Sparzanza Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Sparz Looking Great, keep it up, really liked how you did the seat cushion with the dry brushing, never thought to try that, but I will. Teresa Hey Teresa, thanks for your comment. Drybrushing can make a lot of difference in an otherwise dull area, I'm fairly new to the technique myself, so I'm still learning how to do it properly. I just wish I had done it on my other 1/24 birds as well. I love the results it gives me. Thank you for checking in. Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted May 13, 2015 Author Share Posted May 13, 2015 Woooo, Steve's (fightersweep) wingspar arrived today! Along with 1/24 P51-D cockpit decals... he's a very generous man! I will use them in the next 1/24 Mustang, which will be built after the Spitfire and current Mustang, as I sadly closed up the fuselage today. Thanks again Steve! It involves some cutting, but that is nothing my heated Xacto-blade couldn't handle! ONWARDS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Hey Sparzanza! Nice work! Tell me something: how did you bend the stretched sprue for the seatbelt harness buckles? Did you bend them/wrap them around forms while the sprue was still hot and being stretched? They look bent and cooled into position, not cut and glued into position. Anyway, great work and keep it up! I'll follow this sucker closely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Thanks ringleheim for stopping by. I use lead wire nowadays for the buckles, but the ones I have made of stretched sprue I actually bent when they were cooled with some tweezers, and if it started breaking I'd just hide it behind the harness itself. I find bending it around stuff while it's still hot makes it impossible to get off again... same goes for this super stiff lead wire I've got. I really need to get my hands on something softer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 Brand new bottom wings from Airfix themselves - and I can resume my build! I figured it'd be a lot easier to paint the inside of this intake before gluing its lid on. Humbrol 33 matt black, Humbrol 11 matt aluminium. Cockpit floor, Humbrol 78. I didn't bother with the machineguns much, I didn't even drybrush some gun metal on them. They won't be seen because I glued all the hatches in place. Less parts to keep track of. Gluing top half of the wings in place. An easy job on this old kit. And this is what she looks like underneath. I will take care of the small gaps on the leading edges of the wings before I glue this whole assembly onto the fuselage. Alain Gadbois, R Palimaka, DonH and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Wow, this sure is turning out to be a filler queen! Check out all these gaps that I must fill. No matter. It is but a small setback. Guyman1, sandokan, BiggTim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 The filling and sanding adventures has gone well. I've managed to keep most of the surface detail since I rubbed most of the tamiya putty off with a q-tip moistened with acetone. The places I did sand didn't have any noticable surface detail, so I'm happy with my current progress. The large gap by the right wingroot meant that I had to scribe panel lines into the filler. Hopefully it will look okay under some paint. I had my concerns regarding the gap above this intake; very awkward spot to put filler in! I managed, however - by thinning the tamiya putty with acetone and applied it with a fine brush. I removed any sloppywork with a brush dipped in acetone. I then decided to glue the tailplanes in place. They immediately pointed skyward; the fuselage is warped in all kinds of places. Bask in the turbulence of my magnificence! I simply put a couple of Humbrol paint tins on them, so they can't go anywhere. Look how straight this is! And, finally - some parts that I omitted. I couldn't figure out exactly how to position the rectangular pieces, and they only seemed to angle the landing gear awkwardly anyway. The Spitfire landing gear, to my knowledge, are supposed to be pointing straight down and slightly forwards... while I couldn't achieve this on the kit, I did what I could with what I had. The other blocky things I couldn't find out how to position properly, either - the instructions were vague. They were not going to be seen anyways, so yeah. BiggTim, TorbenD and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I sure am liking the way this is turning out. Good problem-solving, Bjorn. Sincerely, Mark Sparzanza, BiggTim, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 Thanks Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Filling the gaps between the tailplanes and the fuselage. Again, not wanting to lose any surface detail - I masked off everything except the gaps. I then applied tamiya's white putty with a cottonbud and smeared it in place, cleaned up excess with the clean end. Did further cleanup with a cottonbud wet with acetone. And this was the result. There was still some teenytiny gaps, but they've been mended at this point. Happy with the result. Onwards. BiggTim, sandokan and Victor K2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Sparz Great to see the Spit back on the bench and underway again. No doubt about it: the larger the scale, the wider the gaps and filler by the tube. Going mighty good Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 Thank you Peter - and I do wish you welcome back to the forums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 Pretty happy with my filler work now. Happy enough to glue the windscreen and rear window in place at least. The windscreen gave me more gaps to fill. I filled the gaps with Mikro Kristal Klear for the time being. I will fill more thoroughly with Tamiya White Putty after masking off the windows and shooting some Humbrol 78 cockpit green on top. Hopefully there'll be more updates soon. MikeMaben, TorbenD, Victor K2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Like this a lot. Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Looks good so far. Its always a big huge PITA when it comes to dealing with kits that not only may not fit well, but also have warping issues. Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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