Sparzanza Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Moving along. I only managed to get two hours of sleep so yeehaw and stuff. Finding ejector pin marks at the worst possible places, no surprise there. I got the landing gear folding up and down the way I wanted it to, though. Also, after cleaning up most of the flash from the infested front half of the air intake I sanded it ... hard. It turned out seamless. Me likey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Nice work, Sparzanza! HÃ¥kan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Nice work, Sparzanza! Håkan Tackar! Flash and Airfix, they go together like bread and butter Steaming right along and tracking well! You might be able to punch a disc out of sheet with a hole punch to simulate the cap on the top of the fuselage. I have found that the scrapbooking stores or art supply shops sell different sized hole punches pretty cheap. I picked up a few and some odd square and shaped ones too. For material you can use thin clear packaging to punch out as you are going to paint it anyway. You might have to use superglue to attach it though as I don't think regular glue works well on clear plastic packaging. Keep having fun. Dan Haha, that's truly one unique way to make fuel caps - I couldn't come up with something like that in a million years. I did find another solution though... I noticed that the propeller shaft was about 1.5 mm too long, so I simply cut off a little at the end to make it fit better.. but voilá, I had a fuel cap in my hand, albeit a bit.. hollow. Nothing a little filler couldn't fix though! I also glued the remaining air intakes and filters and whatnot underneath: And started painting the wings.. the first coat is seldom pretty: Undercarriage: And I finished painting the battery in the process: More to come later! Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 A little more progress. Sanded the fuel cap smooth. And then I started masking the parts underneath that will be painted black, and sealed the seams with varnish ... to be safe. The wheels have been painted, but the tyres still need some work. The propeller is completed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Alllright.... This is coming together damn good A Duckegggreen and Black underside.....Im in Love this is so nice Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Looking very good Sparzanza! Agree with Mal, interesting with duckegg and black. HÃ¥kan Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Alllright.... This is coming together damn good A Duckegggreen and Black underside.....Im in Love this is so nice Thanks! Myesh, the instructions says "Humbrol 90 (approx sky)" but I'm not convinced that they were this green underneath. All the movies I've seen with them has been painted white underneath so .. meh. I guess I'll trust Airfix on this. Looking very good Sparzanza! Agree with Mal, interesting with duckegg and black. HÃ¥kan Thanks! Interesting as in "not accurate, but cool anyway"? You are getting to the good part, Paint! Nice idea for the little cap, work with what you have Dan "Man tager vad man haver" as we'd say in Sweden. Hopefully there'll be more painting, and soon. Thanks for stopping by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGB Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Love your work!! keep up the speed sparz. Boris Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Love your work!! keep up the speed sparz. Boris Doing my best to do so! Upon removing the tape after two coats of Humbrol 33 - I was pleased with the result .. apart from the fact that I had assumed the entire underside was going to be black, thus not painting the bottom half .. half. Oops. More masking and painting to be done. Showing a picture of it so that you'll know what I mean! I've also found the proper green to be used for the camouflage - it's not 30, which, in my opinion, looks like utter dung. It ruined the Hurricane's looks slightly. But now that I know of the Humbrol 116... never Humbrol 30 again! Mal_Belford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Sparzanza Super progress on the Big Spit. Somehow I missed the fact that you are hand painting the cammo; sure looks mighty good. Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Looks great Sparzanza - really nice paint work Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Very nice paint job Sparzanza! Slightly different from the one I did in 32nd which was half white and half black. You're very good with the brush. HÃ¥kan Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I agree with HÃ¥kan, You are good with the brush And also nice paintjob and its fun to watch this thread since its a go all the time, and things happen all the time, thumbs up on that one. Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Sparzanza Super progress on the Big Spit. Somehow I missed the fact that you are hand painting the cammo; sure looks mighty good. Keep 'em coming Peter :popcorn: Thank you, Mr. Pools! It was a bit tricky to get the shapes right, but practice makes perfect! Glad you like it. Looks great Sparzanza - really nice paint work Thanks Thomas! Doing my best! Very nice paint job Sparzanza! Slightly different from the one I did in 32nd which was half white and half black. You're very good with the brush. HÃ¥kan Thanks HÃ¥kan! Half white, half black looks awesome. And if I recall correctly, the old boxing of the 1/24 Spitfire had the option to build these markings (LO-B --> http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/52/pics/9_179.jpg), it had 50/50 black/white camo as well. It's just now with this new boxing and decals that this scheme popped up. I must say I like the old one better, but hey... can't have everything. I agree with HÃ¥kan, You are good with the brush And also nice paintjob and its fun to watch this thread since its a go all the time, and things happen all the time, thumbs up on that one. Thank you! I do my best here, eh. Glad you have fun watching! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 A quick update for yous .. since everything else was drying, and I needed something to do - I decided to mask the canopy. You know the deal, cover the stoof with tape, have it settle down nicely using toothpicks and q-tips, then using a fresh razor blade to cut off any excess tape. Worked a treat .. mostly. I should really get a proper hobby knife for this ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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