thierry laurent Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Thanks Ernest, Quite often the problem is not the scratchbuilding process itself but the preparation work: How to replicate a system? Using which material or combination of materials? How to divide it into different shapes easier to scratchbuild? How designing the parts to be able to paint them? etc. etc. To me, these are the actual scratchbuilding challenges! RLWP and Greif8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 As I was trying to know how look like the wing heating outlets, I made the half-cone-shaped covers. I considered different approaches and finally used small sections of plastic tubes. When they were cut and I had obtained satisfying shapes, I glued each part on a thin sheet of plastic (coming from my famous Strawberry blue tray!). Then, I added the rivet lines and finally cut the parts out of the sheet. Last, I used a round file to open the bottom in the sheet and sanded the edges with fine sandpaper. Another problem is close to be solved. Jeez, I never thought I would have to scratchbuild so many parts on a 'simple' Spitfire! Gazzas, Greif8, dodgem37 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastterry Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Thierry, check your topic in Aviation Discussion. One thing about Spitfires they are certainly not simple. TRF thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 3 hours ago, thierry laurent said: Thanks Ernest, Quite often the problem is not the scratchbuilding process itself but the preparation work: How to replicate a system? Using which material or combination of materials? How to divide it into different shapes easier to scratchbuild? How designing the parts to be able to paint them? etc. etc. To me, these are the actual scratchbuilding challenges! How do you hold the damn thing while you are shaping it! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, RLWP said: How do you hold the damn thing while you are shaping it! Richard Indeed! This is not easy. As much as I can, I'm avoiding tweezers to do it. And when I'm using tweezers, I'm quite often putting making tape on the ends to have a better grip and avoid the flying part syndrom! Not perfect but that works! Greif8 and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Some really nice detailing going on here, Thierry. Sincerely, Mark thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 4 hours ago, thierry laurent said: Thanks Ernest, Quite often the problem is not the scratchbuilding process itself but the preparation work: How to replicate a system? Using which material or combination of materials? How to divide it into different shapes easier to scratchbuild? How designing the parts to be able to paint them? etc. etc. To me, these are the actual scratchbuilding challenges! You are spot on Thierry, The simple little additions to the PCM MkI Hurricane that I did took a lot of thought, and looking through my spare bin/AM stuff, to come up with things that would look fairly close to accurate. The actual assembly was quite simple in comparison. thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Always impressive! thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersabre20 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Enjoying this build with great interest, Thierry, as the Battle of Britain Mk. 1 spitfire is my favourite version. You probably know, but Fundekals do a sheet for the particular aircraft ( DW . K or DW ; Q ). I'm not sure of the scale, but you can download the instruction sheets from their website, and they have excellent info on the roundels, lettering and camouflage, which you might find of interest. HTH. thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks! I have their decals as well as the Eagle cals ones. This is why I initially wrote I have the choice between two 610 squadron airframes: DWoK or DWoQ. supersabre20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thierry, WOW just found this thread after picking up the same kit on evilbay only the other day. Will be following along from now on and saving this as a superb reference for my build. Outstanding work just like the PR Spitfire. Aaron thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks Aaron! A small update for this day: I ended the correction of the cockpit port side. I used one Barracuda part to get a correct depiction of that radio component: Starfighter, coogrfan, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 It is quite 'funny' I'm only discovering now I had forgotten a quite noticeable internal element! A second look at the wing heating system TM view clearly shows a duct should run on the lower fuselage behind the cockpit! Another thing to scratchbuild and add! And I also found another missing item... Each face of the radiator should have reinforced corners at the top. So, I also need to make 4 identical small L-shaped parts! I'm wondering if I should not stop looking at reference pictures as I do not stop findings things to add... dennismcc, Troy Molitor and Kais 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I took a couple weeks off to visit some family and I have to say I’m enjoying catching up on all the progress updates Thierry. What a great show going on here. thierry laurent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Hi guys, I analyzed more closely the location of the heating duct and if the TM view is correct it looks it was running on the fuselage floor between the frames 10 and 11. To be 100% sure, someone should have a look under the seat! However, as there is no other major component under the seat, this is quite probable. As this duct will be hidden by this quite obvious item I will not lose my time with that. To me this one is now closed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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