Hi!

I've been following this campaign since it started and with the good works you are doing, it inspired me to join in and try with this one, a Russian Yak-38.
I've cut some parts, but nothing is glued yet.
Cheers!

Great ,
Now I just have to undo what's been done.

Cheers Rob.

Was that the insomniac dyslexic agnostic insurance agent?

He lay awake all night wondering if there really is a dog

I think we need to cur tail these puns.

Puns? What puns? I think you must be barking up the wrong tree Jessica!

My build will be part one of my own Battle of Britain-project.
Airfix 1:72 Spitfire Mk Ia. It also means I'll try out the paint range from Agama.

Picture to prove I didn't start early:

Looks like a nice little kit to start now that I'm down with the flu.

Hi. I had originally wanted to build a Minicraft Skyrocket for this campaign. However, I have good reasons for changing my mind, which I won't bother you with.

Anyway, I've decided to go with a 1/48 Spitfire IX instead, and thought I'd better post that I'm beginning. Here's the date stamp:




The Revell kit is an identical repop of the Hasegawa offering, other than markings. I will not be using the kit markings, though, as this is the example I hope to model:

This is a 401Sqn., RCAF Spitfire, which was known as the 'Blue Spitfire' due to its blueish appearance resultant from a camo pattern in greys.

I have begun modeling, barely. My first goal was to select the best seat and get to work:


The seat on the right is an Eduard offering that I soldered up. Next two are Ultracast seats, one with harness and one without. Last one is the kit seat.
I've chosen to install the unharnessed Ultracast seat, as the best one. They're brushed with black enamel, because I'm experimenting with an alternate weathering technique.

I've also begun to work with a Eduard assisted IP:


I'm going to spray silver enamel over the entire interior first, let it set, and then apply interior green acrylic. Then I'll swab a little alcohol to weather it up abit.
I've used this technique on my Lysander. It takes longer, but, the results are quite nice.

See you next post

Well after i finished the instrument panel of the Intruder i decided i wasnt happy with it so iv gone and ordered the PE set from eduard .. While im wait for that to arrive iv done some of the bombs

I've finished the cockpit, and scratchbuilt a harness from masking tape. A bit rought, but they won't be that visible through the closed canopy.



Closed up the fuselage. The joint along the nose was a bit prominent so I gave it a once-over with Tamiya putty. Normally I would have left it and just used some abrasive paper to make it flush, since citadel paints are pretty good at covering small blemishes. But this time I'm using the Agama paints I orderd from the Czech webshop which is my "royal supplier", and they are more viscous.

Your pit job looks very nice sitting in the closed-up fuselage,Eirik. Perhaps the scratch built harness is slightly robust, but, thats ok. It still looks good. Well done!

Some great work, loving those Spitfire cockpits in particular.

Here's the current status of the AZ IXc:


AZModel Spitfire IXc 1/72 by mawz_models, on Flickr

The gaps are a lot smaller than the slathered-on Mr. Surfacer 500, I'll be removing most of that with acetone-based Nail Polish Remover.

There's a real neat modeling tip, that I never knew. That's why this is my primary forum.

Well here goes nothing. 1st aircraft model I've built in 21 years. Christ now I feel old.



Returned to the hobby about 3 years ago and focused on armour. Father in law is a big aircraft buff and after seeing shelf upon shelf of aircraft models I've finally got the bug to build one myself.

Hopefully I can make it look half as nice as some of the great work I've seen on this site.

Cheers

Jeff

Well Jeff, welcome back to the world of aircraft modeling. You could not have picked a better kit to start off with. Most importantly...have fun and enjoy the build!!!


Regards,

Ian

Welcome, Jeff. And you've picked a wonderful model to start with.

Still slowly moving along with the Spitfire. Shot it with Humbrol silver enamel first. Needs to set for awhile before I apply the acrylic interior colors and weather it.



The dots on the T-pins are a few compasses I'm scratching up.

Lots of fine work going on here!

I don`t know if it was the paint I originally used or that I had to soak it for so long to remove the paint but there is some damage to the wings and tail. Nothing that will keep me from building it though. I can now start this kit again!

Cheers Rob.

A quick Intruder update .. My Eduard PE set arrived on Tuesday and iv been busy with the cockpit area i had to make a few alterations so things would fit ok but im much happier with it now

Finished the Spit today. Chose the kits single decal-option: D-WK (P9495), No 610 Squadron, 13 Air Group RAF - Biggin Hill England, July 1940.

The only issue with kit was the fit of the cockpit-hood. I had to do a lot for filing and dry-fitting. In the end i had to resort to the good old trick with white glue, but it worked out.

Agama paints was a pleasant acquaintance.They give a good finish, but needs plenty of stirring, or you get a wavy discoloration. I love their version of "Sky"! And thanks to the nice finish and Airfix liberal panel-lines I just gave the model a very light wash.

The decals was stiff, but most snuggled down with a setting solution. The only problem here was the patches over the machine guns. In the end I used diluted glue, and it was a pretty though "sol", but after all the patches would look a bit ragged on the plane after a flight anyway.

The arial is stretched sprue, and the seat harness looks great even through the thick (but crystal clear) hood.

Posted some more pictures in the campaign gallery. And the Spit takes it's place in my glass-cabinet.

Started work on the cockpit (sorry for the quality of the pictures, good camera was out on loan with the Mrs)




Fit was as good as I had expected it to be. Cockpit colours aren't 100% accurate, but this is just a fun build to see if I want to get hooked on another branch of scale modelling. My wallet is kind of hoping I don't. Next up if the step that worries me most, dealing with the seam on the top and bottom of the fuselage.



Great work all around,

Jeff

Intruder update .. iv done some of the cockpit tub and finished one of the ejector seats .. on to the next one

Hello All

I've also been following along and have enlisted after being greatly impressed by the progress and quality goin' on here.
Nice job Eirick, looks to have been a fun and relaxing build.

Nice job on all those cockpit tubs, I can only dream of achieving something similar.
I have not completed an aircraft kit in well close to 25yrs or so! Just recently got back into the hobby a yr ago on this site (at my age, a yr ago is recent)

Will post an image tonite of my choice from the stash. Warning: It's gonna be an old one!

Cheers Dave

Ok here goes, I've pulled this out of the stash, I hope to build this OOB.




It's a real old kit, but it's great for me to do. I've noticed a lot of modern props and jets here so it's anything goes with an old Bi-Plane...
G'd Luck w/ the rigging Dave... huh, what? Oh well like I said here goes

Cheers Dave

Hello all,

If anything goes, I will be jumping in with Trumpeter's 1/72 F-105G kit. It is one of the few aircraft I personally like a lot and because of that a friend passed a lost and abused kit to me. I receieved it without a proper box, some of the instructions lost and the cockpit half assembled.

There was no detail provided for the cockpit, so I tore the assembled parts apart and decided to replace it with an Eduard set. Luckly, Eduard makes a pre-colored set that is also self-adhesive... What more could I want?







A dry-fit of the fuselage revealed that it was going to go together without much pain... Well, I was wrong As visible in the photo, the upper back tends to split up. I had to use clamps, but the round shape of the fuselage meant that it would still crack and separate. I had to press it with my hands and wait half an hour with the kit in my hand to make sure everything stuck together!

I'm currently working on the wings and the canopy details. More photos soon.

Well iv now got some time off work for easter so iv been in the hobby shed . I finished of the cockpit area and installed the nose wieghts into the two fuselage halfs . After the glue had dried i fitted the cockpit tub and glued it all together , the fit its quite good for an old kit and only a small amount of filling and sanding will be needed .. while i set it to one side to dry i cleaned up the wings and got the starboard side glues together ...

Dave, great work on your A-6 cockpit. Great thing about the Prowlers and Intruders is that the cockpit is so spacious and you can really appreciate the detail.


Regards, Ian