Vic Balshaw
Major General
Did a good job there George.
**** DONE: 1/48 Spitfire FR.lX - Jet/Recon/Transport GB
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Good stuff mate!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nicely done George.
seem to have it sorted nicely Geo
Good work so far Geo!
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
Doing all right.
That Bondo spot putty is great stuff, just have to be careful and use a flaat backed piece of sand paper or a file on it cuz it's so soft. It's meant to fill small paint chips in car doors.
That Bondo spot putty is great stuff, just have to be careful and use a flaat backed piece of sand paper or a file on it cuz it's so soft. It's meant to fill small paint chips in car doors.
Tony Hill
Tech Sergeant
Great stuff.
T Bolt
Colonel
Nice work George
tigerdriver
Staff Sergeant
good stuff 
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fubar57
General
It's a while since the last post as I've been putting off what may have put an end to the project; opening a perfect hole in the fuselage for the camera port and figuring out how to make the glass for it. I punched out a clear disc using something I picked up in the emergency room years ago(to anyone that keeps me waiting for almost 4 hours...I go shopping
) and traced around it on the radio hatch. I then chain-drilled a series of holes inside the outline(breaking my 78 drill on the last hole), joined the holes together with a scalpel blade and then used a round file. Just need to run some fine sand paper around the hole and done. The next bit of pondering involves making the camera port fairing but at least I can join the fuselage halves together now.
Geo
) and traced around it on the radio hatch. I then chain-drilled a series of holes inside the outline(breaking my 78 drill on the last hole), joined the holes together with a scalpel blade and then used a round file. Just need to run some fine sand paper around the hole and done. The next bit of pondering involves making the camera port fairing but at least I can join the fuselage halves together now.Geo
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Geo. From what I remember when I converted a MkXIV and the old Monogram MkIX, I think I just drilled a pilot hole, then used a larger drill bit to drill a bigger hole, then filed that to size, using the punched-out transparency as a guide. But your method seems to have worked equally as well!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
That is good George.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Turned out good Geo.
Tony Hill
Tech Sergeant
Very good job. I still have nightmares about gang drilling and filing holes on my Spitfire panel..you've done a fantastic job on such a small scale.
T Bolt
Colonel
Yes, turned out great George
seems ok to me too!
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Nice improvising, Geo....
Charles
Charles
Nicely done so far Geo!
