Lancfan's Lambeth Spitfire- FINISHED at 20 HOURS, 7 MINUTES

[lancfan]

Cheers Jeff, Daren, Tim, mjatx- Daren, I prefer this old tool mark one over the new one.


David.

[Old_Tonto]

Great blitz choice David plus home made stand. Blimey.

[lancfan]

Had a snack break with a good old fashioned chip butty.


After the snack I fitted the cockpit, cleaned up the joints on the fuselage & wing and made a solid mounting for the stand using car filler packed into the gap between the wing underside and the cockpit floor.


The wing has been joined to the fuselage and the glue is now drying.


David.

[jssel]

Great meal. Charging on.

[lancfan]

Cheers Jeff, painting this one will take the time as the basic colour scheme is only the start, there is a lot of patina and detail to copy.

David.

[mjatx]

Looking good!

[lancfan]

Thanks mjatx.
I have bored the hole for the stand, here is the test fit shot.


David.

[TimJ]

Making good progress and it looks good on the stand.

[DazDaMan]

Daren, I prefer this old tool mark one over the new one.


David.

You and me both!

[lancfan]

Thanks Tim.

David.

[Old_Tonto]

Very good progress on the Spitfire.

Chip butties are a must for a Blitzbau IMHO.
Just spotted your tooth pic holder. Is that an old Revell aqua color bottle?

[lancfan]

The model is now ready for painting, built almost OOB the only changes are the addition of the shackles that hold it up in the air and the closed radiator shutter.



David.

[lancfan]

Daren, I don't know how they managed to screw the new kit up so badly, when the S/H supplies of the old kits run dry I'll swap to Italeri to convert and O_T yes it is an Aqua paint tub.


David.

[DazDaMan]

D'you know what? I was gonna do the PM Spit Vc originally, but since I can't pick a scheme for it, and I have the old-tool Mk.Ia Spitfire in the stash, I MIGHT do it in the Blitzbau if I have time....!

[lancfan]

Good choice Daren, the number of Spitfires in this blitz outnumber the rest in this one.


David.