**** DONE: 1/48 Seafire F.XVII - Home Country Modern Aircraft/Spitfire GB

[brucejscott]

I think we have reached a consensus, light grey bodies with O.D. warheads it is. Thanks guys.

 

[brucejscott]

The cockpit is almost complete. The seat is finished and has Eduard belts attached. There is a bit of detail painting yet to be done and then I shall move on.

 

[Crimea_River]

Um, the black sidewalls? Not an expert on Seafires but my money would have said green all the way up.

 

[Airframes]

No Andy. From early post WW2, the cockpit colours changed, with the upper sections in matt black, like the Typhoon and Tempest, eventually going to the very friendly (not!) overall black, up until the advent of greys in the late 1960s/early 70s.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Terry! And sorry for the diversion Bruce. Carry on then!

 

[brucejscott]

Information is never a diversion Andy. If I even might be wrong about something I prefer to know about it, rather than moving along in blissful ignorance and looking the fool later.

 

[Catch22]

Looks good Bruce.

 

[brucejscott]

Got the cockpit finished and the fuselage halves glued together. There is a considerable gap between the halves ahead of the cockpit that will need filled. I was originally going to thin down the instrument panel to close the gap, but after test fitting found that if I did, the windscreen would be to wide. I picked the lesser of two evils. I'll fill the seam.

 

[Wayne Little]

Doing good Bruce!

 

[rochie]

looks good Bruce, those parts look very similar to my MkXII bits i must say

 

[brucejscott]

Thanks guys. I suspect that even though the sprues are different Karl, the two kits share some of the same basic pieces.

 

[Airframes]

Good progress Bruce. Strange about that joint though, doesn't normally happen on the better Airfix kits (Buccaneer and Tornado excepted!).

 

[Catch22]

Yeah, I'm tempted with the Buccaneer for the next GB but I'm slightly afraid. Nice work Bruce, hopefully you get the seam nice and clean.

 

[Airframes]

Cory, the Buccaneer kit is a Buccan nightmare!

 

[Catch22]

That doesn't help!

 

[Wurger]

Looking good Bruce.

 

[Crimea_River]

Coming along but too bad about that joint. Something not right there for sure.

 

[Airframes]

Maybe the instrument panel bulkhead has 'popped' from the locating ribs?

 

[brucejscott]

Can't tell why it won't close there.All I do know is that the windscreen fits great with the fuselage spread.

 

[brucejscott]

OK, got the seams filled and sanded and the panel lines restored. The stabs and the arrestor hook are attached. I decided to pose the horizontal stabilizer in a slightly drooped position as all the pictures found have it that way.

So far this kit is a dream. The tail is composed of six pieces ( not counting the fuselage ) and they all just clicked together. I applied the glue after it was assembled.