:-) Hi guys, In my new capacity, I'm trying something out, a online build. You can find it in the gallery, in aircraft "On the workbench" click here This Spitfire is almost finished and is the subject of my article on applying decals Decal Dilemas and will be the subject of applying washes, soon. I will be bringing the build up to date pretty quickly. The idea being for me to get the hang of doing it. When I have "sussed" it I will add a few more, I have several on the go. If you take a look can you make sure that you select "title" in the "sort by" catagory, so that the pics are presented in the correct order. I'm trying to get this sorted. Comments and feed back please, mainly on the idea and the method, but comment on the modelling aspect as well, if you like :-)
Mal

Its coming up preety good!!I like your idea of "building online"! What were your impressions about his plane(fit,details,etc)??Thanks for the useful articles!!!

Holdfast,

Great idea. A very good way for those of us who are relatively new to pick up tips and techniques. Your stuff is always very helpful and I look forward to more of it.

P.S. The spitfire was a great choice to do this with! Great plane.

Mal that is a good idea, showing step by step pics, especially the building of a "mainstream" kit that most people can afford to buy and get hold of relatively easily.

:-) Thanks for the feedback guys.
Bus
The fit is good, I'll mention more about this when It comes up in the build, detail is good too.
NTTG
Well of course you do know that, "you just can't have to many Spitfires" :-)
BDUK
:-) Yep, my thoughts axactly, plus the fact that I've already got the pics

I've added some more pics, plus I've started putting stuff into the reference section. The first in there is a drawing of the Sutten Harness, as used in the Spitfire. This is an area I could do with some help in, does anyone have any reference pics that aren't subject to copyright?
More pics on this build Tomorrow :-)
Mal

Hey Mal, just a question: how many spitfires have you built so far? Its amazing how much you love these AC's!

Zverko

Hi Mal

This is an excellent idea - if you can build up a reference section to accompany the model, it will make a fantstic "one stop shop" for anyone tackling this kit. :-)

I'm not sure what the copyright situation is on official wartime photos. I've heard that they are freely available; hence the number of cheap books published these days. Any lawyers out there who can advise on this?

I've got a number of colour photos iin books (defininitely under copyright, I'm afraid ) and they all show a brass firing-button. Of course, it might have been painted red originally - perhaps the paint wore off through plenty of use...

I really like the lead-foil harness. I know it's fiddly, but doing it this way allows the straps to be posed very realistically - a problem with stiff etched-metal ones. Nice job Mal!

All the best

Rowan

Mal I love Your Spitfire - I saw pics and read article about decals - it's a pitty I didn't have this pics before Campaign BOB - excelent , lovely Job - You airbrushed a Future ?

Take Care / Powodzenia