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Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:01 pm
by speedgraflex
Thanks, Lyle. I appreciate your vote of confidence. I started on this plan a moment ago. This will be a great interim step, and I will use some 50/50 PVA glue in areas where eventually the silver will be showing/shining through. Cheers!
Training continues. Wings still loose, hence large gap at wing root. However my plan is to use CA to attach the wing tops flush, then use the hot water/steam method to bend the lower wing upward and mate the two with tape.
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 3:43 am
by KSaarni
- Kari
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:08 am
by Stuart
Looks Good Bruce - that silver came out well!
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:55 pm
by speedgraflex
Thanks, gents. Although I still have no dihedral... yet. The wing is too flat. Seeing the nice tasty dihedral present on your Airfix and Eduard kits is making me work harder to get the wings angled correctly—as the designer intended!
Need. More. Steam.
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:36 am
by speedgraflex
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:56 am
by LyleW
Ohhh, shiny.
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:43 am
by speedgraflex
Thank you so much! There is a fast moving brush fire just northeast of me which began last night. So far 400 acres have burned. No orders have been given to evacuate UCLA yet. However the Westwood Recreation Center which is five minutes from me is being used as one of the shelters for those displaced by the fire itself, and roads leading north from my area are closed.

Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:33 am
by Stikpusher
The winds should be blowing away from UCLA from where the new fire is burning... we have folks standing by for this fire and the others... always fun at this time of year...

Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:34 am
by KSaarni
speedgraflex wrote:Thank you so much! There is a fast moving brush fire just northeast of me which began last night. So far 400 acres have burned. No orders have been given to evacuate UCLA yet. However the Westwood Recreation Center which is five minutes from me is being used as one of the shelters for those displaced by the fire itself, and roads leading north from my area are closed.

Take care of yourself Bruce!!
- Kari
Re: Hasegawa 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I. Battle of Brita
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:35 am
by Stuart
That's pretty bad Bruce - take care of yourself and stay safe!