Model kit Building (Hobby Thread)

[GrecianLez]

Engines were an obsession of mine throwing away the normal exhaust and making header pipes from solder and then down to the ignition leads using a cut up bit of wire now you can get colour coded wires so thin which looks a lot neater in an engine bay.

Lez make sure you have the right camo pattern for whatever group markings on the Spitfire !

I have the right colours which the box is telling me to

Are you saying copy the markings on the wings from the rear of the box?

 

[ramone]

I have the right colours which the box is telling me to

Are you saying copy the markings on the wings from the rear of the box?

If the side markings are meant to be of a genuine squadron you can look them up to see what sort of camo pattern was adopted by that fighter ! Think were basically 2 or possibly 3 different camo patterns and colours.
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[GrecianLez]

ah I see... the box is pretty accurate then.. ill try to follow them but I'm not too worried at the moment as im just learning how to airbrush

 

[iscalad]

ah I see... the box is pretty accurate then.. ill try to follow them but I'm not too worried at the moment as im just learning how to airbrush

If you would like some suggestions on whom to airbrush, I suggest an Exeweb poll.

 

[GrecianLez]

Next phase of the spitfire build with spraying the bottom with 90 colour before I spray the black right wing..




I need to set up an area in the conservatory to put the compressor and make a booth to house the extraction system which the filters arrived for today.. it works well but the Mrs isn't impressed ive taken over the dining table!!

 

[GrecianLez]

new tool turned up yesterday and very happy with it. its a Flex-I-file and its brilliant on curves, you can also make your own belts from wet and dry too which I'm gonna make a wood jig to make them with
Ill use a guillotine I got from home bargain to cut the paper and super glue to glue the ends

 

[GrecianLez]

Bit of an update.. the McDonnell has now had hall the bits filled in then sanded and first coat put on.. Bad reaction on the tail.. I will sand back with wet and dry ready for a second coat..




And the spitfire I have hand painted the underside with black

 

[Stuffy]

The last model I built was the battlecruiser HMS Hood way back when I was a boy. I haven't really given it much thought since then but I remember having great difficulty doing a decent paint job free of wavy lines and smudges. Is there special way of painting that can overcome these problems or is it just having a steady hand?

 

[GrecianLez]

The last model I built was the battlecruiser HMS Hood way back when I was a boy. I haven't really given it much thought since then but I remember having great difficulty doing a decent paint job free of wavy lines and smudges. Is there special way of painting that can overcome these problems or is it just having a steady hand?

Paints have greatly improved since then.. enamels and acrylics different drying times plus additives that does help with the levelling of paint and quicker drying times.. Buy a Airfix starter kit and have a go..

 

[DB9]

Paints have greatly improved since then.. enamels and acrylics different drying times plus additives that does help with the levelling of paint and quicker drying times.. Buy a Airfix starter kit and have a go..

I'd agree with that Lez, A few cheap starter kits that include paint then if you make a balls up at least you haven't spent a fortune