Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc - 1/48

[Jim R]

Ross and Joe - glad to have you look in :thumb2:
Hi all
Well these cockpits are certainly testing. Much time, patience and bad language is needed. Done now apart from a wash to dirty it up a bit and then fit the fuselage halves around it. I have dry fitted it and it seems OK but until its done I will worry! Eduard provide PE seat belts which are pre-painted. Problem I found was when they were bent to shape the coloured layer came off at the bend so some touch up was needed.
Anyway some photos. It is stuck on a milk container cap so that gives some idea of how small it is!

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Jim

[Steve Jones]

Very nice Jim! Wonderful attention to detail. Nice worn out effect son the dials:thumb2:

[Wouter]

Hi Jim, good to see some color on the cockpit, really like how it looks!

Cheers

[rtfoe]

Hi Jim, the office looks nice with all the colored bling. While building mine I noticed there's not much of a floor.

[ATTACH]300885[/ATTACH] Got my seat colored wrong here. Corrected it later with red brown.

Cheers,
Richard

[colin m]

Never seen the clear parts on wheel spokes like this

That's a new one on me too.
But anyway, the 'pit looks great. You've obviously cracked 1:48, so how about a nice little 1:72 next ?

[RM6239]

Jim
Cockpit looks very good.
cheers
Ross

[Jim R]

Hi all
Thanks for your support :thumb2:
Seems a while since I had any progress to show but time for a bit of an update. Got the fuselage together. The fit was brilliant. Only a tiny smear of filler needed in front of the cockpit and that was just a bit of a sunken glue line rather than poor fit. The engine exhausts were fine although the instructions took a bit of figuring out. Again the engine cover was a perfect fit - just dry fitted at the moment. So little sanding needed that there were hardly any panel lines or rivets to reinstate.
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The wheel wells were built up and painted. I used the Mr Color paint but picked up the wrong thinner - Tamiya X-20A instead of the lacquer thinner. I didn't know an airbrush could get so clogged up. The paint was like jelly :sad: I don't like stripping down the airbrush at the best of times. Being a hot day didn't help! Anyway it's OK now and I'll be more careful in future. It does show that although the MrC paint is similar in many ways to Tamiya it must have some important difference.
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Thanks for watching.
Jim

[Steve Jones]

Jim
Sorry to hear about the airbrush. An easy mistake to make. The build seems to be coming on well though:thumb2:
Steve

[Fernando N]

Hi Jim, glad that the airbrush is ok after the thinner mix up.:hugging-face:
Maybe X20 can be used with the Gunze aqua range:thinking:, when I got my first bottles awhile back the saleslady at the LHS warned me about mixing up the Mr.C thinner with the aqua paint as it will turn into jelly and clogg the AB...

Great looking progress BTW, very neat office.:thumb2:

Fernando

[rtfoe]

That's why I always mix separately before pouring into the airbrush receptacle.

Nice joining of halves Jimbo.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Hello Jim,
Having fun I see, the build looks good all the way through. If not known I would attach the canopy with white glue, dries clear and unless you are jumping in and out of the cockpit it will stay put. Have included mine from the gb on the other site, this was Airfix/Eduard re-box but with a lot of additions/scratch work. Cheers, MikeC.[ATTACH]301398[/ATTACH]

[Jim R]

Hi Steve, Fernando and Richard.
Thanks for your comments. I did actually mix the paint in a separate container and it looked OK. It was only when I tried spraying it that the Mogglin Pixies changed it from paint to what can best be described as 'slug slime!!!':sad:.
Mike - just seen your completed Spit. I shall study the photos carefully especially for weathering positioning.
Jim

[Guest]

Nice choice of kit mate. I myself have a long standing love affair with Eduard kits. As seen by my stash.... also I love their aftermarket (that box in the pic is crammed with Eduard Brassin and PE and BIG ED.
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[Guest]

Also, be careful with fit overall, as tolerance is small. However, if measured up well, everything will click into place. Btw, nice job so far

[Guest]

Looking awesome Jim and great choice of build,
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