Fil d'information

Robert Podkoński
The next Salamander? Taking a seat!

S M
Welcome, podkon! 😄 I have plenty of Salamanders to be built XD

Jan Peters
Joining Robert for this feast

Skyhiker
What does that aqueous black surfacer 1000 thin down with? Isn't aqueous a water based paint? Does it work well as a primer or does it peel off like the acrylic "primers"?

S M
I haven't tried to thin it with water although it is promised to work. I could airbrush mr.surfacer 1000 without thinning with my old 0,4mm needle airbrush, but in case I want to thin it I use Mr.Hobby Color Thinner 400 (turqoise colored bottle). I think this works very well as a primer. It sticks and it can be smoothed with sand paper.

Alberto
Nice work so far, watching! I also use aqueous black surfacer. I thin it 50% with Tamiya's X20A, spray it with a 0.4 mm needle at 15-17 psi. It works a treat.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀

Nicolas
Joining.

J35J
Swedish markings, I'm in on this project!

Skyhiker
Thanks for the info on the surfacer. I'm looking for alternatives to using heavy chemicals, and hopefully this will be an answer.

S M
Welcome, mates! 😄 @Skyhiker I just tried and it seems you can thin aqueous surfacer with water. I didn't paint anything with it yet.

Jan Peters
Nice progress, love the what if Swedish markings

Thomas Kolb
I am all eyes! Very cool indeed! I was initially quite baffled with the Swedish markings, the "what-if" went over my head.

Kesa Tiho
Woahhh

B. M.
Oh yeah, the real stuff 😎👍🏼

Didier Chartrain
Top !! 👍👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful model and fantastic presentation! Chapeau bas!

Ferenc Sarka
Awesome!!

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
The cockpit is very puritanical, but unfortunately there is not enough documentation on it. The fit of the parts is very poor and needs a lot of filling and sanding.

komoras
My biggest issue was fitting the seat and the mid portion of the wheel bay, had to add 1 mm plastic card on both sides. Looking forward seeing it done! 👍

Nicolas
Following.

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
komoras, I encountered the same problem: the landing gear bay cannot be fitted where it is intended. I used a milling head to remove enough of it to fit.

gorby
Interesting aircraft, interesting build.
Incidentally, I would suggest 'Spartan' as a better way to describe the cockpit rather than 'puritanical'. 👍

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
Finished. Unfortunately it has a few mistakes, but an interesting item for my collection.

Robert Podkoński
Looks fabulous. Good job, Csaba!

Christoph Kunz
Taking a seat.

Villiers de Vos
Taking a seat as well. I have both these models in my stash.

Edouard Carr
Hey Villiers/Christoph - hope you enjoy the build and thanks for watching the progress. Thinking about a custom paint job on the second spitfire with reference to the album power slave of which Aces High is from. Have some home print decal sheets that I have been meaning to use for years so might try testing them out. Revell have been kind enough to send a second Eddie Sprue so will have him seated in both planes when completed.

Doubtingmango
Big cat!

Kees Borgers
Watching, good luck with the build.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍