Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I PR Type B, KP Models 1/72, now Eduard 1/48!

[2996 Victor]

Models and cats are usually not a good combination, at least from the model's standpoint.

True! Generally, our two are well-behaved, but I never leave models on the bench for them to dib or bat around!

Yeah, but their whiskers make great whip antennae...

I always keep any whiskers I find, so if anyone wants one.....

Yeah, if you want more than one!

See above

Must add it to

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Great stuff!

 

[36feet10inches]

I always keep any whiskers I find, so if anyone wants one.....

I've only managed to turn up white ones so far, the rarer black ones are what I need. I don't want to have to forcibly extract them if I can help it.

 

[36feet10inches]

(...joke!)

 

[2996 Victor]

I've only managed to turn up white ones so far, the rarer black ones are what I need. I don't want to have to forcibly extract them if I can help it.

(...joke!)

I can't help there, I'm afraid, both Daisy's and Arthur's whiskers are white. I suppose I could dip them in black paint and hang them to dry.....the loose whiskers, I mean, not the cats themselves.....

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[2996 Victor]

A trip to the LMS this morning garnered some PPP, and this afternoon I slapped some onto the fuselage panel lines. I also broke out a spare set of KP Spitfire "A" wings and puttied those as well, to see if I could do a better job second time around. You can see I've already drilled the camera ports in the wings and also the underside light:

Would Sidney Cotton and Maurice Longbottom approve, I wonder? Probably not.

Cheers,
Mark

 

[Crimea_River]

Bit of sanding instore.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Bit of sanding instore.

A bit!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks more like a days grind.

 

[2996 Victor]

Bit of sanding instore.

A bit!!!!!!!!!!!! Looks more like a days grind.

A bit, but the advantage of PPP is that it's water soluble so I should be able to clean off the majority with a damp cloth or cotton bud/q-tip.

We'll see how it goes.....

Cheers,
Mark

 

[fubar57]

Awaiting to see how it works.

 

[2996 Victor]

Awaiting to see how it works. View attachment 710886

Me too!

 

[2996 Victor]

Well now, I think this might have some mileage in it:

That's about five minutes' worth. The cotton bud was dampened at one end only, the damp end used to soften the PPP and the dry end used to rub off the excess, working at 45 degrees at all times so that I was never going "with" the panel lines. A little re-working will be needed, I'm sure, but that will wait until after assembly. I wonder if some slightly thinned PPP, so that its a sort of thick slurry, would work as well with a slop-on-wipe-off process (SLOWO!).

Thanks for looking in

Cheers,
Mark

 

[Wurger]

 

[SaparotRob]

Quick! Copyright "SLOWO".

 

[Crimea_River]

Lordy. 40 bucks for 40ml. I'll stick with the Tamiya surface primer I think.

 

[36feet10inches]

That's crazy Crimea_River ! Eight quid in the UK, what's that in CAD, about 13?

 

[Crimea_River]

Yeah, about that. I'll check if one of my well-stocked hobby shops carries it.

 

[fubar57]

13$CAN here but I don't know about shipping Perfect Plastic Putty

I never buy off Amazon as I find them vastly over priced yet everyone I know swears Amazon is cheaper

 

[2996 Victor]

Lordy. 40 bucks for 40ml. I'll stick with the Tamiya surface primer I think.

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Yikes!

That's crazy Crimea_River ! Eight quid in the UK, what's that in CAD, about 13?

I paid £7.95 in the LMS last Saturday. It must be available cheaper than $40, surely?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Just on $16 down under which is just marginally more than in UK.