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    Matchbox Spitfire 22/24

    in Works in Progress

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    Happy New Year!

     

    That's some great progress you've made. The finish looks good to me. But I guess we're always our worst critic.

     

     

     

    BTW, the undercarriage parts will be in the post to GMF for casting tomorrow.

     

    Derek

     

    Does that mean there's going to be a set specifically for the Revell kit?!!! And if so, will you or GMF be the ones to order it from?

     

    Carl

    Matchbox Spitfire 22/24

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Wow! What a difference with the decals stickers on!

     

    Looks great Kev..............im not looking forward to building this one after your trials, but hopefully with my Seafire conv, and a new nose.......and a cockpit kit............Ill have as little of the original kit left as possible :rolleyes:

     

    Look great!

     

    Well, against my better judgement (since I have too many other projects on the go) I've started my Seafire conversion. But I have no idea how long it'll take me. I'll see about starting a WiP on it shortly.

     

    As for your build Kevin, it looks great with all the stickies on it :). Can't wait to see it all done.

     

    Carl

    Matchbox Spitfire 22/24

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    Looks good to me. I've never tried using Future so can't offer any advice on that one.

     

    I finally picked up one of these kits. My LHS even had the original Matchbox version but the Revell re-issue was much cheaper. Since I have a set of SAC gear for the Tamiya kit, I'll see how that works and let you know. Mine will be turned into a Seafire 47 using the Freightdog conversion set.

     

    Derek B has certainly helped get me hooked on Spitfires.

     

    Carl

    Matchbox Spitfire 22/24

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by BloorwestSiR

    Kevin, for the yellow leading edge stripes, I've been using 95% Flat Yellow (XF-3) and 5% Flat Red (XF-7). This seems to give that bit of orange that you're looking for. Iain from Ad Astra suggested the mix to me.

     

    As for the landing gear, I think I read that someone here used SAC gear for a MkIX (didn'st say if it was the Tamiya or PCM kit) but mounted them reversed to get the links facing the right way.

     

    Carl

    Zoukei-Mura Ta152H-1

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Nice progress. Is the original release of the kit or the recent re-issue with the animae markings?

     

    Watching your build is making it very hard to resist starting the Shinden re-issue I just picked up. But I have way too many started projects so shouldn't...

     

    Carl

    BF-110 G4

    in LSP Discussion

    Posted

    Great Models was bought out by Sprue Bros. earlier this year and I don't think Sprue Bros is carrying the line any more.

     

    The Great Models website has been left up as a sort of reference for people but you can't buy anything on it and I'm not sure if anyone will get back to you.

     

    Just in case that's where you made your inquiry.

     

    Carl

    F-16AM/BM

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    This one's got the right tail and everything, but it's an expensive kit that needs some work, IIRC.

    http://www.1001modelkits.com/general-dynamics-f-16-fighting-falcon-model-kit/56042-f-16b-block20-an-vds-5-lorop-eo-1-32-afv-club-aircraft-model-kit-01.html

    Kyrre

     

    You can get it from Lucky Model for quite a bit less.

     

    http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?search=Y&q_brand=AFV&q_category=&q_scale=32&q_word=&q_show_instock_only=N

     

    But if it's not in stock, they make you pay up front and then it can sometimes be a wait before you get it. I got mine from them but since I wasn't in a rush, I didn't mind the wait.

     

    Carl

    Tamiya Spitfire Mk.VIII

    in Works in Progress

    Posted

    Hello!

     

    My stencil decals arrived in the post today, thanks entirely to the generosity of Carl (bloorwestSiR).

     

    Thanks a million Carl, you saved the day! :yahoo:

     

    Looking forward to getting them on and then back to the build so I can post some more photos.

     

    Hi Frank, glad they got to you. Can't wait to see more progress.

     

    Looks like I'll have my workshop back sooner than I expected and will join you in Spitfire nirvana.

     

    Carl

    Tamiya Spitfire Mk.VIII

    in Works in Progress

    Posted · Edited by BloorwestSiR

    Thanks Carl... you camo'd the cowl separately from the fuse? was it hard matching things up? Mitch :hmmm:

     

    What I did was leave the engine off the fuselage and just taped the cowls together and then to the fuselage itself. Tamiya designed the kit so that the entire engine assembly plugs into the front of the cockpit firewall. So I stuck small strips of blue painters tape to that firewall and then attached the individual cowl panels to it and themselves with more tape from behind. So basically the cowl is hollow.

     

    Hope that makes sense. I'll may have a pic somewhere I'll try to dig up.

     

    Edit: I found a pic of the main fuselage together that shows the firewall I mentioned:

     

    IMG-20111005-00218.jpg

     

     

     

    Carl

    Februari eh?

    in LSP Discussion

    Posted

    One thing you have to consider when looking at the prices of non-Japanese manufactured kits on Hobby Search's and HLJ's websites is the duties that Japan imposes on those kits. They are pretty protectionist and it shows. Of course, most of Tamiya's kits are made in the Phillipines but who's checking.

     

    Take a look at what they're asking on the Revell He-219 and you'll get a better idea. It's their equivalent of what Japanese kits cost when they hit North America or Europe.

     

    Lucky Model in Hong Kong I would say is a bit more realistic since they don't have import duties there. Now if only their ordering process wasn't so hit and miss.

    CMK P-40B cockpit

    in LSP Discussion

    Posted

    I've got both the CE and CMK sets and neither is full depth. The CMK set is the same as the stock bits while the CE one is maybe only slightly deeper. The only one I found that seems to be the right depth is the one made by Part. It's completely PE, you make the ribs and floor from multiple parts so is quite fiddly to build. I botched it so ended up using bits from both the CE and CMK sets to just git'er done.

     

    Carl

    B-25 -- Worth the wait

    in LSP Discussion

    Posted

    Both HLJ and Hobby Search have Dec now listed as the expected arrival date so maybe we're getting closer?

     

    Nigel, as for lack of interest, I've definitely found your comparison of all the AM bits interesting and invaluable. I certainly wasn't aware of the extra pushrods on the engines so that alone made it worthwhile tuning in.

     

    Personally, I think there are enough interesting marking variations out there for both the glass nosed versions ( I have one which I plan to do as the Red Bulls version) as well as the strafers.

     

    Carl

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