1/72 Daimler-Benz Spitfire EN830

[Wurger]

With Wayne here...

 

[dirkpitt289]

Thanks guys. It means a lot coming from all of you.

 

[hawkeye2an]

Nice work Dirk. Glad to see I'm not the only one with half a dozen projects going at once.

 

[hawkeye2an]

Not at all Dirk. I love modeling the unusual. Here's a pic of that Frankenstein I made over 30 years ago that I mentioned in post #8

Love it Glenn.

It's fun to pop something like that out every once in a while.

 

[N4521U]

I have never seen clamps like them!!!!!!!!!! Micro Mark hasum 6 for 6 bucks..... or 50 of the buggers for 17 bucks.... what a bloody bargain........ are they the same ones?

You think we should have a thread to see who has the most kits going at the same time??????

 

[dirkpitt289]

You think we should have a thread to see who has the most kits going at the same time??????

Yeah about that, I'm not sure I want to publicly admit how many I have going at one time, or more accuratly started but not completed.

 

[javlin]

Yeah about that, I'm not sure I want to publicly admit how many I have going at one time, or more accuratly started but not completed.

I hear ya Bud;nice project you got going and interesting how to scale the 110 parts fit frame of the Spit.Cheers

 

[B-17engineer]

Hows this one coming?

 

[dirkpitt289]

Hey there H, Right now it's sitting on the edge of my bench while I'm trying to finish the Blenheim for the BoB GB. I have so many projects going on that I might skip the next GB so I can catchup. Projects with deadlines are killing me. What's new with you? How's the new school year going?

 

[dirkpitt289]

Hey there H, Right now it's sitting on the edge of my bench while I'm trying to finish the Blenheim for the BoB GB. I have so many projects going on that I might skip the next GB so I can catchup. Projects with deadlines are killing me. What's new with you? How's the new school year going?

 

[B-17engineer]

Its been good thanks for asking, a little harders than middle school but its been good

 

[dirkpitt289]

I'll be firing up the build again very soon. Stay tuned.

 

[dirkpitt289]

Time for the nose job

Here is the replacement nose and the host. After a bit more filing I got the nose just about where I feel it should be.

Using some Evergreen 0.13mm plastic I build out the receiving portion of the fuselage so the new nose has something to hold onto.

The first layer of filler

Now like with any nose surgery we have to wait for the swelling to go down.

Till next time...

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Coming along nicely. Looking forward to seeing this one finished, always been an aircraft I was interested in, don't think it is as good looking as the original though...

 

[dirkpitt289]

Looks like they actually made it better!

Just kidding. I love kidding you guys about the Spitfire. Thank you for the kind words

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Dirk. So how many kits do you have on the go now?

 

[Wayne Little]

nice work Dirk!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Good stuff Dirk. So how many kits do you have on the go now?

More than I care to admit but in my defence I blame it on the ADD... oooh something shiny, gotta go....

 

[dirkpitt289]

Not much progress last night. Spent a lot of time sanding, filling, sanding and then refilling. A little acetone nail polish remover) on the trailing edge help speed along the blending of the filler.

Once the rough sanding was done I applied Mr Surface 500 to the area. Once dry the sanding will continue

Over all I'm not unhappy with the early results.