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  1. Old Collingwood
    The clipped wing was done as an effort to compete with the FW-190 that was killing a lot of normal spits, so I understand they tested a few with clipped wings, they also put in a more powerful Merlin and that became the IX, this Spitfire had at last the power to deal with the Germans best, they continued to make clipped wing version though as they gave short dash speed improvements at lower altitudes. OC.
  2. Old Collingwood
    After spraying the primer - its made it obvious that I made a mess of the nose, so tomorrow I will take the tape off the nose glazing then I will put a fresh couple of straight line masking tape runs around the circumference of the glazing where the frame ends, then I will gently sand around the area to get a smooth transition from the glazing back onto the forward fuselage. OC.
  3. Old Collingwood
    I had to bevel the edges where the manifold sticks out the fuselage to allow the engine to drop down into place while dry fitting. OC.
  4. Old Collingwood
    More work today starting by cleaning up both fuselage sides - there was quite a bit to trim/sand off, next I glued the front engine bay firewall bulkhead (I decided to remove the engine mount from the Merlin as it was going to foul the fuselage) I will still fit the engine as it has the exhaust manifolds attached to it. I also had some small fitting to add inside the cockpit - I have to say the quality of the moldings and engraving is very high and frankly wouldn't really benefit form PE - this is the status before I add some paint. OC.
  5. Old Collingwood
    So -a brief spell with no rain this gave me the chance to spray the Tamiya Surface Primer - seemed to go ok. The stick was for me to hold it by the way...... OC.
  6. Old Collingwood
    Here's an idea that might help all of us who try to pick up flat tiny PE, with tweezers - Get a narrow section of dowel - perhaps 2mm thick, cut a small piece of low tack tape like tamiya tape or poss painters low tack tape, use strong super glue to attach the none sticky side to the end of the dowel (that needs to have a flat end) when fully set trim the tape to match the round end of the dowel. We should now have a useful PE pick up tool - small enough to see what we are doing. OC.
  7. Old Collingwood
    Or perhaps something that could work by static or even part sticky like low tack tape on the end of a tool. OC.
  8. Old Collingwood
    Tell you what would be useful - a magnetic fine tool with a small round flat end, with just enough strength to hold the piece of pe till it was placed on the small dot of ca, then able to release it. OC.
  9. Old Collingwood
    Bet you dont know whats its for? OC.
  10. Old Collingwood
    Thank you denis, fiddly little parts but patience was my best friend. OC.
  11. Old Collingwood
    So after dinner I carried on - next up was the cradle, this comes in three sections and the firewall - I had to glue the one side to the main section (this had to left secured while it set) then after an hour or so I glued the other side, this was put a side while cleaned up the fire wall - then I positioned the cradle and glued it to the firewall (this strengthened the cradle up). Then it was a case of painting the cradle and firewall the same cockpit green as the inside of the Mossie (it is a generic RAF interior colour) then a bit of a dirty wash followed by some dry brushing. OC.
  12. Old Collingwood
    Hi all, another rainy day so the mossie remains un painted, so back on with this, I managed to finish assembling the Merlin then paint and weathering - so the power plant is complete but Im currently working on the engine bay cradle for the merlin. OC.
  13. Old Collingwood
    Very nicely done jack - its so looks a treat outdoors in the good light. OC.
  14. Old Collingwood
    May have to think about that one, bet there are a few German ones that the MOD got there hand s on also. OC.
  15. Old Collingwood
    Great work denis - its becoming a lovely tribute to the Fortress, thank you for the link as well. OC.
  16. Old Collingwood
    Evening all, So I decided to start this today - the kit calls for the power plant to be assembled first, its a lovely rendition of the superb Merlin, it starts with the lower end and sump, to this are attached the two lower cylinder heads and to each of these the exhaust manifolds and oil feeds, I still have more to add before I start painting and weathering. OC.
  17. Old Collingwood
    A tiny bit of progress today - I have decided to build her on a little modification - during the Bomber Mosquito's missions it had a secondary role where by it operated as as towing escort for damaged planes from spits to mosquito's, during the war there was a surplus of giant paint brushes that came in perfectly for use as towing handles................. OC.
  18. Old Collingwood
    Thanks Mark. OC.
  19. Old Collingwood
    As craig said she is looking super. OC.
  20. Old Collingwood
    Thank you kindly for looking in. OC.
  21. Old Collingwood
    I have decided to start this along with my Mossie kit, as there will be times when I can not get the spraying done outside due to the weather, so it gives me things to get on with. I won this in ebay for a knock down price - it is an open box but all bags are sealed, the ICM version of the Spit IX is renowned for being the most accurate model of a Spit in this scale, I will build her more or less straight out the box as I understand the cockpit and parts are very very good. So to start with - here's the top box art and quick look at the bag contents. I do apologize I put the complete wrong box pic up - how I dont know - This is the Right One. OC.
  22. Old Collingwood
    All of it, just liked what you put mate. OC.
  23. Old Collingwood
    Yep I will re check before I pray/spray or both, I might put some more tape over it - knowing me it will have so many layers on it it will end up several inches thick.😲 OC.
  24. Old Collingwood
    So just to explain myself a bit better - the canopy is done its just covered in extra tape to stop any spray from going on it, it will stay covered like that until all the spraying (including the top coat) has been done. OC.
  25. Old Collingwood
    Some of the masks were in separate sections and too fiddly to put on the remaining glazed windows in the canopy - so I left them off and painted the frame by hand with a fine brush, the frame of the canopy has been painted and had a couple of top coats (Just on the frame not the glass). So the canopy is a completed assembly I glued it on as its easier than covering the cockpit area with tissue paper in case the delicate parts in the cockpit got damaged. I then added additional tape to cover the canopy (any small bits of frame where it meats the fuselage are ok as the spray colour is the same as what I hand painted. Well thats the idea anyway. OC.

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