Airfix Spitfire MK1
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 6:59 pm
I was really struggling last year to get any beach time, work was just a bloody nightmare 
I had very little time and doing build logs was just the step too far, my plan was build without the log just for me and post up the finished model. Not ideal or what I wanted but it was this or nothing
so I started this kit back in May last year......May! I thought get it finished late Autumn er wrong, Christmas er wrong, I moved house all very short notice in Oct, we all know what that's like 
I though I'd get time over Christmas hols to get it finished and start my Helo build er wrong new house family and endless visitors wanting to visit over the Christmas I got very little done. Jan 2020 New Year starting to get some time, 
long and the short of it, I finally finished it this afternoon 
This is my first completed aircraft since returning to the hobby about 5 years ago, I did start and almost finish a B17 in the bomber build we had. You know what happen there complete disaster with the wash 
Airfix, well having not built one of their kits for over 40yrs, I was pleasantly surprised with most of the quality of fit. Some areas are still what I remember of them, the way the undercarriage fits is really poor, it took a few goes to get it sort, of right The cockpit front screen is really poorly moulded, tried Gauzy made no difference, the sliding canopy is perfect. It's certainly not a Tamiya and not sure I'd buy another Airfix kit. Its also got cockpit Eduard PE and fabric seatbelts, like most of this you can hardly see it in this scale. The seatbelt aren't fabric they're paper instructions tell you to 'crumple them into a ball a little ball and nead it between the fingers'.....don't they de-laminate I luckily did this to only one. I've since found out, it's best to soak them in water and mould. I only found this out after I'd fitted mine so they look a little stiff 
Here's my Spit, excuse the pictures taken on the phone.
Now I can start the Helo build
I had very little time and doing build logs was just the step too far, my plan was build without the log just for me and post up the finished model. Not ideal or what I wanted but it was this or nothing
so I started this kit back in May last year......May! I thought get it finished late Autumn er wrong, Christmas er wrong, I moved house all very short notice in Oct, we all know what that's like I though I'd get time over Christmas hols to get it finished and start my Helo build er wrong new house family and endless visitors wanting to visit over the Christmas I got very little done. Jan 2020 New Year starting to get some time, long and the short of it, I finally finished it this afternoon This is my first completed aircraft since returning to the hobby about 5 years ago, I did start and almost finish a B17 in the bomber build we had. You know what happen there
complete disaster with the wash Airfix, well having not built one of their kits for over 40yrs, I was pleasantly surprised with most of the quality of fit. Some areas are still what I remember of them, the way the undercarriage fits is really poor, it took a few goes to get it sort, of right
The cockpit front screen is really poorly moulded, tried Gauzy made no difference, the sliding canopy is perfect. It's certainly not a Tamiya and not sure I'd buy another Airfix kit. Its also got cockpit Eduard PE and fabric seatbelts, like most of this you can hardly see it in this scale. The seatbelt aren't fabric they're paper instructions tell you to 'crumple them into a ball a little ball and nead it between the fingers'.....don't they de-laminate I luckily did this to only one. I've since found out, it's best to soak them in water and mould. I only found this out after I'd fitted mine so they look a little stiff Here's my Spit, excuse the pictures taken on the phone.
Now I can start the Helo build
but I'll gladly stare at this beauty you built 
