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Cheers, thanks!

That pilot doesn't look too comfy!

DazDaMan wrote:That pilot doesn't look too comfy!

It seems easy to pin him down. Or up!!. Ouch.

The office space cubicle thing hurts everyone, man. The fuselage is now glued together and the process of sanding down all the putty burs and cutting in for the tail fairing as well will commence shortly.

Oh man, this kit surely fits the bill here. I think the additional cockpit work will look fine under the glass and the pilot looks good, GMG. I'm not surprised he has a pained expression though sitting atop that safety pin. Makes my eyes water just looking at him

Ha ha ha ha! Thanks, we shall see.....Actually if memory serves he is from an ancient Revell Me109E I have had laying around here that I have poached parts from over the years. The pilot figures usually end up atop a safety pin as it is way easier for me to paint them.

Haven't pecked away at this thing in almost two weeks; the mojo is rather low at present. Anyways, I managed to tack some of it together and some filler will soon get squooshed in here and there soon enough.

Looking good so far.

I share your mojo issue as I have ignored mine for a week too, GMG. Back at it today though. Keep up the good fight!!!

David

....watching with interest....

Thanks fellas. Various dabs of putty are now around the ventral fairing and jokey holes on the bottoms of the wings for jokey landing gear. I have also since added a strip of scrap plastic and putty against the front of the tail to lengthen and straighten it as per the real thing but I think that is as much plastic surgery as it's gonna get, unless I can also find a proper four bladed airscrew and spinner. Rooting around the spares has yielded nothing usable. Until then the three bladed on it is for now.

This thing is living up to my nickname for PM kits = Putty Monster. Much filling and sanding and filling and hopefully re scribing rudder detail at least......

Airframe tacked together, floats given pins so they have a more solid connection to the wings than a simple butt join. I drilled out corresponding holes in the wing undersides and once the priming and painting has been done they will be glued together. I dug out the one four bladed airscrew and spinner I did have from spares and it was the nasty one from the Pegasus Buchon. I cleaned it up as best I could and the Buchon and the Spitfire will get their intended assemblies in the end.

PM = Putty Monster, I like that!

Best of luck with the PSR (Putty, Sand, Repeat) and the re-scribing. I always find scribing very challenging and rarely do it, so I will enjoy seeing your progress and maybe even learn a trick or two.

The Great Auk

Cheers. Bit by bit I am slowly getting there. Hopefully the weather cheers up long enough for me to do some rattlecanning.