Airfix 1/24 Supermarine Spitfire MK VB

[Alan 45]

well after my bout of illness ive had the chance to start this and as requested I'm doing a build thread

The kit looks pretty straight forward and is a typical old tool airfix with lots of flash to remove ,

I'm going to build this in the simplest way I know with just the essentials added View attachment 93882

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[Alan 45]

This is all I'm going to fit for the engine as I want to build it with the covers on View attachment 93885

 

[Polux]

Alan's warm up

Thanks for post the thread

 

[papa 695]

Watching this one Alan

 

[Mike]

I'm watching this one, I'm building the same plane for the SSIG!

 

[Dave W]

I'm also doing this one for the sig.Im interested to see which parts you have to leave off the engine to get the covers to fit.

 

[Alan 45]

Main parts of the office built , no real problems here just a bit of flash but lacking in detail I think

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[Alan 45]

Now the inside of the office is done I can start painting View attachment 93892

 

[Mike]

Keep 'em coming Alan! Watching this through the day will definitely help cut the banality of my job

 

[1275GT]

Budge up, I'm taking notes.....

 

[peterairfix]

I watching to see how you get on.

Peter t

 

[mobear]

we want paint,lol we want paint,i started mine in the summer,dropped it,` went £$%%^^` the put motor in it and lights inside cockpit,however still not finished lol

mobear

 

[Alan 45]

Painting has begun and a wash added to the inside of the office , just got to wait now for past to dry before adding a dry brush so I can release the detail View attachment 93921

 

[Alan 45]

So all parts painted and dry brushed to show the detail , I could do more to it but you wouldn't see it so I've left it out

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[Mike]

Nice job, looks good so far!

 

[noble]

Looking good so far Alan, from what I remember of this it does go together nicely.

scott

 

[Polux]

Nice job so far Alan. And very fast :eek:

 

[Alan 45]

Cheers folks first but of a problem , the engine braket sticks out just a little bit so it hard to get a good fit with the engine panel so I trimmed it View attachment 93949

and now to fit the engine , the only parts I have used are the parts shown in Fig 1 there is a slight twist in the nose , I usually sor this out with superglue View attachment 93950

 

[dave]

Looking good, amazing the difference in detail in the cockpit between old kits like this and the new ones.

 

[Peej]

All good so far. Watching this with interest.