GB-62 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IXC "Beer Delivery" - Spitfires

[SaparotRob]

Great looking bird!

 

[Ralph Haus]

Looks good Ralph, as for weathering I use most of the methods mentioned with initial spraying but for the panel lines its thinned oils paints applied to individual lines and hopefully using capillary action.

Yeah. It's that capillary thing that usually gets me. Multiple 'touch points' required and the 'dots' usually stay visible. Works well when the finish and the panel line fluid are compatible, but there is, for me, usually an unacceptable finish (Tamiya).

 

[Crimea_River]

Great looking bird!

Yeah, but the kegs are too small. Barely a sip from each.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yeah. It's that capillary thing that usually gets me. Multiple 'touch points' required and the 'dots' usually stay visible. Works well when the finish and the panel line fluid are compatible, but there is, for me, usually an unacceptable finish (Tamiya).

The glossier the coat, the better the capillary action

 

[Ralph Haus]

Question???? One of my last steps is to add an antenna wire. The instructions, nor any of the illustrations, show any? There isn't a post on the tail, but there is a mast behind the cockpit? Would this S/N not have one? Then why the mast?

 

[Crimea_River]

The mast served as the antenna so the good news is that you don't need to add any wire.

 

[Wurger]

With Andy. The Spitfire MK.IX had the T.R.1133 or T.R.1143 radio set that was the VHF one. For the reason the antenna wire was dismounted and the correct antenna was the mast. So that's the reason.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Question???? One of my last steps is to add an antenna wire. The instructions, nor any of the illustrations, show any? There isn't a post on the tail, but there is a mast behind the cockpit? Would this S/N not have one? Then why the mast?

The mast served as the antenna so the good news is that you don't need to add any wire.

Ralph.................You lucky man.........................

 

[Ralph Haus]

Ralph.................You lucky man.........................

And just when I was getting good at it