Spit IX Progress

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March 24, 2018
Cockpit finished.
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March 27, 2018
The fuselage did not fully envelop the cockpit. The seam line has to be filled.
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March 27, 2018
I used super glue this time. It takes some time to harden, but it sands really well.
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March 27, 2018
Only a few more seams had to be fixed. The fit was pretty good.
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March 27, 2018
Some putty and sanding later.
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March 27, 2018
Masking for the green of the camoflage.
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March 27, 2018
Base Camoflage is finished. Colors used: Tamiya XF-80, XF-81 and XF-82. Mr.Color H074 for the nose cone.
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March 28, 2018
I always mask too little. You can see the yellow overspray on the wings. But it is fixable 🙂
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March 28, 2018
Alot of masking for this. Unfortunately I was too anxious to finish it so I masked some of it a little too early, resulting in some tears of the paint. Needs fixing..
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March 28, 2018
This side is a little better, but still some clean up to do.
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March 30, 2018
All decals and all the small stencils are on with an extra layer of Super Clear III. The decals were unusually thick for an Eduard kit, so I had to use Tamiya Mark Fit Strong on them.
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March 31, 2018
It is finished! I used AK's satin varnish for the finish this time and I really like it.
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March 31, 2018
Notice the lever and mechanism for closing the door. It is part of the Eduard photo etch for the kit.
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March 31, 2018
I used a bit of tin foil for the mirror. It works really well. You can see the reflection of the cutting mat in the mirror. 🙂
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March 31, 2018
More Eduard PE in the cockpit.
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March 31, 2018
A photo etch antennae that was part of the kit.
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March 31, 2018
lots of small stencils in the kit.
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March 31, 2018
Compared to the Tamiya Spitfire I that I built about a year ago.
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April 1, 2018
Out in the spring sun 🙂
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April 1, 2018

Komentarzy

1 24 March 2018, 11:06

Björn Svedberg
I started building the Eduard Spitfire Mk IX kit. I needed something less complicated after building the Dauntless with the BigEd kit. Cockpit has been finished and next step will be to assemble the fuselage.

24 March 2018, 11:09

Soeren R.
Impressive start Björn.
Your level of evolving makes me speechless😉

24 March 2018, 16:06

Björn Svedberg
Thanks Sören! It's very nice of you to say so mate. 🙂

24 March 2018, 17:41

Maciej Bellos
Following! Stunning amount of detail.

24 March 2018, 19:12

Björn Svedberg
Thank you James and Maciej! 🙂

24 March 2018, 22:51

Björn Svedberg
Finished base camoflage. Next will be masking and painting the invasion stripes.

27 March 2018, 18:26

Maciej Bellos
The pattern looks o.k., but the grey is rather blue-ish... Lighting perhaps?

27 March 2018, 20:29

Björn Svedberg
Yes, It must be the lighting, I also noticed it looked blueish in the picture. It usually comes out nice with this light, but perhaps the white balance got screwed up in the phone camera. It's the same colors I used on the mosquito. Looking at hose pictures, they look blueish too. I have to get a better photo setup I guess..

27 March 2018, 20:41

Björn Svedberg
The invasion stripes are finished. It needs some clean up, but on the whole I'm happy with them.

28 March 2018, 20:06

Maciej Bellos
Clean job there with the stripes! Well done mate!

28 March 2018, 20:08

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Maciej! 🙂

28 March 2018, 20:36

Spanjaard
excellent cockpit. outside looks quite good. almost done 🙂

28 March 2018, 20:54

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Spanjaard!
You are right, I'm getting to the point in the build where I always tell myself it is almost done.., but it always takes more time than I thought. Ever the optimist I guess..😉

28 March 2018, 22:40

Spanjaard
it is where i get impatient, and try to take shortcuts and then make the biggest mistakes.... do not fall into that trap!

28 March 2018, 22:53

Spitfire21
Hej Björn, the spitfire looks quite good! Tamiya colours for the Camouflage?

29 March 2018, 15:13

Björn Svedberg
Thanks Hato! 🙂
Yes it's Tamiya XF-80 (underside), XF81 and XF-82 (camo).

29 March 2018, 16:07

Stephan Ryll
Very nice progress Björn 👍

29 March 2018, 17:53

Erik Leijdens
O wow, fast progress Bjorn!! Looking good as always. I'm surprised you needed some putty, this is quite a good kit I always believed. Cockpit is fantastic again 👍

29 March 2018, 20:04

Daniel Klink
Fast and Clean and absolutely convincing work 👍

29 March 2018, 20:58

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Stephan, Erik and Daniel! 🙂
Latest update: The decals are on and I've applied an extra layer of clear coat before weathering. I also assembled the landing gear and glued to the plane. Decaling took some time as it usually does with these Eduard models due to all the stencils. Some of them so small that I could not even read the text with my optivisor on..

30 March 2018, 14:37

Daniel Klink
Hi, as said very structured and convincing modelling... An dyou really started with this hobby in 2017???
Awesome...👍

30 March 2018, 15:13

Björn Svedberg
Thanks James and Daniel! 🙂
Yes, I started with the Spitfire I at about this time last year, so it's kind of fitting to do the Spit IX about a year later. I will have to compare them to see if I've learnt something..😉

30 March 2018, 15:38

Es-haq Khosravi
Nice job!

30 March 2018, 16:54

Soeren R.
Amazing work my Friend😉

30 March 2018, 22:37

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Essi and Sören! 🙂
The Spitfire IX is finished! THis Eduard ProfiPACK kit was really nice to build and the photo etch parts really adds to the overall appearance in my view. This time I used AK's satin acrylic varnish instead of the Vallejo matt varnish I usually use for the finish and I must say that I prefer the less matt surface I got this time.

31 March 2018, 14:10

Daniel Klink
Fantastic Work and Result Björn... The Detailwork, the Authrntic colours and the overall clean build 👍
In some areas, the surface of the Spit seems a little glossy for my personal Taste...
But often in photographs all looks a bit shinier than in real life.
But that does not harm the great overall Impression anyway.... 👍

31 March 2018, 14:32

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Daniel! 🙂
I was actually going for a shinier finish this time, so you are spot on.😉 I realize it's not everybody's cup of tea, but I just had to test it.

31 March 2018, 15:19

Stephan Ryll
Very nice final result Björn 🙂 I like it a lot 👍

31 March 2018, 16:59

Björn Svedberg
Thanks Stephan and James! I'm glad you like it. 🙂

31 March 2018, 18:29

Spitfire21
Looks reale good ! Good Job Björn!

1 April 2018, 07:52

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Hato! 🙂
I just couldn't resist taking a few pictures in the wonderful spring sun that we have today. It still bugs me, though, that I forgot to score the decals on the fuselage to make the panel lines more prominent..

1 April 2018, 11:42

CD Soltysik
Outstanding work!

14 January 2019, 20:10

Björn Svedberg
Thanks Mate! 🙂 It was a really nice kit from Eduard as a base.

15 January 2019, 15:30

CD Soltysik
I started working on the new F6F-3 kit by Eduard and I've got to say, I was a bit disappointed. Not the same quality I've experienced with all of the other Eduard kits I've built. Messy flash, chunky and not crisp details in some areas and fit problems. Nothing horrific, but just not what I expected from an Eduard kit.

17 January 2019, 06:39

Björn Svedberg
I'm sorry to hear that. It looks like it is based on the same tooling (from 2008 ) as the one I built (Angry Hellcat | Project by UrsusMagnus (1:48) ), but I don't remember having any major problems with that kit, although it wasn't as detailed as I was used to by other Eduard kits. Perhaps the tooling is getting old.., or a bad batch in the manufacturing..

17 January 2019, 09:03

CD Soltysik
Sounds like you saw some of the issues I did.

17 January 2019, 21:27