1/48 Revell Spitfire Mk II (Completed - pg. 6 update)

Great work on the Spit Mike. Just  small note, this is baders aircrfat from 1941, when he became Wing Commander at Tangmere. In 1940 he was with 222 Sqn at Duxford though they moved to Essex to cover Dunkirk. He only became a Sqn Ldr, 242 Sqn, after this.

Its been suggested that his lack of legs helped him as a fighter piot. When pulling high G turns, he could resist black out for longer because he didn't have legs for the blood to be puched down into.

Thanks for clarifying this, Bish. The instructions are, surprise, incorrect again lol.

Johnny, thanks you very much! :)

Been a while since I've been able to get anything done, but I had some time this morning before working on my car.

I painted the prop tips, touched-up the registration errors on the decals, added the exhaust stacks, and applied the decals to the underside of the model.





I've got some paint on the wheels and I'm getting ready to work on the bay doors next. If I can find the time this one should be finished before Christmas lol.

Not sure if I agree with green for the flap and wheel wells, but otherwise outstinding.... You have really dolled up this girl!

Outstanding work!  I'm really looking forward to the final reveal on this one. It's been a long time coming yet well worth the wait!  What a fantastic job you've done.

Toshi

stikpusher

Not sure if I agree with green for the flap and wheel wells, but otherwise outstinding.... You have really dolled up this girl!

 

A great build indeed. I do agree with stik on the color choice for flaps and wheel wells. Zinc chromate were used in US aircraft, not British. I would have opt for the RAF interior green instead. Model Master carries that color.

Thanks, guys. The green does look brighter in these pictures. I made a custom mix of sky grey and medium green to get the pale green, but then I used a Vallejo wash which changed the tone. 

Same thing I did with the cockpit. I can subdue it with some white oil Paint to tone it down a little

that would bring out the recesses better anyways.

made some progress with the bay doors today. Had to fab some new U brackets to make it work. If I can upload the pictures with this new phone I have, I'll update later.

You are doing some fine work on this one, looks great!

Mike

Thanks, Mike. My only regret on this one so far is that I've not spent enough time to finish it yet.

I spent most of this last weekend working on my Geo. After a complete rebuild of the engine with a new crank and all new seals, I only had the lifters to replace in the top end. I finally got around to doing that and found that part of the noise I had been hearing was the lower end. It seems I didn't tighten the Rod caps enough and the No. 1 and No. 3 rods were knocking. Fortunately nothing was damaged. So I tightend it all up and it was running better than ever. All nice and quiet.

Then it stalled. After pulling it apart and pulling the rod caps twice in one day it still did it a third time. It kept siezing up after it would warm up. SO this next weekend I am going to pull it apart again and pull it all out. Check for damage again and try for a fourth time to get that dang engine to run properly.

Its all just frustrating, as you can believe it should be.

So I've not had a chance to really sit down and work on what relaxes me for almost a month now. I've managed to get a few things done, as you can see by what I've got posted before now, but I should have finished it by now and I really, really want to finish this one and move on to the next lol.

Here are the bay doors. I drillled holes in some 1mm card stock and then slowly shaved them down. Once I get back to work on these I will use a file to get them just right. Then painting and gluing happens. lol

Not much of an update, but I get a few minutes here and there.

I've had the exact thing happen to me on my old '79 Mercury Zephyr.  It ended up being that one of the main bearing caps wore down and seized.  I did exactly what you did and rebuilt the straight six and the tranny to better than new. 

I ended up selling it in Palm Springs before moving to Ohio.  It probably would not have survived the winters here as it was a daily driver.  I feel your pain my friend.  It's no fun at all when things don't go right.  

With saying that, I am looking forward to your final reveal of this WIP and good luck with your Geo engine rebuild!

Toshi

Thank you, my friend. No doubt I will fix it this next time.

the final reveal should be good, I hope lol.

just a matter of finding more time.  :)

I've got a pin wash on some of my panel lines, the landing gear are blocked and ready for installation, the bay doors are painted, and the tail wheel is also painted.  

I've been waiting three days for Photobucket to stop throwing a tantrum so I can upload the pictures, but no luck so far.

Photobucket seems pretty broken right now. If it's not one problem, it's another.

So there is a chance I may finish this model before I can upload the pictures lol.

On another note, I got my car running, but I need to do one more session to replace the rod bearings once and for all.

Anyways, I hope you are all going to have a happy thanksgiving this week.  :D

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends. I hope you all have a splendid Holiday with much love and great eats.  :)


I managed to find another route into my account that didn't kick me out for whatever reason. You'll see I'm very close to the finish line, and I'm at the stage where weathering is about to start. The only things I have yet to attach are the air speed indicator, cockpit mirror, and the radio antennae. There are still a couple of touch-ups to take care of (as those seem to always pop up from somewhere) but I'm almost done!

I added the dorsal marker light and the tail marker light, unmasked and trimmed out the cockpit glass, attached the landing gear, and permanently attached the propeller. Then I gave it a cote of Vallejo clear Matte to dull down the finish. After all of that I hand painted the red squares over the gun ports (in real life they used tape to keep dirt out).









I know you guys must be getting pretty bored with my updates when it doesn't look like much has happened. But right now all I can do is little things here and there when I can find the time. I'm basically living a little over an hour away from my Dad's garage right now and I get to come and work t my little box once, maybe twice a week now, if I'm lucky. Usually not more than a couple of hours at a time.

So I'm just updating what little progress I've been able to make. I hope you all can bear with me a little longer as I'm getting close to a the final finish.  :)

Thanks for looking, lurking, or peeking. :)  Have a most excellent Thanksgiving!  :D

http://www.use.com/JmKsm

trying something different. Bare with me here.

Should be a few pictures of my Spitfire with the 109G10 I gave to my oldest son.

If this works ...

Those look great side by side.  Very well done!

Mike

I really like how the paint came out on that. The subtle fading and weathing looks great.

BK

Uh, thanks guys. I started the weathering on Saturday. Exhaust streaking looks appropriate, but I really went waaaay overboard on the gun streaking. not the gently used look I was after at all. It looks like its been shooting fireballs. So I'll be toning that down. After I correct that issue I'll be getting onto the chipping. My plan is to lightly weather for realism, but not go overboard as this plane was not abused at all. Not to my knowledge anyways. Period photos and movies show some wear, but not a lot of abuse.
 That's the look I'm after.

You've definately out did yourself on this one!

Toshi

http://www.use.com/JoSx8

completed, but with crappy pictures I took in a rush.

The pictures look fine.  You did a great job on this build, I love it!

Toshi

Bad lighting, terrible background, bad angles. = not good pictures.

Thanks, Toshi. The kit was easy to work with. 

Not sure what to start next, P-51D, or P-47N?

P-47.  I see a lot of members building Mustangs.  I haven't seen any P-47's in a while.  What scale and brand type are they?  Thank you in advance!

Toshi

The P-47N is 1/48 Revell

The P-51D is 1/48 Monogram re-released by Revell

The P-47 does have more detail, but I'll have to go over almost every panel line and rescribe all the details. That would be a very intensive build.

Ive got to finish my T-90K for my group build first. I've got some decent progress into now. Just need to finish up the rest of the kit assembly and figure out what to scratch up for extra details.

I've got an update to post later on that.  ;)

Impressive, great job man!

Thank you, Piper.

I don't think its great, but 6 months from now I'll look back and maybe think so. lol

I'm pretty bad about being critical of my own builds. We all are to some degree.

Thank you, again. :)

Looks good to me Mike. I think you did a fine job.