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Supermarine Spitfire by Tim Moore - FINISHED - Guillow’s 403 - 1/16 kit, built as display model


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Paul, I suggest you open your own log on your build.  You'll meet other builders and also be able to get help as needed.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

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 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

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11 minutes ago, Paul Oberle said:

Thank you for the suggestion, Mark.  As you might guess, I'm a newbie.  Just stumbled on this site a few days ago.  I'll try to get myself oriented.

Just to  back up what  Mark  said  - would be cool  to  see  your  build log.

 

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Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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back in the early days of model kits,  there were companies that produced all wood model planes.  during war time,  Guillow's and Comet even resorted to the use of card stock.  Strombecker was another.

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

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2 hours ago, Paul Oberle said:

Just stumbled on this site a few days ago.  I'll try to get myself oriented.

Any questions just ask away, that's what we are here for, to help.... Best modeling site on the net bar none...

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

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A question for Tim, which I  forgot to ask when thread was previously alive was when I tried doing similar with a Guillow's Hurricane I found getting a finish on the in-filled wood incredibly frustrating. Applied a filler and sanded and found the finish was mostly good except for a few areas where filler broke away. So filled these and sanded again then another rough area had appeared and so on. One step forward and one step back. Being in Uk, filler was not exactly the same as yours but tried at least two and same problems. Eventually accepted would not get a prefect finish.

Slowhand,

 

Current build - Polacca scratch build from Amati plan

 

previous builds

San Martin - Occre

H.MS Resolution - Corel

Half Moon - Corel

Dragon keel boat - Billings

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4 hours ago, Slowhand said:

A question for Tim, which I  forgot to ask when thread was previously alive was when I tried doing similar with a Guillow's Hurricane I found getting a finish on the in-filled wood incredibly frustrating. Applied a filler and sanded and found the finish was mostly good except for a few areas where filler broke away. So filled these and sanded again then another rough area had appeared and so on. One step forward and one step back. Being in Uk, filler was not exactly the same as yours but tried at least two and same problems. Eventually accepted would not get a prefect finish.

Before airbrushing, I brushed on a thin coat of wood filler and water on the whole body, sanded with 400 paper, then used a rattle can to spray on a white latex primer. The final paint finish turned out pretty well with that prep.

Tim

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Tim Moore

Perfect is the enemy of good


In progress

DH.9a Ninak, 1/32, Wingnut Wings

Docked for Repairs

IJN Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Mikasa, 1:200, Hobby Boss
On Deck
The Blue Sky Company, 1:48, Sierra West Models

Completed  

Triumph 3HW, 1/9, Italeri; Fiat 806 Grand Prix 1:12, Italeri; Fifie 1:32, Amati Victory Model; HMS Bounty 1:48, Artesania Latina; Endeavour 1:60; Corel; Miss Severn 1:8, Legend Model Boats; Calypso, Billing Boats; Carmen Fishing Trawler, A.L. ; Dallas Revenue Cutter, A.L., Bluenose, A.L.

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Tim thanks, I must have been expecting the filler to do too much. You’ve probably seen David Duckett’s models,  your Spitfire is as good. 

Slowhand,

 

Current build - Polacca scratch build from Amati plan

 

previous builds

San Martin - Occre

H.MS Resolution - Corel

Half Moon - Corel

Dragon keel boat - Billings

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Hi @Tim Moore, I was so impressed with what you did on your Guillows spitfire that i've followed your implementation with the paneling! The wings were tough to do, but I'm there. I've also carved out of balsa block the nose and spinner with a view to do away with as many of the plastic parts as possible. 

 

I've signed up specifically to ask you a question please... the coating you applied to the model in order to do a final sand, you wrote 'a latex filler watered down' in order to sand it like a clay model? What is this exact product please?? I'm struggling to find anything on the market to do this as I aim to do the exact same as you to give the model a fantastic pre-paint finish just like you did. Any advice around this, and, in addition, your paint process would be most helpful. 

 

Thank you in advance!

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Hi Pete, great looking job! 
I simply used Elmers pro bond wood filler from my local hardware store, applied first with a palette knife for rougher areas where I needed some fill, rough sanded, then more filler thinned out with water and painted on broadly with a wide hobby brush to blend everything together.  After very light final sanding I applied a spray can primer over the whole model. The grey primer I used is pretty thick which gave me a good base for final airbrushing.

Tim

Tim Moore

Perfect is the enemy of good


In progress

DH.9a Ninak, 1/32, Wingnut Wings

Docked for Repairs

IJN Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Mikasa, 1:200, Hobby Boss
On Deck
The Blue Sky Company, 1:48, Sierra West Models

Completed  

Triumph 3HW, 1/9, Italeri; Fiat 806 Grand Prix 1:12, Italeri; Fifie 1:32, Amati Victory Model; HMS Bounty 1:48, Artesania Latina; Endeavour 1:60; Corel; Miss Severn 1:8, Legend Model Boats; Calypso, Billing Boats; Carmen Fishing Trawler, A.L. ; Dallas Revenue Cutter, A.L., Bluenose, A.L.

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Thank you, Tim. Really helpful. I've gone right ahead and ordered some Elmer's. Really appreciate the painting advice, I'll be hard pushed to get a finish as good as yours but here's hoping. Best wishes. 

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