SPITFIRE GROUP BUILD 2007-2008

TANGO 1 wrote:

Right.....You chaps have to get a grip of yourselves!! If you start a GB too early all sort s of things happen! Now look what you've made me do! I guess there's only one thing for it..... Gentlemen.............This build is a go!

I don't check in for 24 hrs and all sorts of silliness happens.  Jon, I hate to think what'll happen while your gone for the weekend.  You'll likely come back to find everyone has finished.  Sheesh. 

Why did I have a feeling I was not the only one

Made some vacuformed gun blisters with the parts from Jon  Sanding did not bother me until recently

The saw kerfs and holes on the Milliput mold help get a good suction. And PAM, as it turns out, is a great mold is release for this.

Old panels lines filled, old bumps and blisters filed off, the whle wing sanded, rescribed and a new "C" blister

These panels were cut from the Airfix wing Jon sent me and spliced intot he Hasegawa lower wing

TANGO 1 wrote:

Tell you what, I am so enjoying this build already!

Absolutely the same here Darren!

ruddratt wrote:

He should be done with at least two of his entries by then!

Daywalker wrote:

jwb wrote: Hmmmmm..... I'm not leaving until tomorrow morning.....    Looks like an all-nighter for Jon!

He should be done with at least two of his entries by then!

How 'bout this?

Here's a link to the conversion.

http://www.dp9.com/fusion/histmodels.htm

Daywalker wrote:

Darren- Does your Spit have the awful sink marks on the back of the prop blades like mine does?  Took me 5 applications of filler just to fill 'em in.

To be honest I had'nt noticed..........I guess I'd better check it out tomorrow. I'm going to break formation now, its very late my side of the pond.

See you tomorrow.

ruddratt wrote:

TANGO 1 wrote: Gentlemen.............This build is a go! Music to my ears, Darren!!!   OK, the last one to their workbench has to build a 109 instead!!

Im going to build a Messfire anyway if i can find some way of doing that front end. Im thinking find a 109 and hack the nose off.

jwb wrote:

Hmmmmm..... I'm not leaving until tomorrow morning.....

Looks like an all-nighter for Jon!

Darren-

Does your Spit have the awful sink marks on the back of the prop blades like mine does?  Took me 5 applications of filler just to fill 'em in.

Hmmmmm.....

I'm not leaving until tomorrow morning..... 

Ha! Ha!

Thanks Mike! I hope I do the kit justice, I am not used to such a compehensive set so this will be a learning curve for me.

I guess I have some catching up to do here as well! Tell you what, I am so enjoying this build already!

TANGO 1 wrote:

OK, thats the 'pit done! I'm in the lead here?

Not so fast there, partner!! I'm only a few days away from priming and pre-shading!

Tell you what lads, my build is going to take ages! The PE set I bought is loaded with little details and its just hurt my eyes putting the PE seat together!

Mind you, its worth it if it'll look good when its done. I have spayed the interior green over everything and will add a wash and dry brushing tomorrow. Then its on to the I/P panel.

ruddratt wrote:

TANGO 1 wrote: Gentlemen.............This build is a go! Music to my ears, Darren!!!   OK, the last one to their workbench has to build a 109 instead!!

(Frank is off and running to his bench, trying to keep up with Mike and Darren)

TANGO 1 wrote:

Gentlemen.............This build is a go!

Music to my ears, Darren!!!

OK, the last one to their workbench has to build a 109 instead!!

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Right.....You chaps have to get a grip of yourselves!! If you start a GB too early all sort s of things happen!

Next thing you know you'll have some mad Englishman doing mad stuff with a 1/48 Haegawa Mk.IX and the Eduard PE set!!

Can you imagine.......?

Damn and Blast! Its too late!  

Now look what you've made me do!

I guess there's only one thing for it.....

Gentlemen.............This build is a go!

Hello, my name is Frank, and I have no impulse control. 

Good to hear from you Jon!  Haven't seen you around much lately.  Have fun in the mountains!

Daywalker wrote:

Ahhh, Marc.  I don't think you're alone, in fact, I KNOW you aren't.  I have done a lil' part clean-up on mine.

*raises hand* Yep, mine's all buttoned up, seams are clean, and it's only a day or two away from primer. ....and that was as of three weeks ago. Since then, it's been just sitting there waiting......honest!!

....and I just ordered some Ultracast 6-stack resin exhausts for it.  

I've remained pure....

Though I have looked the sprues over quite a bit.

Just so no one thinks I've fallen off the face of the Earth, I'll be out of town until Tuesday, taking a short trip to the mountains here in NC. So don't think I've dissappeared just as the fun begins!  

I am guilty of cheating and I throw myself at the mercy of the court... uh... the moderator...er... the build members. Well, I throw myself in front of someone.  I built the 2 little 144^th Mustangs to fill the gap between the last build and the start of this GB.  But I am weak. We watch TV in the room where my bench is and I just could go another day without working on something and I didn't want to start something and put it down.  The desk was calling to me softly, or was that the carpet monster's stomach growling???  Whatever it was... I cheated.  I started working on my Spit.  I have started converting the Vb wing to a c wing with the aid of parts sent by Jon (go figure... Jon has Spitfire parts... whodathunkit)

So if I must given myself 30 lashes with some al dente spaghetti... I will.  And I will post some pics soon of the progress.

wyoroy wrote:

Checked out the link, that would make a sweet build.  You going to do it? Roy

Maybe once i have done a few others. I dont know what to do about the nose though.