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I actually don't like D Day stripes. They ruin the appearance of a nice model. But I have three of Pierre Clostermann's aircraft in my stash and since one of them has these stripes, this seems like a good time to get on with it. I read The Big Show when I was about 15 or 16, and a few more times since. My father was in the Royal Engineers during WW2 and he had previously told me of his days camped outside Caen with the Army trying to dislodge the German forces. He said it was mostly boring, but occassionally not. In his off duty moments, he and some mates would go on the scrounge for something to bolster the rations and they came across this field with and apparently unattended cow. So they milked it daily as fresh milk was rare, only to find one day it had already been milked. Next day, they got up earlier to beat their rivals who, it turned out, was the RAF. It became a race to see who could get to the cow first until Dad and his mates decided this was ridiculous so they took the cow with them. It eventually got left with one of the poorer farmers close to the town in Belgium where he seemed to stay for a while. Clostermann relates exactly the same story in The Big Show. Same place and time, so it's possible I have a slight and distant familial link to this man and subject of this GB. So on to this model. I'm building the Airfix Spitfire Mk.IX for this group build, with a few extras. I have the Xtradecal 1/24 set for this plane, Airscale's PE set for the cockpit, Eduard Brassin fishtail exhausts and a choice of Eduard steel seat belts or HGW cloth jobs. I'm not sure which of these two I'll use and I don't get on with HGW's stuff, but this being the size it is, I'll give them one last go. I made a small start on it today, but it may be slow going as it's very hot right now and it's hard to work on these things when your glasses are sliding down your face. The very first thing I did was to glue in the tail wheel area onto the fuselage. The parts fit quite well, but each has a small gap in different areas. The left half (upside down one in this pic) fits very well on the vertical join against the fuselage but has a gap that will need a dose of Mr Surfacer 500 beneath the tail plane fillet, whereas the right half fits well against the fillet but has a visible gap against the fuselage. But it's easily dealt with, again with some Mr Surfacer. From what I've seen, that about sums up this model. Next I added some parts to the cockpit floor so that I can paint this before too much longer. I'm also drilling out the lightening holes in the fuselage frames. You have to with this size model or it will really stand out. Next, I started assembling the pilot's seat and adding the first of the Airscale enhancements. The kit detail was removed before adding the PE parts., and the whole thing needs a little tidy up before paint. Lastly, I sprayed some Tamiya AS12 over the insides of the fuselage and cockpit sides and floor. If it looks a bit strange, that's because it probably dried to fast in the heat. I hope it will look better once I get the cockpit green sprayed, otherwise it will get done again if we get a cooler day soon. So that's five steps crossed off the instruction book. Only two hundred and thirty nine to go . Cheers, Michael
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Trying to finish this for my clubs RiverConV Show......Missed it bye......THAT Much!!!!! It was a Fresh Finish mostly OOB on markings I have done in 48th scale. After careful thought and research I decided to experiment with a panel treatment I wanted to try. Lots of thin colors in the panels and pastels Having had several discussions about overemphasized panel lines and where did the fad come from. They are not realistic?....I just wanted to play with the question that I ask... What's with the panel lines? PICTURES.....I HOPE Jack
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