nicholassagan
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In lieu of being able to finish out painting on some projects on the bench (my airbrush is out for repair) I decided to dip into the stash to build Eduard’s new Spitfire.
This kit is really well detailed and there has been no shortage of documentation supporting that claim.
So rather than focus on details/accuracy, etc, I just want to share my build progress. Per my becoming-standard-practice I’ve used magnets for both the attachment of the stand as well as for the propeller. I placed the stand magnet right on the spot where the cockpit bulkhead is located so I had to cut out a little section for it to fit. No prob.
The propeller was neat this time because rather than gut out the base plate, there was room enough under the cap to fit a magnet. This also allowed for the axel pin to remain so that alignment won’t be affected by an off center magnet.
You’ll see I’m also using PJ Productions RAF pilot.
He sit’s nicely in the cockpit and his hand even rests on the control stick!!
PE seatbelts from the kit were easy enough to manipulate to wrap around the pilot, too.
The gunsight is a really nicely crafted detail as well.
I suppose you want to see the cockpit, too. I didn’t do much beyond OOB with it, but it did include the PE dash. I used Tamiya cockpit green and did a dry brushing of aluminum.
Fit-wise, there were some snags when trying to attach the wing sub-assembly to the main fuselage. The wing root joints were pretty tight so I had to shave a little bit to get them to fit without warping the wing angles too much. As for the wheels, I just used the back half of the tire to make sure there was room. All the other parts fit together really nicely, too. That’s my motto for this kit: really nice.
This kit is really well detailed and there has been no shortage of documentation supporting that claim.
So rather than focus on details/accuracy, etc, I just want to share my build progress. Per my becoming-standard-practice I’ve used magnets for both the attachment of the stand as well as for the propeller. I placed the stand magnet right on the spot where the cockpit bulkhead is located so I had to cut out a little section for it to fit. No prob.
The propeller was neat this time because rather than gut out the base plate, there was room enough under the cap to fit a magnet. This also allowed for the axel pin to remain so that alignment won’t be affected by an off center magnet.
You’ll see I’m also using PJ Productions RAF pilot.
He sit’s nicely in the cockpit and his hand even rests on the control stick!!
PE seatbelts from the kit were easy enough to manipulate to wrap around the pilot, too.
The gunsight is a really nicely crafted detail as well.
I suppose you want to see the cockpit, too. I didn’t do much beyond OOB with it, but it did include the PE dash. I used Tamiya cockpit green and did a dry brushing of aluminum.
Fit-wise, there were some snags when trying to attach the wing sub-assembly to the main fuselage. The wing root joints were pretty tight so I had to shave a little bit to get them to fit without warping the wing angles too much. As for the wheels, I just used the back half of the tire to make sure there was room. All the other parts fit together really nicely, too. That’s my motto for this kit: really nice.