Kate B's Blitzspit - STARTED 11am Monday 20th

[mattbacon]

Here's Kate on the starting blocks. Classic Airfix Spitfire Vb in a cut-price RF-D gift set (though we picked up some proper paint)



...and you all know what this looks like, but here are the parts for completeness!

Kate will be reporting in herself from now on...

bestest,
M.

[jssel]

Go Kate go. I'll be watching from work when I can.

[splash]

Good luck Kate, its a good kit.

I'm at work but will pop in now and again to see how you have got on.

Regards
Splash

[Old_Tonto]

A classic kit. Will keep my eye on you!

[mattbacon]

Hello! Thank you for all your support. As this is my first Blitzbau I think that I have chosen quite a good kit to get me started. Obviously the Spitfire is a Classic British Kit and seems to be coming together nicely. I've done the wings by first attaching the upper wings to the fuselage first to avoid any gaps. (if there are gaps it's easier to fix if their between the upper and lower wings rather than the wing and the fuselage. Or at least that's what my dad told me!)

Overall, i think it's going well so far and i'm enjoying it a lot!
Kate

[AndrewR]

Nice paintwork on the pilot Kate.

And your Dad is right about the wings!

Cheers

Andrew

[Gregers]

Great work so far Kate. Nice one and it's always good to see Spitfires getting built.

All the best.

Greg

[Dirkpitt289]

Good luck, Kate. Will be checking in from time to time from work

[splash]

Thats a great idea with the wings, I must try that on my next Spitfire build.

I agree with Andrew nice paint job on the pilot.

Regards
Splash

[jssel]

Looks really swell so far. Keep it going.

[mattbacon]

Pilot finished and propeller done. I'm going to put the propeller ion last after painting the main fuselage and wings. Also i've painted a few more fiddly pieces and stuck them on. Going to have a lunch break now and will continue at 2.



Kate

[MerlinJones]

Ooooh goody...something to watch over lunchbreak.
Great start so far.
I'll assume your Dad also told you about dihedral and stuff as well? Pilot looks like an good start has been had...are you using acrylics for the internal stuff? I find it's useful to do so, so that it's all nicely dry by the time you come to close up the fuselage.

What a weird looking repast. A Ilkley meze?

Regards,
Bruce.

[mattbacon]

Back to work! I am using acrylics and yes, my dad explained it all. Thank you i'm very pleased with pilot and if you look closely you can see i painted his goggles on his helmet.

Kate

(P.S. The lunch is a bitsa - bits of this and bits of that!)

[Sissel]

Great going Kate, this is exciting

Sissel

[Old_Tonto]

That is a great tip about the wings Kate, I will use that. Your Dad never told me about it!

Or maybe he did & I just didn't listen, I bet he gets that a lot.

What colour scheme are you doing your Spitfire?