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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
I've not had much time of late (and I'll have less over the next couple of weeks) but I've managed to complete the internal structure of a wing. Once I've done the other one I will decide which looks best and paint that one, so that I could potentially leave some panels open. The other will be...- stona
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Well whadya know?
Cold weather means time to bleed the radiators. Do you know where that little radiator key thingy is? After ransacking the kitchen draws and anywhere else I could think of, I was today's years old when I discovered that a drum key, of which I have many, will do the trick! I know this will... -
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
I've made a start on the wings. Since I'm more or less following the instructions I have built this bit up with no glue. Airfix have you glue in a sort of auxiliary spar at the back (which will provide the flap attachments later) but leave the wing ribs visible here, main spar and wheel wells...- stona
- Post #47
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
Fuselage joined. It's gone together nicely. It's not going to need much clean up of the seams and scarcely a lick of any filler. I'm giving Airfix another point for this :smiling3: Also, everything you see here (apart from the two fuselage halves) comes from two trees (D and E), that's...- stona
- Post #46
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
I have now completed the cockpit and other internals to be found in the box. This is my best attempt at taking a picture of it before most of it gets obscured by the other fuselage half: I have no doubt that there will be room in the market place for various kits to 'improve' this but for my...- stona
- Post #45
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
I've heard that some people have had difficulty fitting the fuselage together over the cockpit. Anyone who has put together WW2 aircraft models knows that the join over the instrument panel can be...errrr...problematic. I've decided to make sure I don't have any such issues at a time when I...- stona
- Post #40
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
Quick update as 'disappearing in the back' is apparently not on the agenda today, so says the Fuhrerin anyway. I did manage to get the control column fixed and fitted and attach the other side of the cockpit, giving this. I have done a light pin wash and a bit of dry brushing, but the...- stona
- Post #39
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Jeff Beck has died
My old friend 'Scrimmers' was Jeff Beck's lighting designer/operator on several tours. He is obviously upset by Beck's death but made a point of saying what an absolute gentleman he always was. He didn't have to say that. He is not a public person, posting for the world's media, he's just a... -
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
Close of play and the port side cockpit is almost done. The sharp eyed will notice the absence of the control column/yoke. This is because it had a hole in it that I assumed was part of the construction until I'd constructed it...and it isn't. I've had to fill that and am now waiting until I...- stona
- Post #30
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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The tidy up !
It raises an interesting question! John's workspace looks fabulous now that he's tidied up but what kind of a shambles do we normally work in? I tend to keep things reasonably tidy as I go along, but that's because if I don't I start losing things, sticking things to my chair, the neighbour's...- stona
- Post #10
- Forum: General Modelling chat
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
Slow progress, but I now officially retract my faintly negative comments about Airfix's solution for the instrument panel. Now installed on the relevant frame it looks pretty good to me. Those pipes/wires on the lower left of the frame they would have you paint in a brass colour, but not for...- stona
- Post #28
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
I found myself with a spare hour this afternoon, so I stuck on 'Blow by Blow', in honour of the passing of the great Jeff Beck and decided to do the instrument panel. Three hours and several albums later I've ended up with this (terrible photo, sorry): Airfix have decided the best way to do...- stona
- Post #22
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Jeff Beck has died
I woke up this morning to the news that we have lost another genuinely great musician from the trail blazing generation of the 1960s. Beck was a musical genius, so good that he is seldom, if ever, imitated, unlike thousands of other guitar greats (you can make your own list). He developed an... -
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
And....there is a harness provided in the kit.. Normally I would add my own, but in the spirit of 'out of the boxness' I'm going to use this plastic molded version. I've drilled out the eyes of the fastenings and attempted to start thinning down the plastic a bit. That was going to end in...- stona
- Post #12
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
A couple of things have come up in the detail painting. First, Airfix would have you paint a lot of the pipework in the canopy in a brass colour. That's fine and would make it pop nicely, but the Supermarine painting instructions specifically state that this pipework should receive a grey...- stona
- Post #11
- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
I've primed a few bits 'n' bobs and have taken a look at the cockpit. I'm also resizing my photos as the previous were rather big files! It comes in essentially three big bits, two sides and a bottom (to which I've already added some parts). The three eventually fit together, but not until a...- stona
- Post #10
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
So, time for some first impressions. I'm just a bloke who makes models, I've no dog in any fight, I'm just honestly writing about how I've found the contents of the box. Hopefully that might inform and help anyone else who is planning to take a swing at this kit. So far I've put together the...- stona
- Post #8
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1/24 Airfix Spitfire (the new one)
As above, this will be an attempt to build the Airfix's big new Spitfire. I’ve been wondering which aircraft to represent with this model. I want a standard Mk IX, to represent the majority of the thousands built, rather than some exotic scheme. To that end I’m going to attempt EN398, a...- stona
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What did Santa bring you?
Santa brought me a big Spitfire. It's a bit bigger than I normally do, but I'm not complaining. -
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Cement for clear parts (windows/canopies)
I use GS-Hypo cement. Once it's stuck, it's stuck!- stona
- Post #19
- Forum: General Modelling chat
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