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Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:53 pm
by chief5437
Hi guys, here's my entry.

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I'm sure there'll be a few of these, lol!

Just a quick pic for now, Mrs Chief is picking up our weekend visitors from the train station as I type :eeek: I'll do my best to get this done, but no promises!

I'd best find some of that BoB spirit to get her off the ground!

Good luck guys :th: :thumb2: :th:

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:03 am
by chief5437
Hi guys! Managed to get a couple of hours in tonight. Bare in mind that I was/am very very drunk! Lol! :banana: :banana:

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Hoping to get more done tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:34 am
by kruno59
great stuff

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:09 am
by chief5437
Hi fellas :th:

I sobered up..... Then had a bbq and got a bit tipsy again, lol! Still managed to make some headway on this.

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Had to use a bit of filler on the wing roots, never had to do this on the recent airfix spitfires before!

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Had a bit of an issue with the canopy. Every one (there's a total of six in the kit) just didn't seem to sit right. I went with the best and I'll hope it doesn't look too bad once some paint is on.

I offered up the undercarriage and it seems that it could be the (very!) weakest joint in the kit. But we'll see how that goes.

Thanks for looking guys :cheers2:

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 3:44 pm
by chief5437
Well, with just over four hours left, it doesn't look like I'll meet the deadline :violin: FAIL!! :bash:

I think I'll ban all visitors to my house next time, lol!

Was fun watching the hangouts when I got chance though, cheers guys :cheers2:

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:50 pm
by chief5437
DAKKA! DAKKA! DAKKA! :banana:

Finally got this finished! Nice kit, has a couple of issues, so not quite as good as Airfix's later Spitfire new tools. Still good though.

I wanted to do the Dakka Dakka Dakka spitfire from the film, so I had to search through my decal dungeon to find something usable. Not the best but I think it works ok.

Here's the screen star.

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And here's mine. As you can see, I managed to drop it on the floor and broke the antenna mast, so it's a bit short now, lol!

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Thanks for looking guys, and thanks Paul for hosting the GB. Looking forward to the next one :thumb2:

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:25 pm
by Paul
Excellent build Rich great work mate. Nice to have to with us

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:56 pm
by patrickroos
Nice one Chief, excellent camo work! :th:

:cheers2:

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:02 am
by Willem
Lovely stuff mate. Love the paintwork.

:cheers2:

Ps. You've inspired me to build a decal dungeon. Work starts tomorrow.

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:52 am
by chief5437
Thanks guys! :)