Mence
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Post by Mence on Apr 19, 2020 17:50:23 GMT
Madness continues to set in so i'm getting my heavy duty files and filler for this.  Expect things to get messy. |
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Post by Paul B on Apr 19, 2020 17:55:29 GMT
Looking forward to good ole dirty build Mence  . |
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Post by Boots on Apr 19, 2020 17:59:03 GMT
We like messy  Great choice mate  |
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Post by Ian H. on Apr 19, 2020 21:10:44 GMT
Oh........love the Tempest. Looking forward to it!
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Post by Snipersmudge on Apr 20, 2020 5:58:27 GMT
That's gonna be a fun build |
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Post by Mence on Apr 20, 2020 9:37:10 GMT
Chaps. Doing things out of sequence as I want to make sure the key, basic parts fit as well as possible, bear in mind these are short run kits. So, wings. Single part lower and seperate uppers as is the norm. First to fit the wheel well walls, recommend gluing in one go then offering up the upper wing half to get the orientation as close as you can.  And from the other way up. Expect to do quite a bit of sanding to the walls to get the upper wing half to settle properly.  The shiny bit on the wing underside are lights, glued, painted from the inside, backed with BMF to help the reflectiveness and finally a strip of sellotape to stop the whole lot popping out just when you need it least! Apologies for pic quality, too much wine last night. |
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Post by Marco on Apr 20, 2020 13:28:23 GMT
Nice bird, nice start!
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Post by Paul B on Apr 20, 2020 14:25:22 GMT
Agree with Marco, nice start and it doesn't look too bad so far  |
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Post by Mence on Apr 20, 2020 19:06:34 GMT
Thanks chaps.
Wings are currently glued and clamped and being left like that overnight so with any luck, a pic of progress tomorrow.
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Post by Boots on Apr 20, 2020 19:10:32 GMT
Like that light idea and the sellotape |
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Post by armorguy on Apr 20, 2020 19:20:45 GMT
I always like a famous bird build.
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Post by Mence on Apr 22, 2020 19:40:30 GMT
A day later than planned but we have an update. Wings responded fairly well after glue and clamps, fair amount of tidying up round the edges to be done but it looks ok and the dihedral looks right.  Ta. |
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Post by Boots on Apr 22, 2020 20:11:43 GMT
Looks dihedraly perfick to me matey |
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Post by Paul B on Apr 23, 2020 7:48:45 GMT
Looks good from here too |
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Post by Marco on Apr 24, 2020 12:22:15 GMT
Even from here it looks very godo!
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Post by Mence on Apr 26, 2020 16:59:45 GMT
Chaps. Progress is slow but thats my fault, not the kit. All the necessary bits added to the fuselage halves (which appear to fit quite well) including some impossibly small bits of PE. Initial colours are on, simple detail painting will follow.  Started on the cockpit interior which is fun. Fit is fine, just fiddly, you will notice the parts are two shades of grey, the lighter colour parts are resin upgrades which are included as part of the 'High Tec' option.  Onwards... Cheers. |
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Post by Paul B on Apr 26, 2020 17:10:28 GMT
Mence the cockpit looks very well detailed indeed |
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Post by Robbo on Apr 26, 2020 19:21:10 GMT
Never done a 1/32, Interesting make lets see what it comes out like
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Post by Mence on Apr 26, 2020 20:30:39 GMT
Never done a 1/32, Interesting make lets see what it comes out like As my eyesight gets poorer, the scale has to get larger!  For a short run kit it's pretty decent, fit is generally not too bad although expect some reworking. Detail is very nice, lots of fine engraving, should look good when finished. |
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Post by Robbo on Apr 28, 2020 9:55:58 GMT
I've just been given a 1/24 Spitfire to build on a facebook page
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