Tamiya 1:32 scale spitfire

Hi Itz! Welcome to the Forums! Glad to have you with us.

Can't help you with the problem, but I suggest you go to the Aircraft section and post your question there. I don't build many 1/32 planes. Not too much room in the loft. I've heard about the tiny magnets used to hold panels on planes but haven't come across them (yet).

Good Luck. Hope you get an answer.

Stay safe.

Jim 

Welcome!

A group of us passed around that kit as a sort of group building a few years ago.

I had a couple of steps of the engine build and then passed it along so I didn't see the end product but there weren't any complaints.

I think you have to accept it as a compromise in order to open and close the cowl.

I'll look for the link to that build.

Bill

Can you post some photos of where you are having the problem? Specifically of where the magnet goes and of the mating area.

I was also a part of the round the world Spitfire GB, and worked in the wing and flap area.

We kept a running website on the build, which was password protected during the build so that the recipient of the model would be kept unawares,  He was the original master of the Fleet Air Arm/RAF Group builds on this forum which was great fun and ran for many years.  Here is the link to the webpages for the round the world build, now unclassified and free for all to see:

http://goldeneramodel.com/tsgb/tsgbroot.html

Here is a photo of the model in progress, with the cowl installed:

And lastly, a wartime photo of the nose of a Seafire.  The cowls on wartime airplanes were much rougher than the perfect modern restorations, as the photo shows.