Tonys Airfix 1/72 spitfire mk1

[yak face]

Heres my entry for colins BOB build . Its the ubiquitous Airfix 1-62 Spitfire mk1 starter set . Its a lovely looking kit and should build up with no bother . Heres the box and sprue shots, hopefully i can get a bit done this weekend

[stona]

Excellent, Tony.

I do love a Spitfire!

[yak face]

Cheers Steve , it looks a very tidy bit of tooling , don’t think I’m going to attempt the supplied paints though , I’ve opened and stirred them and they look a bit see through !

[papa 695]

1/62 scale Tony?

[yak face]

1/62 scale Tony?

Oops , sirry , my fat fungers keep ptessung the wring keus :rolling:

[yak face]

Made a start on this , unsurprisingly with the cockpit! The kit supplies a decal for the IP , perfectly acceptable for a closed canopy , and i added some paper seat belts , cut off a sheet of paper instrument panels , theyre not sutton harness type but near enough and again the closed canopy will make them virtually invisible anyway .

[KarlW]

Are you replacing the kit deflector sight? Tempted to get Khaden to replace his with a piece of clear film. Should look better than painting a part silver.

[yak face]

Are you replacing the kit deflector sight? Tempted to get Khaden to replace his with a piece of clear film. Should look better than painting a part silver.

Yes well spotted karl ! Give that man a cigar ! I cut off the solid plastic gunsight glass and will be replacing it with a tiny bit of holographic confetti or clear plastic , cheers tony

[yak face]

Main airframe together now , just needing a smidge of filler on the top of the nose and a few smears of Vallejo acrylic putty in places. It’s now had a piece of clear plastic added for the gunsight glass ( just plain clear packaging , off a punnet of cherries I think ) and the canopy has been fitted . The canopy is crystal clear and a tight fit , just needing a bit shaving off the front of the cockpit aperture to allow it to fit .The exhausts ,propellor and wheels / undercarriage legs will be added after painting.Next job mask up the canopy and prime .

[PaulTRose]

going to start mine in the next day or so, at least i can follow you to see what the pitfalls are

[yak face]

going to start mine in the next day or so, at least i can follow you to see what the pitfalls are

So far Paul the only things I’ve come up against are - the Fuselage locating pins were slightly off so the joint was a little stepped , sort it by either cutting them off or as I did just make the locating hole a bit bigger to give a bit of play . The canopy is a tight fit , the front edge of the windscreen has a lip which is supposed to go behind the front of the cockpit opening just above the instrument panel , I shaved a bit off the cockpit opening here and sanded a little off the back edge of the canopy . One other thing to watch out for is the plastic is VERY soft , even when removing from the sprue with cutters it can tear and cause unnecessary filling. Apart from these minor issues it’s making into a lovely looking kit , cheers tony

[PaulTRose]

cheers me dears.....will look out for all that

[yak face]

Canopy masked and sprayed interior green ,then after drying a nice coat of Halfords grey primer . This should show if theres anything that needs sorting , but its looking promising at the moment .

[papa 695]

Looking very good Tony.

[yak face]

Got some colour on the underside tonight . I got a Hataka RAF set for this build and others in the future ( Airfix 1/24 hurricane for one !) I like these sets as they have all the specific colours you need for a particular scheme and ive found the hataka paints very nice to use. I dont use their thinners though ,I bought some a few years back and they went a bit weird , crystals forming on the bottom of the bottle ! I just use Vallejo airbrush thinners if i need to thin them slightly for airbrushing.