**** DONE: Spitfire Mk. I P9306 ZP H of No 74 Squadron Battle of Britain Group Build

[vikingBerserker]

Nicely done!!

 

[ozhawk40]

Thumbs up - very well done Glenn! 8)

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys! Been gone for the weekend but will work on it some more tonight.

I agree. Looks great Glenn. The codes turned out beautifully. Any tips before I embark on mine?

Andy, the 3rd and fourth pictures in post #104 show how I did it. Put 2 pieces of masking tape on a cutting board parallel, the height of the code letters apart to use as a guide, then put a piece of wide Tamiya Tape cross ways on top of it. I then used a pencil to draw the outline of the letters, then when satisfied with the look and shape of them I cut them out with an X-acto knife, peel them from the cutting board and stick then on the model. Just takes patience and at least an uninterrupted hour. Took me longer because I live in a house of noisy people

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Glenn. I may actually try to use the kit decals for templates for the DW-O letters. My other idea is to make my own decals by scanning the kit decals and changing the colour in Photoshop. I may end up going that route as it's less work.

 

[N4521U]

You make me want to repaint my Defiant using your method. I had see it, but bugger all I forgot it........

Beeeeeeuteeeeful

 

[Airframes]

Andy, you'll probably find that the density of the code letters will not hold very well on clear decal sheet, once transferred to the model. When I've tried these in the past, I've had to overpaint each letter, either before use (with acrylics paint), or once on the model (enamels).

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks for the info Terry. And if I make a double set, they'll probably be too thick.

I'll use that as a plan B if the first option doesn't work out .

 

[T Bolt]

Did a little work on the canopy and gun sight tonight.
12) Canopy first painted interior green then dark green.
34) Painted gun sight still on the spru then installed.
5) Windscreen and back part of canopy installed.

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking very spiffy Glenn.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Andy

I have a Spitfire question I hope someone knows the answer to (Are you out there Terry!)
Picture 1 shows the exhaust stacks on the Spit I'm modeling as it hangs in the museum today with fishtail shaped stacks.
Picture 2 shows the stacks included in the Tamiya Mk 1 Spit kit. I have a Tamiya Mk Vb Spit kit with the fishtail stacks that I can swipe (Picture 3) The question is: Is it possible that my spit had the fishtail exhausts installed at the time of the BoB or was that type only seen later, and the fishtail stacks on the spit were installed after, maybe with and engine change?

 

[Wayne Little]

Great work Glenn...can't answer your question though...

 

[Crimea_River]

Great question Glenn. If you didn't ask that, I would have because I was wondering the exact same thing.

 

[Airframes]

The 'fish tail' exhausts were a later fitting, first being on production MkVs, and retro to MkIIs. The 'straight' exhausts provided in the kit are the correct type for the Merlin III of the BoB period.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks a lot Terry, I knew you would know!

 

[Airframes]

You're welcome mate. Nice work on the canopy/ windscreen frames BTW.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Terry. Got two birds with one stone on that one.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Wow Glenn, that's a first rate job on the gun sight!

 

[T Bolt]

David: Just a fine tip brush and some powerful reading glasses!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Gotta echo David's words here Glenn, great job on the gun sight.

 

[Wayne Little]

Another point to Terry!