What's on The Workbench

[Wurger]

OK....Dk.G added and masks off; decals safe and sound. Not 100% but as close as the likes of me can get. Had I had the instruction sheet I could have printed it out and used it for reference.

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The before and after

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Let it dry, gloss and resume

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Actually I have a note ... the camo spot on the starboard fin and rudder. According to the most pics of the Spitfires the Dark Green spot didn't "float" in the air. It was unified with the camo spot on the stabilizer + elevator and the one on the fuselage at the tail band. The fuselage one was the continuation of the port side camo and usually was running up to the stabilizer root and its trailing edge. The only difference I found was the way the camo spot on the starboard fin and rudder was joining the patch on the stabilizer+elevator. The shape of the the patch on the stabilizer+elevator either could be the one large colour spot from the root to the trim tab actuator/trim tab or the narrower one with some of the Ocean Grey paint at the root. The color continuity may not be noticed because of the fin flash there that covered it partially and was located slightly down or was taller.

the pic source: the net.

 

[fubar57]

I was using this to cut out my masks as I didn't need to adjust the size when printing. Its from Tamiya

 

[Wurger]

I was using this to cut out my masks as I didn't need to adjust the size when printing. Its from Tamiya

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I understand. However the shots of the tail of the Mk.XII indicate the small or larger portion of the OG at the inner edge of the starboard elevator and stabilizer what is similar in shape to the late Mk.IX and Mk.XVI and other Spit variants.

BTW... the layout of the camo colours seems to be inverted in the diagram you posted above if it is assumed the dark tone is the Dark Green coat.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Bravo George, that was a very good fix.

 

[Viking1066]

That has been a tough build, but I think you have dealt with the unexpected pretty well.

 

[Wurger]

I was using this to cut out my masks as I didn't need to adjust the size when printing. Its from Tamiya

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And an addition to my post # 8263 .... it can be noticed that the DG colour on the fuselage of the 7B-Z was applied to the stabilizer root and was spreading on it. The DG colour on the rudder was of the shape of " a pennant fluttering in the wind " ( as I call it ). It means it had the irregular wavy top and bottom edges and was getting narrowed toward the fin leading edge. The fin flash marking is quite high ( applied from the fairing of the fuselage-stabilizer joining to the rudder top hinge. The camo layout is very similar to the MB858 or MB882 and other Mk.XIIs. The difference is that the MB858 had the "pennant" smaller ( narrower ) and the DG colour on the fuselage was applied more under the stabilizer towards the rudder edge.

 

[Zippythehog]

George, you did great with the repositioning of the camo. I think I would have left it, not because of accuracy but because of a lack of confidence in my ability with the decal masking.

 

[fubar57]

And an addition to my post # 8263 .... it can be noticed that the DG colour on the fuselage of the 7B-Z was applied to the stabilizer root and was spreading on it. The DG colour on the rudder was of the shape of " a pennant fluttering in the wind " ( as I call it ). It means it had the irregular wavy top and bottom edges and was getting narrowed toward the fin leading edge. The fin flash marking is quite high ( applied from the fairing of the fuselage-stabilizer joining to the rudder top hinge. The camo layout is very similar to the MB858 or MB882 and other Mk.XIIs. The difference is that the MB858 had the "pennant" smaller ( narrower ) and the DG colour on the fuselage was applied more under the stabilizer towards the rudder edge.

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It is what it is. My life is too short to worry about millimetres

 

[Wurger]

It is what it is. My life is too short to worry about millimetres

Grasped. However it is not a matter of milimetres but of the lack of the colour. IMHO, the tail on the starboard should look like that ....

 

[fubar57]

I'm ottta here......................................

 

[Wurger]

I'm ottta here......................................

 

[Donivanp]

Nice, gonna go see Terry, get your cost.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice, gonna go see Terry, get your cost.

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[SaparotRob]

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I think we may have seen the FFS (fat finger syndrome) combined with spellcheck phenomena.

 

[Donivanp]

I think we may have seen the FFS (fat finger syndrome) combined with spellcheck phenomena.

You calling my fingers fat? I sgiw yui gat gunfers

 

[N4521U]

What we do ay!