Paulw
Well-known member
While I have built a couple of these Tamiya Spits in the last few years I have rarely taken the time to do things with out so much as a rush to get something completed. I bought this from a hobby shop that got it through an estate sale and I pretty much got it for a song.
I bought an A.M. seat and a set of valve covers with the Rolls Royce logos before I even got into it. The seat came out too big for a 32 scale seat and the valve covers seem to fit just right. I don't have any clue if the Merlin 266 had covers with logos on them but to me they look just right. I spent some extra for the Eduard zoom interior set because I messed up the kit ip and to tell the truth it looks ok to me.
I went back to the kit seat and even though the color doesn't look right I had to leave it because it is as close as I could get with what I had.
I am going to need a bit of tiding up in the seat but I need to be careful doing so because I think the parts are held with a hint of a baby's breath.
I did, however, drill out the plug holes in the cylinder heads in hopes I can get some plug wires run.
some basic black
I must say I didn't have any problems with the engine as I had on the last set of kits. Goes to show what paying attention and slowing down will accomplish.
The left wing root was the only real problem I had in fit but it really wasn't that much of one.
Hopefully I can get this completed by the first Tuesday in June (club meeting).
I bought an A.M. seat and a set of valve covers with the Rolls Royce logos before I even got into it. The seat came out too big for a 32 scale seat and the valve covers seem to fit just right. I don't have any clue if the Merlin 266 had covers with logos on them but to me they look just right. I spent some extra for the Eduard zoom interior set because I messed up the kit ip and to tell the truth it looks ok to me.
I went back to the kit seat and even though the color doesn't look right I had to leave it because it is as close as I could get with what I had.
I am going to need a bit of tiding up in the seat but I need to be careful doing so because I think the parts are held with a hint of a baby's breath.
I did, however, drill out the plug holes in the cylinder heads in hopes I can get some plug wires run.
some basic black
I must say I didn't have any problems with the engine as I had on the last set of kits. Goes to show what paying attention and slowing down will accomplish.
The left wing root was the only real problem I had in fit but it really wasn't that much of one.
Hopefully I can get this completed by the first Tuesday in June (club meeting).
