Steve H, Under £5 build, Airfix 1:72 Spitfire Mk 1

[stillp]

Well spotted Andy.
Pete

[SteveH]

I thought that at first but upon looking further I figured he was using the 1/32 as a guide to see where to cut the door out, as seen in the pictures directly underneath.

That is spot on Andy

I thought someone was watching over my shoulder LOL

I have 2 x 1/32 Revell Mk1/11's and used one to check what detail would be scratchable and to find the door, I took loads of photos and got the 2 mixed.

Its definity a 1/72, and definity has the door cut off which definity didn't get into the paint shop

#Bu**er#

Though I will use the interior green again on the canopy once I've figured out the best way to take of the excess plastic,which is very very soft?

Got stuck sorting out the ""man drawer"" for SWMBO, before I can escape back to the AB and the garage

One Stug III B and a Flak I to paint

More soon?

Steve H

[papa 695]

I’m glad that’s cleared up.

[SteveH]

Morning everyone

A little update, painting inside as its too cold in the garage for the AB

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Perhaps another layer of the Tamiya brown panel liner?

Then a matt coat, as it seems a little shiny?

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A little paint came off the chair whilst trying out the tape seat belts

No decal for the control panel so its been hand painted!!!

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You really can't see that much once its all installed.

Once the seat belts are in, I can join up the fuselage halves, seal up the joint, add the wings and fins and more paint, fun fun fun

More soon?

Steve H

[SteveH]

Morning

Pavla canopies, not a first choice but if there is no alternative!

it took nearly 2 hours to remove the 3 pieces from the vacuum mould and mask them!!!

There wasn't enough raised detail to scribe with a cocktail stick so it was trial and error free hand Grrr!!!

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Next will be rudimentary seat belt then join up the fuselage 1/2's and sand the joint

More soon, though the Stug and Flak I are screaming for attention too LOL

Steve H

[colin m]

Nice work Steve. The 'pit is looking great.

[SteveH]

Thnaks Colin

Seat belt today and join the 1/2's together for filling and sanding

Then just a few pieces to attach and I can get onto paint.

More soon?

Steve H

[Guest]

Nice work Steve. The cockpit interior has turned out very well.

[SteveH]

Thanks Peter

A little update

Plastic turning to make a missing light thing?



Its done after a couple of attempts, watched Plasmo on you Tube do this, its so cool, an will no doubt be used to replace vehicle lenses in the future too



The cockpit tidied up





Might try to paint on some buckles later

The joined up bits and it looks like a plane now



Brush painted over the fusualge seam to see if I missed awt!

Need to scribe some panel lines, sand and glue on the wingy things, then onto the paint job!

Early war Mk I black and white underneath and type I camo top

More soon?

Steve H

[Guest]

Definitely looking like a Spitfire now Steve. Good stuff.

[SteveH]

Thanks Peter it does

and a little paint, don't look too closely at the over spray!

Just getting back into AB work at low pressure with a small needle and masking, so much to learn again!

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The early Mk1 has the remaining underside in bare metal with a Scheme A/1 camo on top

I shall use a spray of matt clear to help seal the masking tape from bleed through, got that from Marty's Matchbox Makeovers on You Tube LOL

More soon?

Steve H

[papa 695]

Nice work Steve.

[SteveH]

Thanks Ian

A little more, the paint job would not survive close inspection, the particle contamination is awful.

I have got some containers to cover my AB work in future as a garage is not a dust free environment

Looks reasonable at arms length though

The photo is for reference purposes only

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Time for the ""spinach over gravy"" camo scheme on the top!

More Soon?

Steve H

[SteveH]

Its been a while

If you pop by Bob, guess what?

Quiet as a grave LOL

I guess broken hips and bluebells have been a distraction

I finally got back to it, and it was fun,

Guess what Bob, the splattering was helped by higher pressure, I took the AB to 2 bar and it was OK!

Sorry for the other duff advise, and here we go

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I used silly putty instead of Panzer putty, 1/10th the cost and the paint disappears too when you take it off and roll it up!

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The best I could do to match the camo

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Not too shabby and the first plane I have build and got this far in ????????????????????????????

50 years, and once its finished I really want to do some more

I have NEARLY missed the dead line but it will get finished, soonish and the Stug needs doing by Monday too!

More soon?

Yep, there will be

Regards

Steve H

[Guest]

Good stuff Steve - a smart bit of airbrushing.