Wackyracer Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 And as this is a 2 bird build started on the Vc Trop. Cut the upper bumps off and inserted the Real Model ones. Also adjusted and fitted the master barrels and caps. Such a difference. Spare Hasegawa trop filter was tested. Pretty much perfect fit. Also had a little dry fit to check everything over. Will need a little fettle along the wing roots, but the may disappear when I install the cockpit. Aaron Fanes, Elger, Dutch Man and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Great work Aaron Derek Wackyracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 PRU Blue, after much more sanding, polishing and refining finally time for some paint! Used white and buff through a texture mask and also some brillo pad to get some texture under the surface. As with most cameras and the associated jpeg files its difficult to see the variation, but in real life its there abet subtle LSP_Kevin, Lothar, scvrobeson and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Cool job. Im sure it looks the biz in the flesh Aaron. Cheers Bevan Wackyracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Fantastic progress - a joy to watch! I'm thrilled to see how your vac windscreen turned out. Wackyracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share Posted May 3, 2020 Did some more work on the paintwork yesterday but not enough to make a picture worthwhile. Instead did the Eduard exhausts following Thunnus excellent walkthrough on his 109K-4 build. X1 then Alclad dark aluminium Tamiya red/brown with a sponge Various pigments, rust, soot, and a grey/brown Finally a matt varnish with a tiny drop of light grey Then used the same mix to trace in the exhaust staining Aaron thierry laurent, Fanes, TAG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Excellent builds, a joy to watch !!!! The exhausts look the part Lothar Wackyracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Tail painted Exhausts installed Un-masked the glazing and added the bulges to the canopy. Unfortunately the vac parts are very grainy and cloudy despite much cleaning and polishing. If anyone has some suggestions to clean them up I'm all ears. Also the pics are x2 magnification on from my phone so exaggerates every blemish. Aaron Lothar, LSP_Kevin, Fanes and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Can I ask about headrests? Your Spit hasn't got one, photo's of currently flying Spit's don't have one. The part is in kits and conversions Did WW2 Spits have a headrest which has been removed for modern pilots because they wear helmets? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 If I can butt in here. I was interested myself so looked up as many photos as I could. It seems like early spits ie I & II had a headrest, Mk V's could be either (RAAF Mk Vc's didn't) and Mk IX's on didn't. I guess it's the same old story, try and find a photo of the plane you are modelling and go from there. Don't have any photos of PR Spits so can't comment on those. TRF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 59 minutes ago, RLWP said: Can I ask about headrests? Your Spit hasn't got one, photo's of currently flying Spit's don't have one. The part is in kits and conversions Did WW2 Spits have a headrest which has been removed for modern pilots because they wear helmets? Richard If I may quote Mr. Spitfire (Edgar Brooks): https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/21579-pcm-spit-mk-ix/page/7/&tab=comments#comment-173440 Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, fastterry said: If I can butt in here. I was interested myself so looked up as many photos as I could. It seems like early spits ie I & II had a headrest, Mk V's could be either (RAAF Mk Vc's didn't) and Mk IX's on didn't. I guess it's the same old story, try and find a photo of the plane you are modelling and go from there. Don't have any photos of PR Spits so can't comment on those. TRF 1 hour ago, Fanes said: If I may quote Mr. Spitfire (Edgar Brooks): https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/21579-pcm-spit-mk-ix/page/7/&tab=comments#comment-173440 Excellent stuff, thank you Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) No sign of the headrest on this one (this is the plane 400 sqd) I'm basing my build on. Edited May 5, 2020 by Wackyracer Corrected image link VW Chris 1969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) OK, I can't get the image to embed either Edited May 4, 2020 by RLWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 (edited) I'll upload via my laptop. Hit n miss with phones and tablets Now sorted see my previous post Edited May 5, 2020 by Wackyracer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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