Heff3 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I've been looking for a reason to get on with this conversion. Base kit is the Tamiya MkV coupled with the Airwaves Seafire conversion kit. Decals will be from Aeromaster "Seafires at War Pt 1". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jRatz Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Glad to see you do this -- I've got the Airwaves set on order and was thinking about this as one of my builds. I'll pay attention to my first build and watch yours with interest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heff3 Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Cockpit is first up in this build. The tamiya instrument panel is pretty poor on instrument detail. So I have pulled a few instrument decals out of the stash. I then punched out the individual dials with a Waldron punch set. They didn't stick to well to the panel so I glued them in with a dab of white glue. The next problem was that dial decals were all different. Some were a lot brighter than the others, or the neddles were a lot thicker. :) So I stained some gloss varnish with black paint, put a dot on each bright decal to get them to match the rest. I worked at treat :) Seatbelts are from the Eduard RAF generic set. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LoganTLR Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 HI Instrument panel looks fine. Once I finish cleaning my hobby room then I can start mine ... T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 You did all that in one day? Wow that looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heff3 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 You did all that in one day? Wow that looks great! Yep, pretty much. I have a Mosquito on the go in the Raiders of the Reich GB, but its on hold till the resin cockpit arrives. So this one has been getting more than its fair share of attention. Paint dries pretty fast with a hair dryer helping!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heff3 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Oops, forgot to take progress photos. The inner wing stubs went on pretty well. However the right wing stub doesn't seem to be quite large enough. So I have a small gap on the lower surface between the resin wing and the centre section. But a bit of thick super glue quickly fixed that. So after a bit of sanding and rescribing I'm now ready to prime. The photo etch stiffing strips went on well. I used a paint brush as a roller to get a gentle curve on the parts to fit the side of the fuselarge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Looking good so far Heff. Did you use the center section of the wings from the resin or the Tamiya kit. Looks good though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heff3 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 I used the resin centre section. I have primed the resin part so thats why it looks like the kit part. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Gotcha, very nicely done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heff3 Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 The Seafire has suddenly made some progress. After preshading with black I put on the top coats. The slate grey and dark sea grey aren't the most contrasting colours on the palette. However it doesn't look too bad. Now time to get the blue tail and the wing fold areas painted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
old_Tonto Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Wow that is looking nice. Good to see a Seafire in this groupbuild. Top workmanship. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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