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Tamiya Spitfires- HF VII and VIII


BloorwestSiR

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Hi Carl

Nice progress on both the Spit's cockpit and the pilot figure. The front office rear bulkhead and piping looks spot on the money. Air brushing the skin tones on the pilot really seems to blend things in wonderfully. From my very limited and rather unsuccessful ventures into figures, the eyes are the key - looking mighty good.

Keep 'em coming

Peter

Thanks Peter! I knew the eyes were going to be the challenge for me so I'm happy with how they turned out.

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I got a bit more done tonight on both planes.

 

On Grey Nurse, I started with the upper belt harnesses rust would go from the the pilot to the rear bulkhead. For these,I used the kit PE belts and cut them to fit.

 

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Here they are in place along with the finished pilot.

 

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With the cockpit finally complete, I closed up the fuselage.

 

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The fuselage was then attached to the wings.

 

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With the XVI in the background and the VII fuselage being worked on.

 

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On the VII, I added some details to the pressure bulkhead using the photos in the How To book.

 

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Mine isn't as detailed but I'm happy with the results.

 

I then finished up the cockpit sidewalls.

 

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I then did a dry fit to make sure it went together without any issues.

 

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Now for some final painting and it'll be ready to be closed up.

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Really crisp work, Carl. Cockpit looks terrific.

 

Jim

Thanks Jim! In case you're wondering, I did attach the upper part of the control stick. I noticed it when looking at the pics. But thankfully glued it in place before closing up the fuselage.

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With the fuselage closed up, I started on the main wing.

 

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With that attached to the fuselage, it was time for a family pic:

 

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The Grey Nurse VIII is in the top left, beside that is the XVI, the 22 is on the guy left and the HF VII IS on the right.

 

Now for tailplanes and rudders :)

 

Carl

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