Spitfire FR XIVe « M for Margo » in progress album

LucLuke B
That looks promising.

Björn Ringholm
Looking good!

Mathieu
Thanks Björn, Luc. Much appreciated.

A few inner frames ready for assembly

Eelco Gregoire
Nice work!

Mr James
Beautiful weathering. Looking good

Rui S
Ohh yeha, I'm In 👍 😎

Mathieu
Thanks for the kind words Eelco, James & Rui! Welcome on board!

Mathieu
I've been doing some more printing to improve the access door. Crowbar will not be painted red !

Mathieu
The dashboard story.

Soo I originally settled my mind on using the kit IP. There are a lot of AM available, but I liked the definition and relief surface aspect of the kit one.

There is a few differences between the XVI and XIV, but I could get over it.
What I could not is the deepness of the instruments, so I elected to sand the back over a flat surface. Of course I managed to damage the instrument faces and render my sample unusable.

So back to my favourite software and getting an accurate XIV dashboard.
This unit has been stuffed up with airscale excellent instrument decals. Anyz, barracuda and airscale placards.

This part will be available as a downloadable file/print at home, or printed sample. But have to further refine it a bit for production purposes.

Mathieu
Seat assembly almost complete. Missing the lap belts and locking pin attached to the dorsal belts. Then fix the whole definitely
Wishing everyone a happy and awesome new year.

Mathieu
Finally some progress on this bad boy.
Nose is glued to left fuselage. The rest is dry fitted.
Cheers

Eric V I
Unbelievably beautifully made

Robert Podkoński
I agree with Eric, awesome job so far!