Spitfire IX 1/72 finished page 4

Our World in miniature, but it'll mostly be aeroplanes...

Moderators: Board of Directors, Command

User avatar
Secu
Pilot Officer
Pilot Officer
Staff
Posts: 768
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:16 pm
Location: France

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Sun Jun 04, 2017 5:16 pm

Weekly update

I filled the gaps with putty
Image

and sanded ...
Image

sanded again... it's a borring but unavoidable task.
Image

For a perfect result I use Mr surfacer after putty
Image

Image

And of course sanding one more time with the finest sand paper I have, grade 1000 and 2000
Image

Then I readyed my srcibing tools
Image

And started rescribe the panel lines wich were errased by the sanding operation
Image

re engrave the rivets
Image

The best way to control your work is to look at the model with light in front of you. It makes the model shining and as you can see the surface, the panel lines and rivets are nearly perfect
Image

That's all for this week
Last edited by Secu on Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image

Bunny
Posts: 5431
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:56 pm

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Bunny » Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:21 pm

:shock: :nice:

“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes I-16s.” - Douglas Adams


Image

Biggs
Posts: 961
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:12 am
Location: Murrillynd, United States

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Biggs » Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:12 am

Very nice so far secu, thanks for sharing :nice:
Image

User avatar
Grumpy
Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant
Adjutant
Posts: 992
Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:59 pm
Location: Accokeek, MD/New York City

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Grumpy » Mon Jun 05, 2017 9:32 pm

Every time I think of building a model, I look at the artistry of the people here, and I just give up the notion. Beautiful stuff, Secu :nice:
Adjutant, No. 111 (Fighter) Squadron. Adstantes

Image
Nor law nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public men, nor cheering crowds.
A lonely impulse of delight
Led to this tumult in the clouds

Redeye
Posts: 1487
Joined: Fri Sep 27, 2013 2:50 pm
Location: Haugesund, Norway

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Redeye » Tue Jun 06, 2017 7:50 am

You roll on the rivets??? That is some impressive stuff!

User avatar
Secu
Pilot Officer
Pilot Officer
Staff
Posts: 768
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:16 pm
Location: France

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:10 am

You roll on the rivets???
Only those that were erased by the putty/sanding operation, not all you see in the picture, 95% are form the original mould.
Image

User avatar
Bonkin
Posts: 2143
Joined: Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:47 pm
Location: East Yorkshire, England

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Bonkin » Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:52 pm

Nice work Secu. Surely re-scribing is worse than sanding though?
Image

User avatar
Secu
Pilot Officer
Pilot Officer
Staff
Posts: 768
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:16 pm
Location: France

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:19 pm

Hy

Just some pictures, I was in hollyday and only worked a little on the Spit

Today she looks like this :
Image

PE radiators, verry nice details
Image
Image

Now I'm building the "little things wich take long times"
Image

And drilled little holes...
Image
Surely re-scribing is worse than sanding though?
The advantage in mastering rescribing is that you haven't to worry about filling gap and sanding. You can rebuild everything you erase with your sandpaper (or nearly everything, I'm not so gifted...)
Image

User avatar
Secu
Pilot Officer
Pilot Officer
Staff
Posts: 768
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:16 pm
Location: France

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Secu » Sun Jun 25, 2017 2:24 pm

A little bit of work today, let's go for the prop
First primer
Image
Then yellow
Image
masking yellow
Image
After dark grey with lighter grey on the leading edge
Image
Maskol pathches done with sponge
Image
spray a black thin layer
Image
Removed the maskol, the effect is a little bit overdone
Image
Another thin coat of black to tone down the effect.
Image
masking again
Image
Sky colour, with preshading, or prelightning depends of your point of view
Image
Done
Image

That's all for today, I have to weather and give a more operational aspect to the prop but later.
Image

Wiggy
Posts: 298
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:55 pm

Re: WIP Spitfire IX 1/72

Post by Wiggy » Sun Jun 25, 2017 4:32 pm

Awesome Secu! :nice:

Post Reply