i was just wondering if you all knew about the spanish civil war group build thats happening. i'm building a fiat CR32 for this one and having heard of the legendary matchbox panel lines wondered what you thought of this? its 1/72 btw and i reckon in the real world these panel lines would be about 2 by 2 inches!

Hi Phil.
Ive seen this build and might be tempted at some point.Enjoyed seeing your 109 at MK.
As for the panel lines on this,,I reckon even I could do a good oil wash on those trenches! :-)
Nige

Hi Baron!

What do you think about this :-)



Seems we are in the same boat! Instead of making a "duel", do you mind if I share this build thread with you Baron? We could fly on the same side as a "Rotte" this time...

Jean-Luc

hi jean-luc! good choice! i assume its in 1/48, so its technically not the same :-) i also will be swapping the pilot figure with one from an airfix bulldog kit cos the kits pilot needed to lose some weight in my opinion and i need to hide the sparsely detailed cockpit! as of this post i've filled in all those huge lines and a few seams and its all looking great at the minute, and i'm off to the pub, so i'll see you all tomorrow

Hi Phil

Wow! Those really are trench-lines! :-)

I'd get in there quick with some of the infamous "supafilla" (CA & talc mixture) before rescribing something the pilot would be less likely to fall out through. :-)

All the best

Rowan

rowan- i actually used talc and kleer on this and i have all day to work on itso theres more updates on the way

Hi Phil

Talc and Klear? That sounds interesting! Have you used the combination before or is it a fresh idea? I'm keen to see how it works in practice.

All the best

Rowan

its what ive used for filling for about the last two years, its easy to work, and smells nice when you sand it down! check out this pic, all i did in the panel lines (or gutters!) was put the filler in with a blade then wipe my finger over, leaves next to no residue and it sands down real easy anyway. btw the lower wings aren't fixed on yet

Cheers Phil

I'll give it an outing on my next build. How long is the drying-time (roughly) before it's safe to sand? - the beauty of "supafilla" is that it's so quick. I hope to do some modelling today too, but I might not get as far as any filling.

All the best

Rowan

its touch dry in about 10-15 minutes probably sandable in about an hour, but i always try to leave it for 24 hours if possible. the real beauty of this mix though is that you can wipe most of the excess away at the time plus a brush dipped in kleer and used to smooth gaps over, after the filler has begun to set keeps the residue down to a minimum, ideal for wingroots, any where awkward to sand and where you need to keep surface detail intact

Hi Baron!

Here are in-progress pics of my 1/48 CR.32 from Smer.
So far I sanded the surfaces smooth (I'll rescribe them later), changed the shape of the upper wing fuel tank (the original was wrong) and scratchbuilt a new interior (the original parts were very crude).







The last picture is to show you how accurate the original parts are. I will have to replace alll the struts I'm afraid!
I will do some interior painting tomorrow.
How is your CR.32 doing Phil? Don't hurry too much though, I'm still way behind you... but I'm catching up!

Jean-Luc

hi jean-luc! my CR 32 is ticking along nicely, i've got rid of the worst of the panel lines, and now have that 3 colour camo to think about doing

Hi Phil!

Here's another small update of my CR.32 build...



I'll start rescribing the whole thing tomorrow.

Jean-Luc

thats coming along nicely! i've had some experiance of smer kits myself, and you've done a great job on that interior. how did you build the inner "cage" btw?because i have a future modelling project that will a similar framework to be built
p.s. have you done anything on the undercarridge yet? it was a bit of a night mare on mine