discussion Dave W's 1/24 Spitfire Vb

[stona]

There is. Images 29 and 30, with the seat removed (if I've counted right). 29 is the best showing the trim wheels and , because the seat is removed, the electrical panel/fuse box.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Dave W]

There is. Images 29 and 30, with the seat removed (if I've counted right). 29 is the best showing the trim wheels and , because the seat is removed, the electrical panel/fuse box.Cheers

Steve

Thanks Steve.Im at work at the moment,So couldn't have a proper look

 

[Dave W]

There is. Images 29 and 30, with the seat removed (if I've counted right). 29 is the best showing the trim wheels and , because the seat is removed, the electrical panel/fuse box.Cheers

Steve

Found it.No cables ,But a few black panels to make

 

[Dave W]

Had another go at the Spitfire today.There isn't a lot of detail on the cockpit sidewalls.So I've had a go at scratch building some using wire and scrap plastic.Ive not done much scratch building before and am finding this fun.It is time consuming though.

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work Dave, that looks convincing.

 

[Dave W]

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Nice work Dave, that looks convincing.

look ok when its been painted Joe.

 

[Ian M]

Coming along nice. Good fun building the gubbing's for the cock pit isn't it

Ian M

 

[BarryW]

Exccellent work as always Dave

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Dave

Nice work on the cockpit the scratch stuff looks really cool and should busy-up the office nicely.

Cheers

Paul

 

[Dave W]

Got some more done this evening.Seat belts painted and fitted to seat after cutting slots in the seat and bulkhead to thread them through.Instrument panel and seat bulkhead glued to fuselage halves.Ive decided not to do any more scratch building in the cockpit.Even in this scale most of it can't be seen.Ive also glued the engine side cowlings to the fuselage halves and glued a few more bits together.I need some mesh for the under wing radiator.Thought I had something suitable in the spares box but can't find it at the moment.

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[Ian M]

Coming along nice Dave

Ian m

 

[BarryW]

That pe Sutton harness is certainly looking effective - very nice work overall Dave

 

[colin m]

Looks nice Dave. So, what are your plans for the exhaust manifolds ? Will the engine still be in place even if not visible ? ( I have one of these to build in the future)

 

[Dave W]

Looks nice Dave. So, what are your plans for the exhaust manifolds ? Will the engine still be in place even if not visible ? ( I have one of these to build in the future)

I've put some plastic card on the inside of the engine cowling cut outs so I've got something to glue the exhausts to .

 

[Dave W]

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I've added some detail to the control column.There should be 3 pipes down the aft side.Ive added these using fuse wire.Airfix don't include a button on the spade grip for firing the guns.Ive used a piece of scrap plastic for this.Its probably over scale,but the real thing was quite big anyway.The kit supplied compass is too small and not very convincing.So I made one from sprue and plastic card.Then I applied a decal from the instrument panel decal set to it before attaching it to the instrument panel.Then I glued the fuselage halves together and attached the top cowling panel.This panel has not been moulded properly and has a sunken area which Ive applied some filler to.Next job is to mask the cockpit opening and then sand down all the rivets on the fuselage.View attachment 212092

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[Alan 45]

Awsome stuff dave , it's not a nice kit really is it but your doing a great job

 

[Dave W]

Awsome stuff dave , it's not a nice kit really is it but your doing a great job

It's a crap kit Alan.But I have this strange desire to try to improve it and build something half decent.It will soon be time to tackle that wing dihedral problem.

 

[Alan 45]

I agree mate and your doing a great job so far , I really want to see that dihedral problem and how you go about it , I found the the underside of the wings was pretty much right but the top pushed them down due to how thin the plastic is on the underside

 

[Dave W]

I agree mate and your doing a great job so far , I really want to see that dihedral problem and how you go about it , I found the the underside of the wings was pretty much right but the top pushed them down due to how thin the plastic is on the underside

My idea is to fix the lower wing section to a base and support the wing tips.Then build a spar from plastic card probably about 10 mm back from the leading edge.That should stop the wing flexing when the fuselage and upper wings are fitted.We shall see....

 

[Dave W]

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I've spent two hours this evening sanding down rivets and joins on the fuselage.Then I applied some filler to the joins.More sanding tomorrow.Ive also glued the gun hatches to the lower wing after sanding them to fit.I will start building a wing spar soon.View attachment 212187

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