**** DONE: 1/48 Spitfire Mk XII - OOB (Out of Box) unofficial GB-2015.
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resistance is futile Terry.....
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice work Andy
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Cheers guys. I'm off to Toronto on a road trip again til Tuesday so there'll be no progress on this one til next week. I've since scrubbed up the above areas and they're starting to look much better.
Sounds good!
A4K
Brigadier General
Echo that, on both counts!
Great work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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Betwixt dicking around with my Lightning mold today, I got my MkXII ready for a primer coat. The dark grey that you see is what's left of a trial coat of leftover paint from a paint session on my Hurricane that I sprayed on the seams to check them out. It's since been wet sanding off and some is left in the panel lines, which I don't mind since I want to make these a little less prominent.
A4K
Brigadier General
Nice, Andy!
Catch22
Major
Nice!
Lovely work so far Andy!
Cool man....
T Bolt
Colonel
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Looking good so far ..... I really should get one of these.
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Crimea_River
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At the moment, I'm not satisfied with the fit of the windscreen to the fuselage as it seems slightly too narrow. I'll post pics later when I get round to a fix.
A4K
Brigadier General
I'm sure you'll sort it Andy.
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Crimea_River
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So I'll throw in an update here as I've been pecking at this one on and off. As mentioned above, I wasn't completely happy with the fit of the windscreen. This only became evident when I sprayed the cockpit green colour. Though not too bad, I felt that the fix would be fairly easy.
The canopy was easily removed and the fuselage thinned slightly and sanded smooth. After a few trial fits, the canopy was reattached and a coat of primer was applied to test the fit and seal any gaps. Just a tiny bit of tidy up needed before the final coat goes on. You'll also see a bit of preshading applied.
Here's the prop all painted up and awaiting a gloss coat for decal application. The kit blades are very thick and I did file them down quite a bit already but they could have stood some more.
After painting and masking the yellow wing leading edges and the Sky band on the rear fuselage, the underside was preshaded on got its coat of Medium Sea Grey.
And you're now up to date. Thanks for sneaking a peek.
The canopy was easily removed and the fuselage thinned slightly and sanded smooth. After a few trial fits, the canopy was reattached and a coat of primer was applied to test the fit and seal any gaps. Just a tiny bit of tidy up needed before the final coat goes on. You'll also see a bit of preshading applied.
Here's the prop all painted up and awaiting a gloss coat for decal application. The kit blades are very thick and I did file them down quite a bit already but they could have stood some more.
After painting and masking the yellow wing leading edges and the Sky band on the rear fuselage, the underside was preshaded on got its coat of Medium Sea Grey.
And you're now up to date. Thanks for sneaking a peek.
Had my peak and.....
