Papa 695s 1/24 Airfix Spitfire Mk Vb

[Ralph]

Great start Ian :smiling3:.

[flyjoe180]

Another beauty in the making. Great start Ian.

[rtfoe]

Great start Ian,
I remember mine nose dived after a brief flight packed with Moon Travelers. I forgot to remove the powder at the tip so it blew up to pieces. Wish I hadn't done that, now it's 8-10 times the price to get one.

Cheers,
Richard

[colin m]

Very nice, but do check the dihedral. Airfix left it a little flat. Having said that, mine was ok, but plenty aren’t.

[rtfoe]

Very nice, but do check the dihedral. Airfix left it a little flat. Having said that, mine was ok, but plenty aren’t.

You're right Colin, I remember mine was droopy. Basically it didn't have a spar in the instruction or my glue didn't set properly at the wing root. They were heavy as well.

Cheers,
Richard

[papa 695]

Very nice, but do check the dihedral. Airfix left it a little flat. Having said that, mine was ok, but plenty aren’t.

Thanks for the heads up Colin.
Got the pilot painted. I’m no figure painter, but I think he looks ok.

[flyjoe180]

Pilot looks great Ian, way better than my efforts

[Steven000]

Nice figure Ian :thumb2: will he get a matt finish?
Steven

[papa 695]

Nice figure Ian :thumb2: will he get a matt finish?
Steven

Yes Steven but first he will be getting a bit of a wash. ( and I don’t mean in the bath. )

[Guest]

Very nice work on the pilot Ian. Great stuff.

[colin m]

You're right Colin, I remember mine was droopy. Basically it didn't have a spar in the instruction or my glue didn't set properly at the wing root. They were heavy as well.

Cheers,
Richard

I've just checked my build, it seems I did fit a spar - not that I can remember that far back.

[papa 695]

Been working on the wings and some sub assembly. Plenty of work for the wheel wells and grills.

[papa 695]

Sorry for the amount of pictures.

(I took the liberty of removing all the duplicate pictures.... Having a problem with sticky buttons ? lol)

[Jim R]

Hi Ian
A lot of work on the wings. Small areas that need filling are often more awkward and time consumming that big areas. The pilot looks really good.
Jim

[stillp]

Sorry for the amount of pictures.

No problem for me, the more the merrier.
Pete