some progress! I'll start on the nose next with engine covers in place. Expand Absolutely clean build without any flaws! Looking really very good including the Prop! Did you have to do a lot of rework? 5
JohnB Posted April 19, 2021 Author Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 11:08 PM, Kaireckstadt said: Absolutely clean build without any flaws! Looking really very good including the Prop! Did you have to do a lot of rework? Expand Thank you. Nope, no rework at all. Completely OOB, etc. 2 1
Kaireckstadt Posted April 19, 2021 Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 11:27 PM, JohnB said: Thank you. Nope, no rework at all. Completely OOB, etc. Expand Expected no other answer, because it’s Tamiya... 4
JohnB Posted April 20, 2021 Author Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 11:28 PM, Kaireckstadt said: Expected no other answer, because it’s Tamiya... Expand Yes indeed! 3
JohnB Posted April 20, 2021 Author Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 4:43 AM, GazzaS said: Looking good! Expand Thanks Gaz. 3
JohnB Posted April 20, 2021 Author Posted April 20, 2021 Since I plan to have the engine covers in place there's no need to do any detailing, etc. there. 5
BlrwestSiR Posted April 20, 2021 Posted April 20, 2021 Looks good John and I agree about leaving out the unnecessary bits. I've done that a few times on my Spitfires. Carl 5
JohnB Posted April 20, 2021 Author Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 11:19 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Looks good John and I agree about leaving out the unnecessary bits. I've done that a few times on my Spitfires. Carl Expand Yep, no point in adding them if they won't be seen. Thanks! 6
Kaireckstadt Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 11:09 PM, JohnB said: Since I plan to have the engine covers in place there's no need to do any detailing, etc. there. Expand Looks very nice John! Good decision to leave the unnecessary parts out. I‘m not a friend of opening all possible panels. With closed cowls it‘s possible to see the beautiful sleek look of the Spitfire. Like your approach! 7
Spitfire Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Yes I agree I would prefer to see a buttoned up air frame, I can however I do appreciate the skill and time some people put into their opened up builds, but it is not for me. Cheers Dennis 8
JohnB Posted April 21, 2021 Author Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 6:14 AM, Kaireckstadt said: Looks very nice John! Good decision to leave the unnecessary parts out. I‘m not a friend of opening all possible panels. With closed cowls it‘s possible to see the beautiful sleek look of the Spitfire. Like your approach! Expand Thanks! 5
JohnB Posted April 21, 2021 Author Posted April 21, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 8:15 AM, Spitfire said: Yes I agree I would prefer to see a buttoned up air frame, I can however I do appreciate the skill and time some people put into their opened up builds, but it is not for me. Cheers Dennis Expand Same here Dennis. I did leave the cowlings off and did some detailing on my 1st Mk IX a few years ago. I figure that has it covered. LOL 6
Peterpools Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 Quote Expand John looking so good and completely agree - no need to spend time building assemblies that will never be seen Keep ‘em comin Peter 5
JohnB Posted April 23, 2021 Author Posted April 23, 2021 Time to do some preliminary painting. Next I'll mask off the areas for the invasion stripes and get them laid down. 9 1
GazzaS Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 I'm glad to see the cowls close up nicely. I hate it when they don't. Looking good! 5
JohnB Posted April 23, 2021 Author Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 9:10 PM, GazzaS said: I'm glad to see the cowls close up nicely. I hate it when they don't. Looking good! Expand To be honest Gaz they didn't close up easily this time. Had a fairly high cuss-factor. 4 1
BlrwestSiR Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Looks good John. I'll have to try painting markings on first one day. I almost always do them after the fact. 4
JohnB Posted April 23, 2021 Author Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 10:40 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Looks good John. I'll have to try painting markings on first one day. I almost always do them after the fact. Expand Works for me. 4
Kaireckstadt Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 On 4/23/2021 at 8:52 PM, JohnB said: Time to do some preliminary painting. Next I'll mask off the areas for the invasion stripes and get them laid down. Expand Looking mighty good John! The cowl-fit is also tight and looks fine! Looking forward to seeing the first camo-paint on it! 7
JohnB Posted April 24, 2021 Author Posted April 24, 2021 On 4/24/2021 at 12:43 AM, Kaireckstadt said: Looking mighty good John! The cowl-fit is also tight and looks fine! Looking forward to seeing the first camo-paint on it! Expand Thanks! Invasion stripes are next up. 3
HubertB Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 Neat and fast work, in short typically JohnB ! Hubert 6
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