Battle of Britain GB 2006 - 1 May to 31 Oct 06

Thanks Karl.  I love your idea of a Focus 109E.  I wonder if it could be added to this GB

Cheers

Bear

bobbaily wrote:

Thanks Bob,  Your right though  it would be easy to find in a parking lot or snow storm

Cheers

Bear

Bear-your Hurricane is looking great.  Looking forward to the finished build.

And I only have to wear one pair of sunglasses....as long as I keep my eyes shut!  Actually, it is an easy car to find in the parking lot at the mall....

Thanks Dave

Cheers

Bear

Thanks Rick

Cheers

Bear

Looking good Bear.

Regards,  Rick

Scott & Josh Great progress on your builds.

Bob & Sean Thanks for sharing your sponge tips for doing 109 camo.  I have one i've been avoiding because of the paint requierments now i may just give it a shot.  Your 109's look super great work.

Btw Bob do you need 2 pairs of sunglasses to approach your car

Here is my progress on the hurricane  paint is done.  now its on to installing the gears always fun, props & fiddly bits I'm getting there.  Here is a pic of my Hurri

Cheers

Bear

Have you no shame man!!!!!!

Nah, to be honest I've seen some of those getting around in the sports pack kits, not to bad actually, for a European car that is.

So what paint code do Ford call that?

'Abuse the back of your retinas YELLOW' by any chance??

Sean-not only is it a Ford Focus, but a YELLOW Ford Focus...

I don't even think a good coat of Meguiars would help...

bobbaily wrote:

Sean-looks great.  I would have never thought of using a car wax applicator-you see, I have a Ford Focus, therefore I don't wax it....

Fair enough

No progress on the Spitfire yesterday.  My wife and I drove down to Sacramento to do some shopping at IKEA.  Great store, but always a zoo.... too many people

Anyway, I hope to get the seam work finished maybe even get the underside sprayed tonight.

Tweety, great job on the 109, I really like the stippling effect you have going on there.

Josh, the pics are kinda blurry, but the pit looks good far as I can tell.

Sean, nice work.  The mottle looks real good.

Regards,  Rick

Scott, Bob, Josh and Sean - Great progress guys!  That sponge paint job came out great on both planes, sweet!  I applaud you guys for trying it. 

I've got the decals on both my 109s done, I'll post some progress pics tonight when I get home.

Josh-nice job on the cockpit.

Sean-looks great.  I would have never thought of using a car wax applicator-you see, I have a Ford Focus, therefore I don't wax it....

Karl!!

Josh-Nice pit mate!

Well, here are a couple of pics of my first attempt at sponge applied camo

The dodgy hobby light doesn't do it alot of justice, but it looks really good in natural light.

And beleive me no one is more surpridsed than I that this worked out

The sponge I used was stolen from the polishing set I use for my beloved car

This car--

Sorry, I love my car.........anyways the spomge belonged to a Meguiars polishing set, and actually went on extremely well and kinda left an even covering for this method.

At the moment the decals are setting so I'll get some more pics when they are done.

tweety1 wrote:

Karl-Yeah I thought about the PE mesh idea, problem is the closest HS to me is around 1500 K/M's away, doable, over a week trip maybe,  but I aint that keen

I'm really starting to doubt your commitment to this hobby!

Josh, nice work on the pit.

Karl

Hey everyone, nice builds. Ive finally got around to starting my kit. So here are some pics of the pit. Kinda blurry, Ill try to get some better ones soon

Karl-Yeah I thought about the PE mesh idea, problem is the closest HS to me is around 1500 K/M's away, doable, over a week trip maybe,  but I aint that keen

Bob-I thought the same thing and asked the missus if she had any stockings, she said no

What is the world coming to where a woman doesn't have even ONE pair of crusty old nylons in the draw!!

Ah well, I gave the sponge method a go and to me it turned out better than I thought it would,  might have some pics tonight.

Nice looking 109 by the way, love the white nose!

Looking good Scott.  I need to add one of those to my collection.

I made a little progress this weekend-coat of Future and some (not all) decaling.  A lot of stencils.

Sean-would a stretched out piece of nylon hose make a useable template?  Just a thought.

Looks like you're getting there Scott.  Keep up the good work !

Regards,  Rick

Progress Report: Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. 1

The kit has been assembled minus a few exterior details which will be added after painting (exhaust, antenae, pitot tube etc.).  I have a little bit of seam filling work to do at the base of the wing assembly where the front and back of the wings attach to the fuselage.  The alignment wasn't perfect on the right wing root, so a little filling will be necessary to make the top of the wing match up properly with the wing root on the fuselage.  And I also need to clean up the fuselage seams, but it should be routine.  Other than the fit issue with the wings (to be clear, it's minor) this kit has been a dream to paint and assemble.  Here is a not so exciting progress pic. 

Looks good from here Sean.  The early 109's had hard edge splinter camo.  As the war progressed, the painting became less precise, so mid/late war 109's & most FW-190's with disruptive camo had a slightly soft edge.  There was also much more variation in the actual camo patterns applied.  But there are plenty of pics of BOB 109's that show hard edge at that time.

Regards,  Rick

I sprayed all the interior bits on my Spitfire last night.  Interesting color the brits use on their interiors.  I'm going to paint the details tonight and should have some progress pics to post this weekend. 

I'm making so much progress on all my builds not that I've got my Mojo back 

Well I have scrapped the mask idea

It looks ok in the test pic, but on the a/c there isn't enough paint coming through the holes to look right.

I tried reapplying a couple of times and all I achieved was to block the holes with paint

Ah well, time to find a decent sponge I guess

Of course, it would work if I made a PE template, something that could be wiped clean between applications..............

Anyone know where I could get one of those 'Make your own PE' kits???

And hopefully the finished product will look something like this............................

With weathering of course