Jim Barry Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Very nice work! Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Looking good Richard. Thanks for sharing this with us. Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Very nice work Rickard! Looks very nice! I actually lost a few of the very small decals for the IP on mine! Håkan Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Nice work on the seat and belts - Like you I decided to go green on the seat: After scouring t’internet for too long I could not find a single Mk1 seat image that looked close to black. Neat work on those belts. Kind regards, Paul Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 23 hours ago, dennismcc said: Looks good and I find it a very satisfying job, but lately I have been getting lazy with the YAHU sets. Cheers Dennis Cheers Dennis. I have absolutely no aversion to Yahu sets either - they save so much time - but I just find it quite satisfying using the decals for this kit, as they are so good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 20 hours ago, Greif8 said: Looking good Richard! Ernest Thank you Ernest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 19 hours ago, Jim Barry said: Very nice work! Cheers Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 15 hours ago, Troy Molitor said: Looking good Richard. Thanks for sharing this with us. Thanks Troy - it's a pleasure. 15 hours ago, Azgaron said: Very nice work Rickard! Looks very nice! I actually lost a few of the very small decals for the IP on mine! Håkan Thank you Håkan. Yes, they are quite tiny aren't they! My photo is magnified so much and I think it's a testament of how good they are that they still look realistic. 14 hours ago, Archimedes said: Nice work on the seat and belts - Like you I decided to go green on the seat: After scouring t’internet for too long I could not find a single Mk1 seat image that looked close to black. Neat work on those belts. Kind regards, Paul Cheers Paul. Yeah, I went with green as a 'balance of probability' thing.. and it made a change from painting a Spitfire seat 'bakelite red' !! I'm probably in the minority, but I do prefer a good moulded on belt option. I can just never make PE belts look right and as for the fabric type ones - my modelling life is too short to fiddle with them! Azgaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Excellent progress so far. I think your choice of seat colour is correct, if the seat was the early metal type it was green according to Edgar Brookes who was always ‘ Mr Spitfire ‘ as far as I’m concerned. John ( still waiting impatiently for the Mk V ) monthebiff and Shoggz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 10 hours ago, Shoggz said: Thanks Troy - it's a pleasure. Thank you Håkan. Yes, they are quite tiny aren't they! My photo is magnified so much and I think it's a testament of how good they are that they still look realistic. Cheers Paul. Yeah, I went with green as a 'balance of probability' thing.. and it made a change from painting a Spitfire seat 'bakelite red' !! I'm probably in the minority, but I do prefer a good moulded on belt option. I can just never make PE belts look right and as for the fabric type ones - my modelling life is too short to fiddle with them! I think I need more practice at painting molded on belts but there is nothing intrinsically wrong with them. I get along with metal belts but have not tried the fabric ones. The metal seat was made from aluminium and, most improbably, someone is making reproductions! 6 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Excellent progress so far. I think your choice of seat colour is correct, if the seat was the early metal type it was green according to Edgar Brookes who was always ‘ Mr Spitfire ‘ as far as I’m concerned. John ( still waiting impatiently for the Mk V ) One of the striking things about Edgar Brookes’ investigations is that he always kept an open mind and let the evidence guide him. Suggesting the seat could be black is the only callout in Kotare’s 32001 kit that I can’t find truly convincing evidence for. Kind regards, Paul Biggles87 and Shoggz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 8 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Excellent progress so far. I think your choice of seat colour is correct, if the seat was the early metal type it was green according to Edgar Brookes who was always ‘ Mr Spitfire ‘ as far as I’m concerned. John ( still waiting impatiently for the Mk V ) Thanks John. I'm looking forward to any further marks they want to throw at us! A Mk.Vc would be especially welcome, mind Biggles87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 Some decent progress tonight. The cockpit 'innards' are complete. I keep checking Hannants to see if a canopy masking set has become available for the 'early' Mk.I, but nothing has appeared yet. At this rate, I'll be forced to mask it 'manually' .. Archimedes, monthebiff, Greif8 and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Looking good, I had to mask my canopy manually on this one, those pre cut masks make us so lazy these days don't they! Regards. Andy Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) Neat progress Richard. Re: canopy masking. Jen of Jenesis Designs and Modelcraft advocates self adhesive foil. This video details her process from about 15minutes. HTH Edited April 24 by geedubelyer Archimedes and Shoggz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 9 hours ago, Archimedes said: Suggesting the seat could be black is the only callout in Kotare’s 32001 kit that I can’t find truly convincing evidence for. Hi Paul, I think it may be a reference re the padding that was usually on the seat. Sometimes it was black ... Though these are not wartime photos, they may represent what was . R Palimaka, Greif8, scvrobeson and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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