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Revell (née Matchbox) Spitfire 22- finished


BloorwestSiR

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Thanks Maru and Jens!

 

The Aires cockpit definitely isn't the best way to go about this. The Mastercasters one supposedly made for the 22 isn't much better though.

 

Anyways, a bit more progress. I assembled and painted the seat along with the belts.

 

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I'm using the paper belts made by Wako.

 

Here's the front bulkhead almost finished:

 

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I've pretty much got the rest of the cockpit ready for installation in the fuselage. I just need to fit the fuselage tank and I'm good to go.

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That's one heck of an improvement, how are you going to clean up the port sill ledge?

Thanks Cees!

 

Originally when I did my test fittings, the ledge was flush against the fuselage side so I'm not sure what happened. With the cockpit door in place, it's all by unnoticeable.

 

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Carl,

 

Love the seat,belts and the bulkhead and together the whole ensemble is really IMPRESSIVE.

 

Rock on Carl! :punk: :punk: :clap2:

Thanks Maru!

 

After some thought, I realized that the cockpit parts for the PCM Spitfires might be a better fit. I'll have to check and see. But that'll be for another project...

 

Carl

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To add some detail to the wheel bays, I used some upper bay sections left over from an Alleycat E wing conversion. They're not 100% accurate, maybe not even 75% accurate but I like the visual improvement.

 

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With a coat of silver on them and some black where the cannon ejection ports are:

 

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Finally, with the upper wings in place.

 

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I ended up with a clean joint on the port side and a step on the starboard one. So there should bit of filler there.

 

The same goes for the underside:

 

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The last thing I did was drill out the engine exhaust pipes.

 

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More to come.

 

Carl

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Guest Peterpools

Hi Carl

Nice progress on the Spit. Don't you just love that when a step appears on one side and not the other.

Keep 'em coming

Peter

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