discussion Steven’s 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IIa

[Steven000]

A bit late to the party but I’d like to join Colins' 90 year of the Spitfire GB with this Eduard 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IIa (84206) - Always liked the early dark green/dark earth scheme - I will build it ‘in flight’.

Boxart


Sprue shots




Decals - Clear parts


Although it’s a ‘Weekend edition’ the kit offers 5 paintschemes - I’ve picked out scheme B (“P7619, QVK”) on the left.

 

[Steven000]

I first cut and cleaned all the cockpit parts,


Then glued the cockpit together,


I’m building the model ‘in flight’, so for a ‘closed’ canopy you need to remove a small portion of the right fuselage.


For the hatch I then need to use part ‘P55’.


I 3d printed a pilot in 1/48 but he sat to high on the seat, so I had to cut his legs and bottom… To make sure he fits I did a dryfit with the canopy.


The first parts on sticks,


Added some black vallejo primer…


That’s all for now, thanks for watching and have fun with the GB - Cheers

 

[Andy T]

A very fast start!

I can't tell you how many times I checked the instructions before cutting the same section out for the canopy

 

[Geoffers]

Nice start Steven

Geoff.

 

[Jim R]

Looking good. Pilot fits well after his surgery. Nice to see that you're making an "in flight" model.

 

[pjgtech]

All these Spits being built and no two are alike, great stuff.....

 

[yak face]

Nice one steven , pilot looks great ( despite his surgery! )

 

[flyjoe180]

Excellent progress Steven

 

[Steven000]

Thanks guys,
I finished the pilot with Vallejo paint, used pictures from drawings and reenactors as a guide,


He was then glued into his office with super glue, the backside was painted aluminium (according to instructions), but pictures of restored aircraft tend to show the whole area in grey-green. I painted the instrument panel as I like to avoid decals if I can. The whole gun-sight is made up of 2 clear parts.






This is where I'm at now, pretty much ready to close up the fuselage. The aluminium was brush painted with Vallejo metal color (alu).


I glued the parts for the wheel bay in place, also need to drill 4 small holes in the lower wing,


I'm building the Spitfire 'in flight' so it will have the gear 'up' - so far all the kits I've build were not designed for a retracted gear which is a real pain... A quick dry-fit shows the strut on the same level as the wing surface, so that will needs some adjustment later.


Thanks for reading - Cheers

 

[Andy T]

Looking good, pilot is fantastic!