Tamiya's big Spit

[Wolf Buddee]

Museum piece.

 

That's what this is...

Thank-you Jeroen! This is one of those kits that deserves all the attention it can get. The Tamiya Mustang is another one and I'll be starting on that one as soon as the Spitfire is done.

 

Cheers,

Wolf

 

 

 

[LSP_Ron]

Wolf!!! welcome back buddy!

 

Museum piece.

 

That's what this is...

 

Yup, can't argue that.

 

Ron

[Pfuf]

I hope the Photos stay up because this work is great reference for my future build is I can find the time.

 

Johan

[Loic]

Wow

That is some serious detailling !

[JRutman]

Wolf,

This is gettin morer and morer awesomerer,

J

[LSP_K2]

That's it exactly. The bandwidth quota should reset at the end of their monthly cycle. Seems a bit early in the month to trigger the threshold though. The message about paying to go pro is really about paying to have your bandwidth restrictions abolished. It's a higher-level, less restricted service.

 

Kev

 

Interesting. I just went through the same thing a few days ago. Dumping a bunch of older images resolved it though.

[Guest]

The beginning of the end! After a couple of months away from the bench it was high time to get back at 'er and finish off the Merlin for the big Spit! The first order of business was to scratch-build the missing coolant connector pipes that go from the cylinder heads to the coolant header tank at the front of the engine. Using drawings supplied by Edgar Brooks (thank-you Edgar) I cobbled together the connectors from styrene card stock, evergreen rod, and various sized discs punched out with my trusty Waldron Model Products punch and die set. I can't begin to tell you how invaluable that tool has become! I tried to match the level of detail on these parts to what Tamiya supplies in the kit but it's a little hard to see from the pics because they're all white and really small. The rubber hose is represented with a thin strip of Tamiya masking tape and the clamps come from a Model Car Garage set of vintage hose clamps. The starboard side will be glued in to place shortly and then I'm on to the next bit. The white discs on top of the intake manifolds are the beginnings of the cylinder fuel priming lines.

 

 

 

 

Your intake gaskets are too thick ! Really, this is scrumdillielishis ! Great scratch work and oh so detailed!......Harv

[Wolf Buddee]

Wolf!!! welcome back buddy!

 

 

 

Yup, can't argue that.

 

Ron

Thanks Ron, It's good to be back on this build, got ta get 'er dun!

 

Cheers,

Wolf

 

 

 

[Wolf Buddee]

Your intake gaskets are too thick ! Really, this is scrumdillielishis ! Great scratch work and oh so detailed!......Harv

LOL, Thanks Harvey! The intake gaskets are kit supplied, what can I say?

 

Cheers,

Wolf

 

 

 

[Wolf Buddee]

Wolf,

This is gettin morer and morer awesomerer,

J

Thanks Jerry, LOL! I thought I was the only person to use the word, "awesomerer". That made me laugh!

 

Cheers,

Wolf

[A.Wolf Grant]

I agree, you'll have aviation museums queuing up asking for you to donate this incredible build to them.

Beautiful workmanship.

Grant.

[Cpig]

Wolf,

 

Amazing, incredible, unbelievable... I can't even think of the words to describe your work but it sure is nice to look at.

 

Joe

[williamj]

Splendiferous Wolf.as per usual.

Don't know if this has been asked, but who's paint are you using??

[krow113]

Excellent work , love the 'cross over',using Model Car Garage stuff.

[Wolf Buddee]

Splendiferous Wolf.as per usual.

Don't know if this has been asked, but who's paint are you using??

Hi Bill, the fuselage camouflage colours are modified Tamiya spray colours specifically for the Spitfire. The rest is what ever I have on hand from Tamiya acrylics to Humbrol and Model Master enamels. There's even some Citadel acrylic colours in there.

 

Cheers,

Wolf