John Stambaugh Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I do hope that the 4 slot wheels will be offered. Curious choice here as only the initial batch of Mk1X production used the 5 slot. geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 (edited) On 2/4/2024 at 12:44 PM, John Stambaugh said: I do hope that the 4 slot wheels will be offered. Curious choice here as only the initial batch of Mk1X production used the 5 slot. I think one or more of the companies does a four slot wheel John. The Armoury version is AR AW24403 and comes with block pattern tyres. I finished the underside painting. (Except for that tiny electrical stencil which I'll catch when I do the upper stencils) The roundel colours looked odd in the bottle but they've come out ok I think. This is the first timd I've used these paints and unfortunately the roundels are a bit thick. Miraculously I've managed to make the masked roundels look like decals Thankfully they're on the underside. I must try harder on the rest. So next up is the enjoyable task of masking for the upper cammo. Yay! Edited February 5 by geedubelyer MikeMaben, Shoggz, JayW and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stambaugh Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Yes I see that Armory models market several 1/24 wheels for Spitfires. But again the predominant configuration for the Mk IX is not represented. That being smooth tire on 4 slot wheel sans hubcaps. Armory offers the open 4 slot only with a block tread tire. That tire was installed late in the war for improved hard surface runways. Also of concern are the tapered rectangular axle of the Airfix struts. The Armory wheels are a "universal" set and not specifically for the Airfix kit. The Eduard set that you have for your build look fantastic and they do come with PE hubcaps. I just prefer to have the wheels uncovered and will wait for the more common type. BTW, I just placed an order with Hannets which includes the 1Man army stencil mask after seeing how great they look on your build. John geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Looking good Guy geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 After spending some (a lot of) time masking the underside I applied some Tamiya whizz can silver to the forward fuselage and upper wing surfaces, let that dry then gave it a lick of hair spray. I'm hoping to be able to chip the top coats in selected areas like the wing root etc. Ocean grey tomorrow if all goes to plan Dadeo911, LSP_Kevin, John Stambaugh and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 In other news, I received a huge amount of help with regards to a couple of queries i had relating to the undercarriage recently. Thanks to everyone who contributed to my research thread. The answers enabled me to add a little detail to the gear legs. I modified the uplock by thinning it and adding a curved stop. There is a rod running down each leg and a valve right at the top. Hopefully they'll look ok under a coat of paint. Furie, scvrobeson, Dpgsbody55 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) Ocean grey applied. This is Mission models (MMP-093 Ocean grey RAF WWII Mid/Late) paint straight out of the bottle. It went on well and has settled to a smooth, matt finish. I bought myself some white tack in readiness for the dark green cammo but I'll need to let this harden for a while before I begin masking. Edited February 11 by geedubelyer Shoggz, Fanes, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) Whilst waiting for the paint to dry I put the time to good use and added a few bits and bobs to the canopy. Not neat but I was using my sense of smell to add these as they are way to small for me to see Edited February 11 by geedubelyer denders, Landrotten Highlander, chukw and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 So what’s the yellow blob about Guy? geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 Hi Max. I used a blob of blue tack stuck to the canopy to hold it while I painted it. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Although I’ve been a member of LSP for a few years I didn’t start actively participating until a couple of months ago when you were already on page 9 so haven’t contributed. This afternoon I decided to read the thread and have enjoyed your build and all the contributions greatly. There’s some splendid work here and I particularly like your cockpit, the photo on page 5 ( posted March 26 2023 ) could easily be taken for the real thing, I also like your representation of the rear fuselage ‘ lapped ‘ panels, I used the same method on a Mk1 a few years ago. Keep on keeping on. John mozart and geedubelyer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 On 2/11/2024 at 10:19 AM, geedubelyer said: Ocean grey applied. This is Mission models (MMP-093 Ocean grey RAF WWII Mid/Late) paint straight out of the bottle. It went on well and has settled to a smooth, matt finish. I bought myself some white tack in readiness for the dark green cammo but I'll need to let this harden for a while before I begin masking. Gorgeous paint work. Looks smoooooooth! One thing to mention: You said you sprayed Mission Models straight from the bottle? Did you use a few drops of the poly additive for strength? If not beware it may be fragile for masking over! MM paints produced good results for me but you have to go "by the book" on this brand. geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 12 Author Share Posted February 12 (edited) Ah. Thank you. This is the first time I've used Mission Models paint and I was pleasantly surprised by how well the paint settled @KUROK. No, I didn't know that it was advised to add anything to MM paints so that's interesting.. I'll report back when I've painted the green. Thankfully I'm hoping to achieve a fairly war weary example so a little re-touching might be beneficial. Edited February 12 by geedubelyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEYSSON Gilles Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Good evening There's no question that 1/24 is a really beautiful thing ....... especially when it's assembled by a master like you ! Your Spitfire is superb Gilles geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 Thank you @PEYSSON Gilles, very kind words and much appreciated. I got the dark green down tonight but sadly not without issues. I used UHU brand white tack sausages because I'd heard that white tack doesn't leave the oily residue behind that blu tack is prone to. Going back to what @KUROK mentioned I should have sealed the Ocean grey with something first. The white tack has indeed left snail trails behind Quite an attractive effect actually but not altogether accurate. I foresee some more Ocean grey painting in my future chuck540z3, Landrotten Highlander, CODY and 7 others 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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