Spitfire Mk.1b - Kotare 1/32

[Azgaron]

I guess I'm not the first one to build this kit!

 

 

Starting with the cockpit as usual.

 

 

 

Some interior grey green.

 

 

Then a little aluminium.

 

 

And a bit of black here and there and alu on the other side of some parts.

 

 

Something with the pics on my site ain't working, so I can't show more pics at the moment.

Have to sort that.

 

Håkan

 

[Biggles87]

Always ready for another Spitfire build, so I’m in.

Looks like you’ve made a good start.

 

John

[Archimedes]

Great start Håkan

 

Looking forward to seeing how this one develops! 
 

kind regards,

Paul

[Phil88]

Nice work 

[Azgaron]

Thank you John, Paul and Phil!

 

More painting done on the interior and wings.

 

 

Adding decals to the IP was a bit of a pain in the butt. I lost a few of the small ones.

 

 

Then the side panels also got their decals.

 

 

The instruments got a bit of kristal klear, but i barely shows.

 

 

Then I started assemble the cockpit.

 

 

I tried my hands at rigging the cockpit with wire.

 

 

 

That kind of wire perhaps wasn't the best thing to use, but I didn't have anything else.

 

While that was drying, I glued the wing parts.

 

 

And the radiators.

 

 

Back to the interior which got a bit of black wash.

 

 

Next will be some cockpit assembly.

 

Håkan

 

[dennismcc]

Nice work, looking forward to more.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[MikeMaben]

[Azgaron]

Thank you Dennis and Mike!

 

The cockpit side panels was glued in place.

 

 

As with everything else on this kit, it's a very tight fit.

 

The wing roots was glued in place.

 

 

The cockpit was glued to the fuselage and then the fuselage halves were glued together.
The stabilizer was glued in place. The sight was assembled and painted.

Then the front cover with the sight was glued in place as well as the engine covers on both sides.

 

 

The wings was glued in place. The fit was very nice.

 

 

I also assembled the propeller and spinner.

 

 

Update coming soon!

 

Håkan

 

[Archimedes]

Nice work Håkan!

 

Wow you are quick!

 

Kind regards,

Paul

[Azgaron]

Thank you Paul!

 

Not, really. It's an ongoing build that I've been very slow to post about!

 

The exhausts was assembled and then drilled out a bit.

 

 

Landing gear parts and propeller was painted.

 

 

I used the closed canopy as cover when painting.

 

 

Exhaust pipes, tail gear and the door was painted.

 

 

The tires was painted with a mix of black and tire black. The exhaust pipes was dry brushed and given a hint of rust.

And the mirror and closing handle for the canopy was sorted.

 

 

Then the plane got some primer.

 

 

 

Next up, some paint.

 

Håkan

 

[geedubelyer]

This one is moving right along @Azgaron.

 

Lovely stuff so far 

[Azgaron]

Thank you @geedubelyer!

 

Håkan

 

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice work, Håkan!

 

Kev

[monthebiff]

Looking good, the wing assembly to fuselage was such a tight fit on my first build and then on my second build glued the wing fillers to the fuselage first and the whole fit was much better. Looking forward to more progress.

 

Regards. Andy

[Azgaron]

Thank you Kev and Andy!

 

The fit sure was tight. If I ever build one more, I'll try glueing the fillets first.

 

I did a pre-shade with brown and then painted the underside with sky type s.

 

 

Then I masked the underside and gave the topside a black pre-shade.

 

 

Then on with some dark earth.

 

 

Some black goo was applied to mask the camo.

 

 

Dark green was painted and then the goo was removed.

 

 

 

I wasn't happy with how some of the camo turned out, so I applied goo again.

Don't leave it on too long though!

 

 

After a few paint sessions it looked like this.

 

 

I accidently got some overspray on the underside.

 

 

Easily sorted!

 

 

I've clear coted the plane and have started with the decals, but no pics yet, so this is where I'm at right now.

 

Håkan