geedubelyer Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 That motor assembly looks lovely Carl. Great stuff. I've seen images of the full sized engines with green or copper coloured pipes so I guess either is ok. I agree with Shaka Hi that the extra colour adds interest but I'm not sure what I'll go with when I get that far. Keep at it. Good job. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Carl Awesome work on the Merlin and engine assembly. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Every Spit I've seen 'in the flesh' has had copper coloured pipes.. ..but of course that could be a restoration affectation. But, as it does indeed add a bit of visual interest, I'm certainly going to follow that trend when I get round to one of the four Tamiya Spits I have in the stash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Four Shoggz! That's just a bit greedy. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Guilty as charged Max! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Four Shoggz! That's just a bit greedy. Max Well I have uh, 4 left in the stash too and this is my fourth build. So I guess I'm guilty of being greedy too. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks everyone! I attached the front windscreen and tear canopy sections to the fuselage. I then masked off the MLG bays using tape and sponge cut to fit. I normally don't prime my models but since the primary colour is a pale pink, I thought it would be better to do so in this case. I used Tamiya Surface primer in their square bottle for this. Now to let this dry and then onto laying some paint. Carl sandokan, Shaka HI, dmthamade and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Your work bench looks remarkably similar to mine! Your modelling skills are somewhat greater though.. ​ ​ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Can't remember last time i saw a pink Spitfire build, seen a few light blue ones. Always thought the PR birds were unarmed. Learn something all the time. I forget, was it blue on sunny days, pink on cloudy or the other way around? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Can't remember last time i saw a pink Spitfire build, seen a few light blue ones. Always thought the PR birds were unarmed. Learn something all the time. I forget, was it blue on sunny days, pink on cloudy or the other way around? Don Most of the PR birds were unarmed. The blue ones did mostly high altitude flights while the pink ones were for low level flights below the clouds. My understanding is that since the low level missions were more likely to run into fighter opposition, they were the armed ones. Besides blue and pink, there were also some in standard day fighter camo and some in a pale green. Carl monthebiff and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 That's looking very nice indeed Carl, will be nice to see some PR pink on her, very clean build so far. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hello Carl, Just dropped by to catch up ..I LOVE the Merlin Engine{ I am always for the heart of the aircraft}. your canopy et al looks very tidy and neat.. Good looking work and I am waiting patiently till the Pink goes on her... and the bench needs a duster !! :rofl: Thanks Maru! How is this for a duster? Of course it came with those three wonderful words: "batteries not included " so I need to find some. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) I made some more progress tonight. I masked off and painted the D-Day stripes on the lower fuselage and under wing areas. I used NATO black for the stripes. After unmasking the black, I then masked off the entire lower fuselage stripes. I then carefully oversprayed the wing stripes with a thin mix of white. I decided to lighten the stripes a bit more and sprayed a second coat on. Now to let it all dry before I break out the pink. Carl Edited February 18, 2016 by BloorwestSiR dmthamade, sandokan and Shaka HI 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 This is the Dog's Danglies...I'm not sure what this means, but I'm pretty sure it's a compliment! (Seriously, I have no clue to why a Dog's Testicles has anything to do with anything...) BloorwestSiR, mozart and Shawn M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Most of the PR birds were unarmed. The blue ones did mostly high altitude flights while the pink ones were for low level flights below the clouds. My understanding is that since the low level missions were more likely to run into fighter opposition, they were the armed ones. Besides blue and pink, there were also some in standard day fighter camo and some in a pale green. Carl Pink was ideal for camoufflage for low-level missions early around sunrise or late around sunset, particularly with some stratus cloud. The particular aircraft here is a Mk FR IX, which I think was mainly used by only this one squadron, XVI Sqn. Most PR birds (PR X and PR XI, with the PR XIX starting to appear) were PR blue by this time. Earlier PR camouflage is an interesting area. The Pale green was originally known as "Camotint" when it was developed for PR purposes, but came into general use as "Sky". But apologies for lapsing into lecture mode - following with interest, and love the work on the engine in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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