Guest Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Lost track of this giant Sparz ! Coming along nicely my friend !......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Lost track of this giant Sparz ! Coming along nicely my friend !......Harv Happens to all of us Harv. Thanks for stopping by, more pics to come soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Well I plugged the hole in the airscoop with some sprue and superglue, wuewuewue. When it's dry, it'll be sanded smooth and flush. I don't know whether I'm supposed to attempt to preserve the panel line across it though, as I cannot find any proper reference pictures of the scoop from underneath. If anyone can help out here, please do so. And then I got bored waiting for it to dry, so I decided to glue the tailplanes in place so I wouldn't have to do it after painting and make it look messy. I'd rather spend an hour masking carefully than four days of sanding/filling and painting. Anyway, they clicked into place easy enough, but there are still some minor gaps to be filled - much like the main wing roots. Looks straight to me! Edited December 6, 2015 by Sparzanza Anthony in NZ and sandokan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Well, I'm quite pleased to inform yous that the filling of the wingroot seams is more or less complete - and no surface detail lost by sanding. All excess putty was removed with cottonbuds moist with acetone. Still having some paint left in the paintcup after an airbrush session (1/48 Tamiya P51-, I sprayed over some of my sanding, filling, and rescribing efforts underneath and found some flaws that will need to be corrected before priming with aluminium. This area seems to be well done though: sandokan and Chris Wimmer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightnjoe Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Wow. Jawdroppingly stunning work. Joe Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Thanks Joe! A bit late, but... thank you. Looks like this one will be next in line to be completed, folks. It's been put on hold to have its canopy polished by Boris, but once the pieces return, I can start painting it. It's ready. Edited February 26, 2017 by Sparzanza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I'll watch !.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Right with Harv Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Some very nice work here on this old bird you really have done a great job on the pit. Looking forward to seeing more. Guy Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) Sparza, just been reading your thread, I have an original 51d in the stash circa 1974 I think, You have given me the push to get it out and finish it.......... Edited February 26, 2017 by Bomber_County Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 I'll watch !.....Harv Hey Harv, glad to have you! Right with Harv Peter Glad to have you back as well Peter! Some very nice work here on this old bird you really have done a great job on the pit. Looking forward to seeing more. Guy Thanks for stopping by, Guy! Hoping to have made a tiny bit of progress next week. Sparza, just been reading your thread, I have an original 51d in the stash circa 1974 I think, You have given me the push to get it out and finish it.......... Thanks for stopping by, and glad to hear that I've inspired you to get to work! Be sure to post pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Good work, Sparz! Kev Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Hey everyone. I have gotten some of my mojo back after a long break. Managed to finish a couple of Tamiya 1/48 kits - a Dornier Do-335 Pfeil and a FW190 F-8. While I wasn't entirely happy with them, I was relieved to have finished something. I then noticed the 1/24 Mustang in the stash and decided to put her on the table and see what I could do. As mentioned earlier in the thread, I sent the clear parts to Boris for some polishing. However, he is a very busy man, and they keep being put on hold - so I dug up the canopy parts from my second Airfix 1/24 Mustang and decided to tackle their imperfections on my own in the meantime. Basically they cannot be cut off the sprues without inflicting some kind of damage to the glass. I went way out of my comfort zone and started sanding on the clear part until I reached the same level as the deep scratch. I then sanded with gradually finer sandpaper until I reached the buff sticks in my Flory collection. At this point I was very happy with the result, but I will still give a final swoosh with some toothpaste tomorrow. With this out of the way, there is not much assembly left before I can start some painting. Mainly stuff I accidentally knocked off when manhandling it. Hopefully there'll be more pics tomorrow. Victor K2, MikeMaben and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Welcome back Sparz We like big Mustangs Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I always wondered about this kit, you are making it look like a real gem. Great job! Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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