Chris's Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Mk Vb

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you're cruising along Chris. Its looking good
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Not much to report, masked and painted the undersides, its drying.

There is a heat wave here right now, not in the mood to model when its so hot.
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Today's update;

Painted the prop, masked off tand painted the id panels.

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Still have to paint the walk lines on the wing (no decal fro that, used it on another spit) and the exhuasts, then i can gloss cote for decals.
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You'll be done in no time
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That's brave, painting the walk lines. I don't think my nerves would stand it... :)

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AndrewR wrote:That's brave, painting the walk lines. I don't think my nerves would stand it... :)

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That has to be masked, when i was a kid I would have free handed that, these days its a bit much!

I still freehand most canopies though, although lately I have begun to mask as my eyes go further south.
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Chris you could draw them in with a fine pencil.

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splash wrote:Chris you could draw them in with a fine pencil.

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I'll mask em with some tape, not a problem, but i don't have the little message blurb for them unfortunetly.

its been so hot here the last few days it is hard to work on anything, I never trun on the air conditioning until July.
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Can't be far off done then, Chris.
Would ya like to learn to fly? Would ya? Would you like to see me try?
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Very close FM.
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Today's update;

Time to paint the black lines on the wings, so first we mask
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Then add the black paint, it of course looks very sloppy
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Finally the moment of truth, the tape is removed and we have nice clean lines.
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The plane is now gloss coted and is drying, decals are next.
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Looking good Chris
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Do the decaling soon, its coming along.
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How's it coming Chris... Oh wait.... Er... my bad... :oops:
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