Jeff Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 me too Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Thanks, Mates Works are going really slowly, hope to have her finished within a month or two... Decided to glue the landing gear in its places. Original slots for the main landing gear in the Matchbox kit are located a little bit too wide. Therefore I relocated them a bit closer to each other by drilling new holes for the brass tube inserts installed in the legs. Original slots remained, as they are anyway covered under the downlock arm. There're still some remains of the blue-tac in the left gear well, which was used to fix the legs at the correct angle when glue was drying - will be cleaned-up of course. Tail-wheel is a combination of the SAC leg and the wheel from the box. Gear leg covers and main wheels (from MasterCasters) installed only for a test, without glue. Looking at the photos of Rhodesian Spitfires it seems to me, that the gear legs and inner sides of the landing gear covers have been painted with the camo paint, only the wheel hubs remained in the original natural metal color. Therefore I will spray these parts with MSG, just like the rest of the airframe. Best regards Hubert Shaka HI, Jeff and sandokan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Hi, All Some details have been painted - wheels, exhaust stacks, guns... At the photos you see a final test fitting of the landing gear covers. At the moment I'm writing this post it all has already been glued into place and good information is that the landing gear is quite strong and robust. For comparison: Image sourced from www.revell.de As you can see I decided to upgrade the wheels' covers, by adding some structure inside. The wheels - instead of the MasterCasters resin wheels decided to use Resin2Detail wheels with circumferential thread - the difference of detail level is obvious and this was the pattern that seems to be installed on actual SR60. The whole landing gear I made isn't maybe perfect, but I'm sure a lot better than OOB ... Hope you like it Now - the markings, first I'm going to paint the green&yellow Rhodesian stripes, the rest will be made with the decals. Best regards Hubert sandokan, BloorwestSiR, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I wouldn't believe that is the old Matchbox kit if I hadn't seen this thread! Superb work and the finished result is going to look stunning! I've got one to build myself, so I'm taking notes. The Matchbox kit maybe a bear to build, but at least they gave us a Mk 22/24. Best regards; Steve Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thanks, Steve The decals... it was a real road through a torment - terribly thick and resistant to Gunze's setting and solvent fluids. But from afar - as for me, will leave . Best regards Hubert MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Wow! Kev Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 SUPER cool! She looks stunning, I really love late mark Spitfires Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Looks great Hubert! I'm glad to see you moving forward on your build. Carl Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendzior Posted June 17, 2017 Author Share Posted June 17, 2017 Thanks, Mates Yep, I'm moving forward, very slowly...too many builds, to many - that's for sure. Managed to paint the propeller and applied dark blue gray wash - maybe looking quite heavy, but this will be slightly lighter in the end of the day, as I'm going to add some filters and dust. The canopy... don't think I'm able to make anything more with it... it's just terrible, and there's no similarly over-sized replacement available. The worst is the rounded shape of the canopy frame at its end, tried to correct this with Miliput or HIPS, but gave up... Anyway, hope to have her done by June end. Best regards Hubert Shaka HI, Fencer-1, Gazzas and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Stunning! Kev Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Very nice! Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Wow, hard to believe that's the Matchbox kit. Very nicely done Hubert. Cheers, Wolf Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Beautiful work Hubert!! Lovely to see such a classic kit get the treatment!! Cheers Alan Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Looking nice Hubert, would a Tamiya MkXVI canopy work I wonder ?? They'd probably sell you one Kendzior 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Looking nice Hubert, would a Tamiya MkXVI canopy work I wonder ?? They'd probably sell you one The Tamiya XVI canopy is too narrow to fit on the Matchbox fuselage. I tried they one I have and the contours just didn't work. Carl MikeMaben and Kendzior 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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