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Playing in the Sandbox Group Build Sept 1, 2024 - Jn 1, 2025

Rescued from "The Shelf of Dooooomm" - Tamiya Mk.VIII Spit


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A very small update...

 

I have raided the kids pencil case and "borrowed" a brown coloured pencil and I have used it to add some chips and scratches to the prop blades to suggest that it was a wooden blade.

 

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All Glossed up! This is the second time that I used Mr Color GXIII Clear and I loving the stuff! I need to buy shares in this product!

 

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What was the thinner used?  Mr Color Leveling Thinner?    Mr. Color Thinner?   Ratio?

 

I am going to give this a try.

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About those wooden blades, they were made of compressed wood and resin to make one very hard

Material. The leading edge had a brass sheath. The whole blade was covered in a material like

Plastic. This was very hard. I used to have an original Spit propblade where some of this covering had

Cracked. In that case the blade was not serviceable. So you would never see wood shining through.

Hope this makes sense.

Cees

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Looking great for a rescue project!

Something I've always wondered about - most of us all finish our WWII camo finishes with a dead-flat finish but looking at these WWII photos it is clear that the planes actually had some degree of shine - check out the cowling and wing root areas on this photo.

 

All Glossed up! This is the second time that I used Mr Color GXIII Clear and I loving the stuff! I need to buy shares in this product!

 

 

 

Tape removed and the oval is a way lot better than I was achieve with the Bluetak.

 

 

 

Decals are starting to go now... I am using Barracuda Cal's Mk.VIII sheet for the National Insignia and Stencils. And the scheme I'm going with is Bill Skinners, Lonesome Polecat.

 

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Sheen could and did vary wildly based on a number of factors. Paint quality. Operating environment. Operational tempo. Where the plane was based. Baking in the South Pacific or North Africa or getting blasted by UV on high-altitude escort duties or even flying in bad conditions could beat a plane up fast, just like a car on a road trip.

 

Exactly, but this Spit looks pretty used yet it shines in that Italian sun.

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Sorry I'm rather late on this topic, but I hope this will help. From August 1942, Supermarine abandoned cellulose paints (except on fabric surfaces,) and went over to a synthetic type, which, while remaining mat, was also smooth; there's a huge tendency to confuse smooth with semi-gloss, satin, or whatever you like to call it, but they were not the same.

At around the same time, a new trade, that of Aircraft Finisher, was instituted, and it was his job to maintain the aircraft; at the same time as the new paint started to be used, the leading edges of the wings were "stopped" (filled) and smoothed, so that all rivet "divots," and panel lines vanished, back as far as the mainspar line. Standard treatment was to touch in any damage, then sand with wet-and-dry, followed by a wash-down with clear water (airframes that hadn't dried might well explain some of so-called glossy finish we see in some photos.) Paint was not supposed to be polished, because wax could cause fresh paint to refuse to stick, but that didn't stop pilots doing their own thing.

Incidentally, the brass sheath, on the leading edge of a propeller blade, was not supposed to be visible, since it was normally covered by black plastic material; of course wear and tear, and flexing of the blade did cause it to show.

Edgar

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