Fvdm Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 @Ray, thank you and thanks for thinking along. @Tim, thank you @Chek, thank you for the very usefull answer. I didn't know for sure if the wires are rods but now I do. I don't know what museum you have seen but I will google it. Maybe a nice idea for a future project when I want to make a spifire. @Jennings Heilig, thank you. Amsterdam is really a great city @Alain, thank you @Rick, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hi - and welcome to the forum With regards to the brasing 'wires' or whatever... I did this kit some years ago and it seems to me that back then I found out that one 'wire' that Trumpeter wants you to mount so it is on the surface of the wing - just wasn't there on the real bird... better look into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hi Ferry and welcome to one of the best forums on the web! The Stringbag is such a lovley and charming aircraft! Looking forward to follow your build! Cheers! Stefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Welcome to the forums, it's great that you're building this kit, I have one and would love to build it but the rigging scares me to death, hopefully you will spur me on to build it. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 @Thomas, thanks,I'll mark it in the instructions en will look into it. @Stefan, thank you @Dennis, thank you. The rigging should be real easy. Trumpeter supplied metal profiles wich you should use, so no rigging with wires. So, have fun building it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Welcome - looking forward to seeing this one come together Torben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 welcome to the forums im going to try tofollow this one,its on my wish list to build Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Welcome, and looking forward to this: it may even inspire me to get on with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 (edited) @Torben, Mark and Mike, thank you. First plastic is cut, first glue and PE is applied so it's time for the first update. I started with the cockpit. There is much PE to be applied so there are three kinds of instructions open on the bench. One thing that had to be done was the seat for the gunner. This is the one out of the box. And this is what it looks when it's done. Quite an improvement I think. The sidepanels in the pic below aren't glued yet. First I want to paint everything before assembling the cockpitframe. On the lefthandside you can see some cilinders. I can't find out what these are or what color these cilinders are so if you have an idea.... The upperplate Fianlly some pics whit the upperplate loosly on the frame. Thanks for watching and until the next update Edited December 16, 2018 by Fvdm mark31, Trak-Tor, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Great start, keep going! looking forward to more Fvdm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Will keep a sharp lookout for this, it is on my 'to do' list and in the near future too. Cheers Anthony in NZ and Fvdm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRATCH BUILDER Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Excellent PE work! Fvdm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wegener Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 As a non-expert on the type, I’d guess that that rack with the cylinders mounted on the side wall holds flares for signalling (recognition colours of the day and such like for when the radio goes u/s). However, a quick flick though my admittedly meagre library on the type failed to bring up any evidence that it was there at all, so it’s possible that Trumpeter’s designers made it up. Wouldn’t be the first time a kit manufacturer did that..... Fvdm and nmayhew 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wegener, thanks for your guess. I will go along with this and see what color i will use. If there are no pictures I can't go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 On 12/13/2018 at 6:13 AM, Fvdm said: @Chek, thank you for the very usefull answer. I didn't know for sure if the wires are rods but now I do. I don't know what museum you have seen but I will google it. Maybe a nice idea for a future project when I want to make a spifire. I think it must have been Overloon, but the Spitfire is now under cover and suspended from the ceiling. Older photos show it out in the forest though. Apparently it's an FRXVIII (FR18) but is a bit of a hybrid rebuild and has a high back with standard canopy, rather than the more typical Mk XVIII bubble hood. Fvdm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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