Modelling the Mark 1 A spitfire in 1/18 scale

[Alun Wells]

Enjoying this one, super-detail, good luck with the rest of build.
Cheers
Alun

 

[ozdell]

Enjoying this one, super-detail, good luck with the rest of build.
Cheers
Alun

Hi Alun, many thanks , hope issue 24 coms in this Thursday or have to wait another week,, we are in lockdown two clusters of covid19, Brisbane and greater Brisbane affected , includes where I live outside Brisbane could effect Easter . What do you model , Tony

 

[Alun Wells]

Hi Alun, many thanks , hope issue 24 coms in this Thursday or have to wait another week,, we are in lockdown two clusters of covid19, Brisbane and greater Brisbane affected , includes where I live outside Brisbane could effect Easter . What do you model , Tony

Hi Tony,
mainly aircraft, 1:48 normally but recently some 1:32. Have been known to build a vehicle or boat/ship, but aircraft mainly. Have done a couple of Tamiya Spitfires, in 1:48 and 1:32, one of my favourite aircraft. Currently on Italeri's 1:32 Tornado.
Live in West Wales
Cheers
Alun

 

[ozdell]

Hi Tony,
mainly aircraft, 1:48 normally but recently some 1:32. Have been known to build a vehicle or boat/ship, but aircraft mainly. Have done a couple of Tamiya Spitfires, in 1:48 and 1:32, one of my favourite aircraft. Currently on Italeri's 1:32 Tornado.
Live in West Wales
Cheers
Alun

Hi Alun, I will search your projects , I be asking my sister too send me a pic of a 24th scale spitfire I built from an Airfix kit when I was a teenager , have a lot of planes to shoose from now, I had a 48th scale B17 and my pride and joy was a 32 scale B52 she was huge every think worked . I picked up issue 24 parts the two struts for the port wing , next weeks part will be the starboard wing frame, sadly fortnightly now .Tony

 

[ozdell]

Picked up issue 24 parts , the tow wing struts, next weeks parts issue 25 the starboard wing frame , sadly fortnightly now .

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Tony from sunny down under.

 

[GerryW]

Hopefully the missing issues will soon turn up and this build will continue.

 

[ozdell]

Hopefully the missing issues will soon turn up and this build will continue.

Thanks Gerry, posting pics of latest update on the spitfire.Tony

 

[ozdell]

It have being nearly 8 weeks since I last posted any pics thanks to Chris letting everyone know why , don't ever want to go through that ever again so ill have to take it easy for some time, I started work on clearing the backlog of 10 mags of parts was a big marathon indeed,, back to fortnightly mags.

Next lot of parts be to with the oil intake filters put together the air intake filters, the landing gear was a big challenge, two sets of springs making sure I didn't lose them I can't wait to fit the geared motors to the landing gear will keep the landing gear in place.

.Soon I be able to screw the nose and cockpit in place next after that be the main circuit box to fit behind the cockpit, can't wait, hopefully finish the model expensive exercise.

I may have to use some white glue to glue the wheel covers in place keeps coming off, nothing said about gluing them in


Tony


Tony from cold down under

 

[adt70hk]

Good to see you back at the bench Tony after your health scare.

That really is going to look good once finished.

ATB

Andrew

 

[boatman]

HI Tony as has been said its good to see you back doin your spitty an on the rd to recovery an the spitty is gonna look great with them workin features but why did the plane have one white wing an one in black ?
chris

 

[ozdell]

Good to see you back at the bench Tony after your health scare.

That really is going to look good once finished.

ATB

Andrew

Hi Andrew, many thanks good to be back, posting a video with lots of working features. Tony

 

[ozdell]

Hi all, is time to finely ad a video of all the working features of the spitfire, I hope the stand doesn't cost too much..

enjoy <Tony cold wet down under

 

[adt70hk]

Oh my!!

 

[ozdell]

Oh my!!

Thanks Andrew, Tony

 

[GerryW]

Hi all, is time to finely ad a video of all the working features of the spitfire, I hope the stand doesn't cost too much..

enjoy <Tony cold wet down under

Wow! That certainly looks great.

 

[ozdell]

Wow! That certainly looks great.

Hi Gerry, I thought that video blow you away, should of posted it a while back a matter of finding, it, pick up issue 34 today will complete underneath the central fuselage and wing.. have to wait to see what next weeks set of parts , Tony

 

[ozdell]

The plane is finely starting o take of a spitfire with at last the nose and prop is screwed in place, this weeks parts didn't do anything waiting on next weeks parts the cradle to do with the landing gear motor, one motor operates both landing gear by a wire set up




IN the last pic you will see the wire I am talking about, ,be a while before I can test it, need the remote .

Tony from cloudy wet down under

 

[boatman]

HELLO Tony spitty lookin good bet thats getting heavy now as it all metal how many more mags do you need to finish it ? an hope you feel better now
chris

 

[ozdell]

HELLO Tony spitty lookin good bet thats getting heavy now as it all metal how many more mags do you need to finish it ? an hope you feel better now
chris

Hi Chris, thanks, will have to make a stronger cradle for the spitfire to sit in while adding wiring and gun plastic tubing., you will see in the fist pic the cardboard cradle isn't much chop . Tony

 

[GerryW]

Looking good
Try painting the cardboard with a PVA water mix - it'll strengthen it up no end when dry