Sparzanza Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) Build thread here. It took quite a few years, this. Many mishaps. It made me take years worth of breaks. I am not happy with the end result. The pictures will be mediocre. But it stands on the shelf by my other 1/24 Spitfire now. The final coat of varnish still curing. I wish I could have done better by it. It was a very early release of the kit. White plastic, no flash. Some pieces were slightly warped by the californian heat, but I loved it. My friend Holger just gave it to me out of nowhere. Thank you again, Holger. I feel like I owe you and this magnificent kit a much better result than this. Anyway, here are the poor pictures... as to be expected by me. I still keep finding better and/or more important things to spend money on than a camera. :p I realised here that I had forgotten to actually glue the exhausts, so they wanted to flop off as I removed the cowlings. I glued these in place after taking the pictures. Edited February 24, 2021 by Sparzanza Greg W, coogrfan, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 The image url need to have the file extension at the end like .jpg on imagur they give it to you its the bix just under the one u used RBrown, Chris Wimmer, Anthony in NZ and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 Thank you Neo. Seems I have to add ".jpg" manually to each picture then, as imgur does not provide me with the proper links for copying. It's just the picture URL without the .jpg, or html code, bbcodes, or "markdowns" for reddit. Although, right-clicking the image directly in the album seems to give me the proper link. Stop being annoying, imgur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Nice feeling to have one finished , eh Sparz ? Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreightDog Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 What a superb rendition of that old classic kit, really lovely Mk1 and you wouldn't believe it was the old airfix by looking. I know this because my 13yo self did it hundreds of years ago Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 1 hour ago, MikeMaben said: Nice feeling to have one finished , eh Sparz ? Thank you for tuning in, Mike. Yes, definitely! The relief is near palpable. It shouldn't have taken this long. I lose my mojo too easily. 25 minutes ago, FreightDog said: What a superb rendition of that old classic kit, really lovely Mk1 and you wouldn't believe it was the old airfix by looking. I know this because my 13yo self did it hundreds of years ago Thank you, FreightDog. That is a huge compliment that I happily accept at this stage, hah! I also built this kit quite a few times over the years, I think my first one was when I wassssss... 10? 11? Thereabouts. Early 90's. To think this is my best result yet... makes me want to build yet another. Minus all the woes along the journey. Here's hoping I'll have better luck with the Mustang that is also awaiting completion on my table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Nice one, I have never built a 1/24 scale Spitfire but that one does capture the mood of the times that it represents. Cheers Dennis Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 Thank you so much Dennis! It does go together quite well, and it looks accurate enough... just the absence of detail in the wheel wells and the landing gear not pointing straight down are my main gripes with it. I'm sure there are people more knowledgeable than myself that knows of additional flaws with the kit, but still. If you get the opportunity, do build one! dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 New camera, gentlemen. Martinnfb, Anthony in NZ, dodgem37 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Hallelujah! Good show. Sincerely, Mark Martinnfb and Sparzanza 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 15 hours ago, Sparzanza said: New camera, gentlemen. Wow, that's a staggering improvement in image quality! Now we can see your build properly. And what a terrific build it is! Kev Martinnfb and Sparzanza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Fantastic ! Great result and stunning photography. Your build were always fun to watch and very motivational. Cheers Martin .....Funny I recently picked up few 1/24 kits myself. Your fault Sparz Sparzanza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 Thanks guys. With any luck, I'll be posting more pictures soon of my 90% completed Mustang. It's very hard to get my mojo back, but I'm slowly getting there. I have several in progress kits that I keep messing up and having to fix in some way, and somehow it just completely drains me of modelling mojo, and I leave them sitting for months on end. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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