Greg W Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Definitely following this WIP. I love to see these old Airfix kits spruced up. Great project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Thanks Greg The goal for Sunday night was to close the fuselage … but before getting there, I took some final shots of the coskpit assembly and sidewalls. Most of these will now be hidden forever the sidewalls were lighly weathered and the Airscale decals put to good use. Final shot of the IP And the Ip positionned in place on the right fuselage. I deliberatly cheated on the position of the rudder as I wanted details to come Under the seat rather than having a visible gap when viewed from above. The control column is from the trumpeter kit. Compass and fuel ON/OFF panel were completely remade TAG, Biggles87, R Palimaka and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Man, that looks great! Kev red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 That is a real nice cockpit! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Fantastic looking cockpit - your efforts did indeed pay off Lothar red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Amazing cockpit detail, especially the starboard side. John red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) Thank you gents. Here's one more picture of the starboard side cockpit The fuselage is now closed and I'm happy to report that the wing fits reasonnably well to the bottom fuselage (at least there is some good news) The next huge challenge will be to mate the resin nose to the model. As checked before none of the resin parts really fit the airfix model (although done for it) There is a huge gap on the bottom nose, with the underside of the wings. This will be fun to work with... Maybe I'll use part of the original plastic nose to try to reduce that gap and smooth the junction between the two parts…. When the air intake is positionned the gap kinda closes but there are some curves in there that will be really hard to fill. I don't know if the original idea was to leave this like that which seems kinda weird. I'll have to check documentation to see if filling first the gap and mating the underside of the wing to the underside of the nose will not create problems with the air intake positionning further along the build… The top of the nose won't be much easier to work with. The part is very thick. The guide to mate the original nose part will need to be removed and a new guide glued in place to accomodate the resin nose top. That will hopefully reduce that gap between the two resin part. The engine will not be installed. I will rather place some plastic parts between the walls to reinforce the inner nose Where is that new putty tube I bought lately… Edited July 24, 2019 by red Dog R Palimaka, LSP_Kevin and Greg W 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 But first I'll take a break from this one for holidays with the family. R Palimaka, Kagemusha, Greg W and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Good luck with the nose, looks like you’ll need it. Have great holiday. John red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Thanks, I'll wave after passing Poitiers on my way to the South West of France Biggles87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Wow, that is a scary gap. The whole thing looks like it needs an experts touch! I do believe its likely met its match. Looking forward to progress after the holiday. red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Thanks for the vote of confidence Brian I'm back on the bench. Actually I never was away because I had the chance to initiate a kid to aircrfat modelling during the holidays We built a 1/48 F4U-7 Corsair together in two weeks and I think/hope he might be hooked To progress with the Mk IX conversion, I needed first to progress with the Tamiya spitfire model i'm building as well. I wanted to check the position of the intake under the engine. It seems that Heritage model positionning is quite matching the tamiya design which is good enough for me to proceed. I decided to address the insane gap with milliput from inside the engine cowling. After sqeezing the milliput in, I pressed the intake from outside into its position and smoothed the milliput from outside with wet fingers and paintbrushes It's ugly but who cares? The aft end of the intake is cut at a right angle but the kit part will be mated and sanded to shape More putty (squadron), more sanding .. you all know the drill Lots of details are being lost but to be honest most of the rivets needs to be smoothed down or even completely regraved anyway. Anthony in NZ, Greg W, R Palimaka and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Very impressed with your ability to get those parts together! red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 This is going to look great when finished. Love your WIP. red Dog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 This is a very brave build! You have overcome the challenges presented by the rough conversion pieces, including the wheel wells. It is going to look spectacular when finished. Your cockpit is beautiful, very convincing work in there. Looking forward to watching the progress! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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