SPITFIRE GROUP BUILD 2007-2008

Nice work Hk!

Although not done with the Novo Spit yet, I've decided to start another Spit as it also participates in a few other GB's as well.

I haven't done much yet, just cut away and cleaned some of the pieces for the cockpit.

Is the seat supposed to be metal?

Cheers,

Azgaron

Beautiful work there so far hk!  I like the Sutton harness passing all the way back to the rear bulkhead, an often-overlooked detail.  Well done!

Greg- What wasn't right about it?  Is it the pattern of the camo?

Daywalker wrote:

Greg, WHat do you have to fix on your Mk.IX?  I thought it was looking very nice indeed. corvettemike and hk- I say , the more the merrier!  The boss should be along soon to officially welcome you aboard.  In the meantime, feel free to post away!

I have to correct the camo  

Well here goes.

The kit I'm doing for this build is going to be a combination of two kits, the Hasegawa IXc and the ICM IXc. After reading about problems with both kits I thought it sounded like I use them both to build an excellent example of the MK IXc Spitfire. Here is the progress thus far.

The Hase cockpit has been said to be better and I'd have to agree after looking at both kits side by side. The darker parts are Hase bits.

A little further along after the addition of a few more bits and some paint.

Complete. As luck would have it I happened to have one last set of PE belts left. Time to stock up! That's all for now.

Greg,

WHat do you have to fix on your Mk.IX?  I thought it was looking very nice indeed.

corvettemike and hk-

I say , the more the merrier!  The boss should be along soon to officially welcome you aboard.  In the meantime, feel free to post away!

I'd like in if it's ok with everyone. I just happened to have started a new project tonight which is combining a Hase IXc and an ICM IXc to get the best of both worlds. I took a couple of pics but will post them tomorrow.

What says you?

gtz, in this old artical the writer mentions that kit in passing but I think he says a lot.

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/spitfirecomparisonba_1.htm

sure Frank

I just realized , I need to repaing (correct) camo on my IXc.

Last night at a LHS I saw Mk IXc 1/48 from Airfix. Is it worth to get it ?? How this kit compares to Hasegawa IXc ??

Daywalker wrote:

Gentlemen- Spitfire GB on page 2?  Halfway down the page no less? This will not do!!!

Hmmm... Anybody still here?

Thanks AZ!

Gentlemen-

Spitfire GB on page 2?  Halfway down the page no less?

This will not do!!!

Looks good so far, Frank! Love the hi-tech stand!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Same here!  I paint mine separately but test fit them before painting to make sure they will fit tightly when completed.  I did some preshading on my Mk.I this weekend after mounting it on my new high-tech paint stand.

darson wrote:

Hey there hkshooter, I can't speak for Greg but I know that when I build a Spitfire it's a lot easier to mask and paint the camo scheme without the horizontal stabs in place.  I normally paint them separately and attach afterwards. Cheers

I am BACK !

Exactly, after my second Spit I decided to do it Darren's way. Much easier. Besides that I plan to lower the horizontal cotrol surfaces a bit. I did not like to take a chance and break them appart during painting (like my cannon )

Haligan wrote:

Thanks for putting the pics up for me again Frank.

My pleasure.

darson wrote:

wyoroy wrote: thanks, I forgot she posted them

No worries guys!  Thanks for putting the pics up for me again Frank. 

I havn't had a spare second to do anything with my Spitfire and it doesn't look like I will anytime soon

I will live through all of you so please keep posting pic of your great planes!

K 

Hey there hkshooter, I can't speak for Greg but I know that when I build a Spitfire it's a lot easier to mask and paint the camo scheme without the horizontal stabs in place.  I normally paint them separately and attach afterwards.

Cheers

wyoroy wrote:

thanks, I forgot she posted them

Haligan wrote:

I worked on my Spitfire cockpit today, and finished most of it up.  I also glued the fuselage halves together and am soon going to sand the seams.  Here are some photos of it so far: This model is so much more detailed than the Zero I built!

These?

darson wrote:

Looks good Katie but where are the brag shots of the fantastically painted front office? Cheers

Looks good Katie but where are the brag shots of the fantastically painted front office?

Cheers

Not much progress, but I got the canopy masked and the wings on.  Next step, preshading!

Greg,

nice work on the desert camo!

I am still plodding along with my Seafire Mk.Ib. I'll post some progress pics when the markings are added.

Right here, I guess!

Cheers,

Azgaron