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Ralph Haus
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Putter??? I'm thinking of a new paint mule!!!
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Putter??? I'm thinking of a new paint mule!!!I have no problem with you switching kits Ralph. This is supposed to be a fun hobby. That kit is for when you you have paint drying and need something to putter about with
That was actually a fleeting first beer of the day thought!! Sounded good then, but how does one improve if not given a challange? 2nd beer thought....I suppose I can be doing just as well if I start using blocks of styrene and carve the shapes by handAwww but think of the fun you could have! If you switch kits, make sure to fix your intro info in post #1.
These ICMs must be really difficult. But as you say, they are a great challenge that sooner or later I will like to face with one of my two Spitfires of this brand.That was actually a fleeting first beer of the day thought!! Sounded good then, but how does one improve if not given a challange? 2nd beer thought....I suppose I can be doing just as well if I start using blocks of styrene and carve the shapes by hand
Not abandoning the build, just resetting expectations. Amazing though, the mold quality differences, even the same early 2000ish Tamiya, Eduard kits being far superior. It has to do somewhat with the 'soft' material that they used? Maybe needed higher pressures to do a fill, thus the major flash? But another kit with the same flash issues and a harder material would be manageable, cleaning the areas and such. This will definitely be a closed canopy build, focusing on the beer feature is my goal.No hobby should be stressful Ralph. I think you made the right choice to forget about the engine and try to close everything up with the cowls provided. All 3 ICM kits I did were done without having the engine showing so I didn't go down the path you did. I'm sure that after a deep breath you'll whip up a nice model.
As I have been led to believe, the invasion stripes were water based, washable type. Not sure how to interpret your comment that the upper wing stripes and fuselage were 'dissolved' during the beer delivery stage? Are you referencing an image of this 'era' of speculating? Perhaps the maintenance of the paint was not paramount for those that were not seeing actual action? Ghost coating to represent a faded/washed off stripe then? Or just go with the clean whites and blacks and claim this was the first beer run!!!!Ralph, if you want to make a "beer delivery" Spitfire IX, there is MJ329 (MK329?), flown by J. J. Johnson some days during August 1944.
It is probable that the invasion stripes were partly erased leaving only on the lower surfaces, or maybe entires around the fuselage and only on the underwings...
Great photo. Thanks!!! So we (me) are down to the markings being those used in the first application time period (early 1944), fresh and on top and fuselage? Or, as ICM has given an option for, a later (improved barreling?) marking on a later vintage?Ralph ,
The invasion strips were the kind of a visual identification Friend or Foe. These were introduced on 17th May 1944. But the order for applying them was issued on 4th June. Applying was done in a hurry mostly. After the D-day, a month later, the markings were ordered to remove from the wing and fuselage tops. Fully these were washed off by the end of the 1944.
Here is a Spitfire with the D-day markings but seen on the undersides only. So it means that the same was done to the fuselage strips limiting their location to the bottom part
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Or washed off by spilled beer!!!Actually yes ... however please see the shot below ... while the fuselage strips can be noticed , those the on undersides were already removed or .. never were applied.
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