richdlc Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 wow, beautiful airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 wow does that capture the power and sleekness or what!! great job airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Kin L Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Beautiful representation of a beautiful airplane. J airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Now you're just showing off! Sure puts a smile on my face. Lovely. Sincerely, Mark airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 WOW!! And those lovely photos illustrate perfectly why the Mk XIV is my all time favourite piston engined fighter. Beautiful work Peter. I'm green with envy! Best regards; Steve airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 My smack is utterly gobbed... Jens Derek B and airscale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 ... you missed a bit airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) There Comes A Time when civility has no place in the arena. Hence, it is with great reticence that I make this reply, knowing forthwith that firstly, I might be looked upon as uncouth, and secondly, that this posting will be immediately chastised and removed. Nevertheless I reply...HOOOLEEE ****!!! There...I said it. Shoot me. Edited September 3, 2016 by Ironwing airscale, williamj and Uilleann 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) What a mean lookin Spitfire. At the moment I only feel envy..not for what you've created here,but for the skills and innate talent necessary to create it.. Bravo Peter. Edited September 4, 2016 by williamj airscale and Derek B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocat Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Absolute beauty. airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Ooohhhh! Inspiring to see her on her feet!!! airscale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 evening chaps & thank you todays little challenge is the carburettor intake under the nose - a lot like this one... first step was to take theoriginal drawings and try to scale them so they all work together to give a three dimensional template - it took a while to try and understand where some of the sections sit as they are not numbered and exactly where they might intersect another section.. ..I also enhanced some of the lines on the drawing so I can navigate around the sections.. ..after transferring them to card I cut them out and scored the section lines for reference when assembling.. the middle top part is the side profile from which everything else would hang from.. ..chopped the bits around, assembled them and marked the edges to sand filler down to... ..covered it in P38 filler and shaped it down to the profiles.. ..that took care of the carb fairing, but not where it fairs into the fuselage... for that I used sandpaper on the fuselage itself to work a nice tight fit... ..then mounted it on a masking tape barrier and filled the gaps to fair it into the fuselage... also masked the fairing as it was already shaped... ..used a ball cutter in a dremel on a low speed to get some of the convex shapes.. ..and the part starts to take shape.. I will cast one in resin and hollow out the inside... ..it's a really complex set of curves so still more to do.. thats all for now TTFNPeter Jeff, KUROK, Rainer Hoffmann and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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