Ziper's 1/24 Spitfire Mk.Vb

[Guest]

Thanks Ian and Joe, it's always nice reading you.


I'm still working on the turbo charger, there are a lot of details but unfortunately it is not easy to "decode" them from the pics I have. This forced me to do a lot of guess and assumptions, hope I'm not making too many mistakes.


This is how the the kit one was


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After some cutting, putty, cyano, plasticard, sprue pieces, gluing and sanding now it looks like this


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Assembled should look like this.


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Cables and levers still missing.


Other details added:


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Hope you like it.

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[flyjoe180]

You're going all out on this Francesco, it would almost be a shame to enclose that beautiful Merlin inside the model cowls.

[Guest]

You do put an amazing amount of work in Francesco - all of it is so good

[BarryW]

impressive work Francesco.

[Guest]

Thank you mates.


No updates for this week as I'm traveling between Nuremberg (2 weeks after the toy fair )and Munich.


There should be nice hobby shop close to here, I will see if I can get decals and PE for my cockpit (and THE FA-18, Fw190, P47...)


Francesco

[Guest]

Hello,


So I almost completed the charger and started to think how to paint the engine. Original plan was to paint the top black and the bottom aluminum, as the one I'm using as a reference. However, considering that the engine was always painted black, I decided to give it a try but removing some paint here and there to break the monotonous black and highlight some details. Here is the result (dry fit) ...


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This finishing doesn't really convince me. While I have a photo where the top cover is heavily chipped, I don't think that the rest should be so. I could try to remove almost all the black from the bottom but I think it would be unrealistic too. What do you think?


The good thing is that I tried the hair spray technique for the first time and it worked a charme


Francesco

[flyjoe180]

That worked charm; I'd leave it as it is Francesco, it looks pretty realistic to me in those photos.

[Guest]

Thanks Joe,


I'm working on other small bits so I have time to look at it and decide.


However, though the chipping is very sparkling and evident I will problanly leave it as it is after your comment (where are the other fellows?) and these two pictures I've found. Not before giving it a heavy black wash.


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Thanks,


Francesco

[colin m]

I'm with Joe. If that was my engine, I would say it was finished.

[Guest]

Thanks Colin.


So I gave it a heavy wash and started assembling and tubing


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Still few details to add (some done, some to be done, some to be redone)


Hope you like it,


Francesco

[Dave W]

Some great detail on that engine.

[Guest]

That looks very good to me.

[Guest]

'Morning mates.


Here the small bits I mentioned in my previous post: coolant tank (modified from kit), oil pump (second try) and spark plugs.


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Below few in progress pics.


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Hope you like it,


Francesco

[Ian M]

That is one hell of a merlin you have built there!

[Dave W]

May I ask how you painted the exhausts.They look amazing.I don't know how to get such a realistic effect.I paint them 'Steel' and them dry brush with 'Rust'.But I'm not happy with the results I get.How do you do it Francesco?.