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I am sure it was the thought that counted!
I just have this picture of you sat on a stool with a desk top sat on your knee, trying to hold it all steady while you make a model.
Sorry strange sense of humour!
I just have this picture of you sat on a stool with a desk top sat on your knee, trying to hold it all steady while you make a model.
Sorry strange sense of humour!
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no im going for the oriental style with a cussion.lol
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Legs or lack of..
Hello all, why not come up with a weird alternative for legs? :thinking: My suggestions are 1, use up all of those old video storage cases and glue them together or 2, take the collection of platic kit boxes an do likewise BUT not glue them .
cheers :music_too
Jim
Hello all, why not come up with a weird alternative for legs? :thinking: My suggestions are 1, use up all of those old video storage cases and glue them together or 2, take the collection of platic kit boxes an do likewise BUT not glue them .
cheers :music_too
Jim
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Hi Guys,
Just spoken to Tamiya and everything should be here tommorow, so all being well youll have your kits by thursday!
Just spoken to Tamiya and everything should be here tommorow, so all being well youll have your kits by thursday!
Spitfire cockpit detail.
Well made a start today on the Spitfire cockpit,after researching I found about a dozen interior shots,everyone differed in some way,once more very few were not very clear for modelling purposes,stuck at it and found this very old MoS picture published in wartime,it shows more than enough detail and at 1=48th a lot will just get lost in the small scale,but it is enough to add the essentials,so get out the scrap wire,foil and sprue and be a real modeller and accept the challenge,the easiest way to make the instrument panel is with scraperboard obtainable from art shops,you just scratch the dials through with a needle mounted into a chuck,the chuck can be a piece of dowel and the needle stuck into place with cyno,once the dials have been scribed a few dabs of clear varnish simulate the glass,knobs etc can be made with tiny blobs of PVA adhesive applied with a pin,seat can be made from pizza tin base folded into shape,for the rivets just press gently with the pinhead,trim wheels can be made from sprue of suitable diameter chopped off,fuse wire is excellent for all of the pipes etc and then suitable painted,great fun to see what can be achieved with everyday junk,and it can be done.
Spitfire cockpit.
Well made a start today on the Spitfire cockpit,after researching I found about a dozen interior shots,everyone differed in some way,once more very few were not very clear for modelling purposes,stuck at it and found this very old MoS picture published in wartime,it shows more than enough detail and at 1=48th a lot will just get lost in the small scale,but it is enough to add the essentials,so get out the scrap wire,foil and sprue and be a real modeller and accept the challenge,the easiest way to make the instrument panel is with scraperboard obtainable from art shops,you just scratch the dials through with a needle mounted into a chuck,the chuck can be a piece of dowel and the needle stuck into place with cyno,once the dials have been scribed a few dabs of clear varnish simulate the glass,knobs etc can be made with tiny blobs of PVA adhesive applied with a pin,seat can be made from pizza tin base folded into shape,for the rivets just press gently with the pinhead,trim wheels can be made from sprue of suitable diameter chopped off,fuse wire is excellent for all of the pipes etc and then suitable painted,great fun to see what can be achieved with everyday junk,and it can be done.
Spitfire cockpit.
It's amazing what you can buy on the Internet, this is a great site for reference as it shows a lot of original parts and thought it would be useful 
www.spitfirespares.com
www.spitfirespares.com
Do you have you an update on this squiff? do you know when you will be sending them out?
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he got them on thursday, so im gessing he will send them out asap/when he gets the payments if not already.
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Have faith!
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1st class service
Hello all, My one arrived safe and sound at 07.40 today. With a lot of trepidation I looked inside the box and after realising the enormity of the task ahead! I'm off to bury my head in the sand for the next three months :scooter: or to the shed and my beloved boats.
Really looking forward to getting at it I had better clear a bit of workshop space then.
cheers
Jim
p.s. thanks to Squiffy
Hello all, My one arrived safe and sound at 07.40 today. With a lot of trepidation I looked inside the box and after realising the enormity of the task ahead! I'm off to bury my head in the sand for the next three months :scooter: or to the shed and my beloved boats.
Really looking forward to getting at it I had better clear a bit of workshop space then.
cheers
Jim
p.s. thanks to Squiffy
Postman Pat has just brought mine, thanks Squiff
Just off to wash it
Just off to wash it
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Mine arrived 9.40 am today....Wonder if it was the same postman?
The SUPERPOSTYMAN.....spooky
The SUPERPOSTYMAN.....spooky
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ok, as anyone else baught the tamiya 1:48 supermarine spitfire mk.1?
squif kindly provided me with the paints i didnt already have, i layed them all out and read through the paints lists (i am doing this exactly to the instructions to see how it turns out)
On the first stage on the 'Painting Figure' it tells you to paint his jacket X-49.
now A. X-49 isnt in the paint list
and B. As far as i can find out, X-49 dosnt exist (as far as i can tell the X's only go up to X-34 wich is 'metal brown'
can anybody help me out here?
perhaps a picture of a mk.1 pilots uniform?
squif kindly provided me with the paints i didnt already have, i layed them all out and read through the paints lists (i am doing this exactly to the instructions to see how it turns out)
On the first stage on the 'Painting Figure' it tells you to paint his jacket X-49.
now A. X-49 isnt in the paint list
and B. As far as i can find out, X-49 dosnt exist (as far as i can tell the X's only go up to X-34 wich is 'metal brown'
can anybody help me out here?
perhaps a picture of a mk.1 pilots uniform?
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ok, i have found this picture, only one in colour i could find. seems the right kind of thing so the life jacket is a beigy/tan kind of colour...
any more insight to this anyone?
any more insight to this anyone?
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no khaki is XF-49 (i have the pot infront of me) a typo maybe? but then neither x-49 or xf-49 are in the paints list.
strange. i think your suggestions will be good barry, XF-49 with a bit of white (XF-2)
(just in case anyone else has this problem)
strange. i think your suggestions will be good barry, XF-49 with a bit of white (XF-2)
(just in case anyone else has this problem)
XF-49 is Khaki according to this chart, thought it might be of use http://www.netmodelshop.co.uk/pdf_files/acrylic_mini.pdf
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