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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.
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

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

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!
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
I sobered up..... Then had a bbq and got a bit tipsy again, lol! Still managed to make some headway on this.
Had to use a bit of filler on the wing roots, never had to do this on the recent airfix spitfires before!
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

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

FAIL!!
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

Re: Chiefs 48hr Battle of Britain Mk I Spitfire
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:50 pm
by chief5437
DAKKA! DAKKA! DAKKA!
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.
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!
Thanks for looking guys, and thanks Paul for hosting the GB. Looking forward to the next one

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!

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.
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!
