Nice chipping also 
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Tamiya Spit MKXVIe 1/32
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phantom II
Master at Arms
Nice looking engine so far . 
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
paddy
Well-known member
This looks a bit of a mess...........but thats the Aim or at least thats my excuse
The temptation to give it shiny copper pipes and super gloss black valve covers is very tempting but the reality is these were semi gloss black and matt interior green, copper oxidises pretty quick if left unpainted so to give a nod towards separating water pipes from framework i have chipped the pipes to show areas of copper.
Merlins were designed to have a 100 hr life with a major rebuild at 50hrs. In reality most during the B of B never got past 20hrs anyway. Spitfires like this that were still soldiering on 4 years after the end of the war and relegated to gunnery practice would have been subject to a very hard life and showing a huge amount of wear. Its no surprise that the basis of this build in the pictures at the start of this thread eventually died of engine failure !!
I think once in the context of the rest of the airframe you will see it sort of works....i hope
or at least thats my excuse
The temptation to give it shiny copper pipes and super gloss black valve covers is very tempting but the reality is these were semi gloss black and matt interior green, copper oxidises pretty quick if left unpainted so to give a nod towards separating water pipes from framework i have chipped the pipes to show areas of copper.
Merlins were designed to have a 100 hr life with a major rebuild at 50hrs. In reality most during the B of B never got past 20hrs anyway. Spitfires like this that were still soldiering on 4 years after the end of the war and relegated to gunnery practice would have been subject to a very hard life and showing a huge amount of wear. Its no surprise that the basis of this build in the pictures at the start of this thread eventually died of engine failure !!
I think once in the context of the rest of the airframe you will see it sort of works....i hope
I'm in love.... :zen :coolio 
phantom II
Master at Arms
Hey Paddy. That's looking real nice. It looks a lot more like something on the flight line than what most guys build
It's gonna be a shame to button this one up .
Cheers, Christian B)
It's gonna be a shame to button this one up .
Cheers, Christian B)
phantom II
Master at Arms
Well Paddy I failed to remember that the large models have those nice options.
Since I build 1/72 , there are normally few option. They are still make them pretty much the same as our ancestor made them back in their caves.
Good for you. I would hate to hide such great detail.
Cheers, Christian B)
Since I build 1/72 , there are normally few option. They are still make them pretty much the same as our ancestor made them back in their caves.
Good for you. I would hate to hide such great detail.
Cheers, Christian B)
jose pedro
Member
Great work!!!!
paddy
Well-known member
Thanks everyone.
Huge problems today, i can see now why Paul w had problems with the cowlings. I cant work out what is wrong but i built the MkIX and had no problems.
I removed the exhaust shubs and their mountings and the cover fit spot on.
but you can see here the rocker boxes are touching the sides of the top cowling so there is no room for the length of frame work that sits above the exhaust stubs
I have sanded this length down to paper thin and re attached it , i also noticed i had used the wrong exhaust stubs so i changed them too. i think this will now work but i cant really see what has changed between the MkIX and Mk XVI unless its the top cowling.
Huge problems today, i can see now why Paul w had problems with the cowlings. I cant work out what is wrong but i built the MkIX and had no problems.
I removed the exhaust shubs and their mountings and the cover fit spot on.
but you can see here the rocker boxes are touching the sides of the top cowling so there is no room for the length of frame work that sits above the exhaust stubs
I have sanded this length down to paper thin and re attached it , i also noticed i had used the wrong exhaust stubs so i changed them too. i think this will now work but i cant really see what has changed between the MkIX and Mk XVI unless its the top cowling.
Paulw
Well-known member
Thanks everyone.
Huge problems today, i can see now why Paul w had problems with the cowlings. I cant work out what is wrong but i built the MkIX and had no problems.
I removed the exhaust shubs and their mountings and the cover fit spot on.
but you can see here the rocker boxes are touching the sides of the top cowling so there is no room for the length of frame work that sits above the exhaust stubs
I have sanded this length down to paper thin and re attached it , i also noticed i had used the wrong exhaust stubs so i changed them too. i think this will now work but i cant really see what has changed between the MkIX and Mk XVI unless its the top cowling.
I think bot top covers are the same Paddy unless it its because of the side scoop locations, Oh for a Griffon hood, hey? Quite the conundrum and I hope you have it hammered out.
paddy
Well-known member
I dont really know even now where i went wrong. The positioning of the parts is so precise on this kit its hard to see where i could have made the mistake but anyway, after a lot of careful thinning of the parts around the exhaust stubs to enable the covers to fit over the frame that the covers would fix too (If that makes sense) i have now got the covers to fit as best they will. Painting the thing silver shows up the gaps that dont show with darker camouflage colours as well.
I did not have any of this problem with the Mk IX i built ages ago but this MkXVI has really tested me to my modelling limits !!!!
almost there now so will put some finished pictures up in the next few days
Thanks for Looking
I did not have any of this problem with the Mk IX i built ages ago but this MkXVI has really tested me to my modelling limits !!!!
almost there now so will put some finished pictures up in the next few days
Thanks for Looking
phantom II
Master at Arms
Hey Paddy, that looks quite acceptable to me . Glad you got it under control.
I have similar problems all the time with the 1/72 scale . Everything is just very tight :fencing
Cheers, Christian B)
I have similar problems all the time with the 1/72 scale . Everything is just very tight :fencing
Cheers, Christian B)
