**** DONE: Spitfire Mk.VIII "Fargo Express" Lt. L.P. Molland 308th FS - Aces GB.

[rochie]

nice work Glenn

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Glenn. One thing about the seat though; the leather back padding slipped over the seat back, covering the top and side edges.

 

[T Bolt]

Good stuff Glenn. One thing about the seat though; the leather back padding slipped over the seat back, covering the top and side edges.

Thanks Terry. Easy enough to fix.

 

[Coors9]

Nice job so far, keep it up.

 

[Gerry]

Good subject Glenn and good looking progress, so far.

 

[T Bolt]

I finished up the cockpit today as shown in the first 4 pictures. I went on to start gluing up the fuselage, all but the nose which I'll do after the wings are on. Then I moved onto the wings. I can't say I'm a real fan of the separate molded wingtips. Some filling and sanding there to get it to look right. The last picture is a test fit of the wings to the fuselage. Looks like a lot of work there, but not unexpected thanks to Terry and Andy.

 

[hub]

Nice progress Glenn

 

[rochie]

good stuff Glenn

 

[Wayne Little]

Doin' great Glenn, but still a plenty ahead of you...

 

[Airframes]

Good work Glenn. Hate to tell you though, but the landing gear selector unit is upside down ! It's moulded with the lever in the 'Up' position, and the 'box' you've painted silver is where the pipes come out, and should be at the bottom, at the 7 o' clock position.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks guys.
Terry, The cockpit hasn't been glued in yet so I should be able to fix it. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[Wurger]

Keep working. Looking good.

 

[brucejscott]

Looking good Glenn. The weathering in the pit looks sweet.

 

[T Bolt]

I haven't updated the thread in a while, but I have been working on it a little.

Picture 1 The cockpit installed with seat belts made up from painted Tamiya tape. I fixed the landing gear selector, but the picture didn't turn out.

Picture 2 The wings glued to the fuselage.

Pictures 3-6 The various joints that will need to be filled and cleaned up. Not as bad as I was expecting, but it will still take some time.

 

[rochie]

nice work Glenn

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Glenn. Did you manage to correct the wing dihedral ?

 

[Crimea_River]

Fill fill fill

Sand sand sand

Scribe scribe scribe......

 

[brucejscott]

Looking good Glenn. You can handle the seams. No sweat.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Karl, Bruce.

Fill fill fill

Sand sand sand

Scribe scribe scribe......

Well under way Andy. Have rough filing done, next is the filling with the CA, but I need enough time to finish any joint to start or the CA gets too hard.

Good stuff Glenn. Did you manage to correct the wing dihedral ?

Forewarned, I cut out the vertical faces of that joint on both the upper wing and the fuselage. When I put it together, it looked pretty good so I glued it up using tape across the fuselage like in your sig Terry. The results seen below.

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks good from here in Calgary.