Shoggz Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Evening all. It's been about five years since I participated in a group build or indeed posted any 'in progress' photos at all. This seemed like an ideal opportunity to jump back in! The 1/24th Spitfire from Airfix is a great addition to the LSP stable. I've bought four of them as I want to do a selection of early and late examples. This is the first one, and I've decided to do this aircraft: As it happens, EagleCals include it in their EAG24185 decal set, so I grabbed one. I've also snagged airscale's cockpit upgrade. Tonight was the first night I've managed to spend some concerted time on the project and I managed to get it to this point. Still some weathering (probably dry-brushing) to do, but I'm pleased with my first full night's progress. (The wife is away currently, so I managed a straight five hours!) JeepsGunsTanks, Isar 30/07, TankBuster and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Looking forward to this one! Seems very few Spits with true graphic nose art. Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Nice one mate. Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) A Spitfire can never be wrong and to find a spit with nose art is really nice! Looking forward to your build! Stefan Edited March 2, 2023 by Phantom2 MikeC and Shoggz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Great choice for a come back project, I'm rather tempted myself. Cheers Dennis Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Well, another couple of hours spent on my Spitfire tonight - though I don't seem to have progressed much! Got the other cockpit wall done though - it's the detail painting - it takes ages, rightly so. Nothing is glued down yet. I want to keep everything loose until I put everything together in case there's any 'wriggling' that needs to be done. I'm enjoying this! quang, Fanes, mywifehatesmodels and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Oh that looks nice. The valves on those tanks look real! Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 9 hours ago, themongoose said: Oh that looks nice. The valves on those tanks look real! Thank you! Yes, I was pleased with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quang Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Good progress Rich! Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Thanks Quang! It's a fun kit (so far. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Very neat and tidy. A super return to WIP. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 On 3/11/2023 at 9:29 PM, geedubelyer said: Very neat and tidy. A super return to WIP. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 Well, after a week not having the opportunity to get into my hobby room, I've managed to have a decent session tonight - shared between this build and the Kotare Mk.I I've managed to get the fuselage zipped up - though me being me, I seemed to manage to make it harder than it should have been - certainly in comparison to everyone else building this kit! I did numerous successful dry runs before committing the glue, but as soon as I did, I seemed to get a large gap just in front of the cockpit. I could alleviate it, but in doing so, I popped out the fit at the bottom of the firewall area. Arrgghh! It took a couple of hours fettling to get everything tied up properly - but with a dollop of Vallejo plastic putty and some Mr Dissolved Putty on top I managed to get there.. Anyway, I forged on and got the tail section completed too. Here's where we're at: There's still some work to do on the filling and sanding, but that can wait for a while till I have to wait for paint to dry! MikeC, Phantom2, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 8 hours ago, Shoggz said: I did numerous successful dry runs before committing the glue, but as soon as I did, I seemed to get a large gap just in front of the cockpit. Something moved !!! It's been cursed Richard !!! Rick Griewski and Shoggz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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