AnonymousDFB1 Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) My build will be R6626 (XTY) Flown by Flt Off. 'Ras' Berry of 603 Squadron at RAF Hornchurch 31st August 1940. On the 31st of August 1940 Flt. Off. 'Ras' Berry took off from RAF Hornchurch at just before 18:00 to intercept an incoming raid. The pilots of 603 Squadron intercepted the Messerschmitt escorts of I/JG3 over South London. In a confused, running dogfight Flt. Off.Berry caught and shot down the Messerscmitt Bf109 flown by Oblt. Helmut Rau at 18:45. The Messerscmitt crash landed on the beach at Shoeburyness where the pilot was taken prisoner unhurt. The box and sprue shots Edited August 8, 2010 by Mish
AnonymousFO98 Posted July 17, 2010 Posted July 17, 2010 Nice one Mish you'll have her finished and in the gallery within a week leaving plenty of time for the other three on the decal sheet
AnonymousDFB1 Posted July 25, 2010 Author Posted July 25, 2010 I'm having these nasty thoughts about doing her in flight :gulp:
dylan the rabbit Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 I'm having these nasty thoughts about doing her in flight :gulp: Thought the same once whilst getting drunk with a very flirty girl on the plane back to Dubai....
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 Didn't take too many pics during construction, I'm sure everyone has seen this kit built before. If fact I've built one before, this time you will see I'm painting the pilot and I've cut and reset the elevators! More on this later. More later after the F1 GP...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 No pics of the actual construction again but a fair amount of progress. Whist assemblies were glueing I knocked up a base for displaying this one in flight. Here is a mock up of how it should look when finished. I will be using another propblur and the U/C will be show in a half retracted position as if the aircraft had just taken off.
rowmk9 Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 Thats coming on nicely Mish, those tamiya kits really go together quickly. I love the idea with the base too. Rowan
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 My record for one of these from start to finish is less than 24 hours Rowan
rowmk9 Posted August 1, 2010 Posted August 1, 2010 wow thats some going! you should build a squadron! Rowan
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 Here you go Rowan, 18 hours start to finish and there's a link to the build thread in the RFI
maltadefender Posted August 2, 2010 Posted August 2, 2010 Come on Mish, us airborne types have to stick together... let's see some more pleeease??
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Posted August 3, 2010 Looks like it will be Thursday evening at earliest before I can get any more done.
Doug Rogers Posted August 4, 2010 Posted August 4, 2010 Looking good Mish, I'm planning on doing something similar with my Hurricane, just taking off from a grass airstrip.
FZ6 Posted August 6, 2010 Posted August 6, 2010 Looking good so far Mish. I like seeing models of aircraft in flying configuration. It's something that has fallen by the wayside in recent times. What did you make your base out of? One thing to bear in mind is that I seem to remember one leg on a spitfire comes up at a faster rate to the other. It might be worth checking out if you plan to do the undercarriage partially retracted. Regards, Mark
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 6, 2010 Author Posted August 6, 2010 Thanks Mark, Yeah I know about the uneven undercarriage, thanks.
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Posted August 7, 2010 This mornings progress: All masked up and sky on Mounting the propblur And I couldn't resist having a preview of what she's gonna look like. More later...
rowmk9 Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Looking good Mish, love how the preshading gives some lovely depth to the panel lines on the Spits belly. Rowan
Smiffy Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Cool. I've got a set of the Prop blurs for my Spit too. Agree about the underside paint work. Looks very nice.
Mike Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Those prop blurs are growing on me Nice work on the underside
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Posted August 7, 2010 This afternoons efforts: First I sprayed the brown in the approximately right areas The the Spit got attacked by white worms and the dollops of Copydex! Then on went the green then off come the worms and Copydex Back on the stand to keep her safe (and for me to ogle at) I'll give her a coat of varnish later then she will be ready for decaling tomorrow afternoon. More soon...
AnonymousFO98 Posted August 7, 2010 Posted August 7, 2010 Told you before Mish but will have to tell you again the speed at which you build and the quality at which you build em is sickening in the words of Daffy Duck, "Yore disthpickable!"
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Posted August 7, 2010 Thanks, but it's a case of too many models,too many GB's and not enough time
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 7, 2010 Author Posted August 7, 2010 Small update, coat of varnish on so she'll be ready for decaling tomorrow afternoon.
AnonymousDFB1 Posted August 8, 2010 Author Posted August 8, 2010 Well she's done, Needs another coat of flat before the final photos. I'll try and put the final pics in the Gallery tomorrow.
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