Lancfan's Spitfire Trainer ***FINISHED***

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 7th, 2015, 6:59 pm

cheers iggie.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 7th, 2015, 7:00 pm

Time to begin, first pictures TF.

David.

ShaunW · Post by **ShaunW** » February 7th, 2015, 7:12 pm

Looks like a decent enough kit David. Best of luck!

Post by **splash** » February 7th, 2015, 7:45 pm

Good luck

Regards Splash

Ian · Post by **Ian** » February 7th, 2015, 8:17 pm

Have you finished yet, David?

Post by **jssel** » February 7th, 2015, 8:25 pm

Piece by piece, sweat beading at the brow.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 7th, 2015, 9:16 pm

Cheers Shaun, splash. Ian, the wings have been assembled & am Painting small parts ATM so not as yet. Jeff, not exactly.

David.

Ian · Post by **Ian** » February 7th, 2015, 9:17 pm

I've never built an AZ kit, but looking at your previous builds I'm sure this is going to end up looking very smart!

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 7th, 2015, 9:30 pm

They don't have locating pins and the sprue gates can sometimes interfere with the parts fit but with a little care in cleaning up the parts they will build up a treat Ian.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 7th, 2015, 9:35 pm

The first steps were to paint the cockpit and assemble the wings, the clock has been moved to tighten the shots.

The first stage in assembling the wing is to fit the inner U/C leg recesses parts 5 and 6, these are wrongly numbered and fit on the opposite side to those indicated by the instructions.

The wings have now been assembled, the next step is to fit the full span wing tips parts 36 and 37.

The wing tips are here shown in place.

The cockpit parts have been painted and are currently being assembled.

David.

Ian · Post by **Ian** » February 7th, 2015, 10:10 pm

Great fit on the wing tips.

Post by **splash** » February 7th, 2015, 10:30 pm

Ian wrote:Great fit on the wing tips.

I agree the tips look good.

Regards Splash

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 8th, 2015, 12:15 am

They look better from the top than from underneath splash as they are slightly thinner than they should be.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 8th, 2015, 12:23 am

The cockpit parts have been painted, removed from the sprues and have been assembled ready for the fuselage to be assembled in turn. Filler has been applied to the wing as needed.

The tailwheel bay opening has been cut away as per the instructions and the bay roof has been formed with car filler (replacing part 60) and cyano'd in place. The cockpit units are complete and are ready to be fitted. The wing tips and the ejector chutes have been built up with filler and sanded down.

The cockpits have been fitted into the fuselage and the two halves have been glued together.

David.

lancfan · Post by **lancfan** » February 8th, 2015, 12:52 am

The wing has been glued in place under the fuselage, this will be left to dry before continuing.

David.

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