nickdanger Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) In keeping with the beer theme of the Eduard Royal Class kit's packaging, I'll be doing Johnny Johnson's famous keg ferrying mount from 1944. Cheers! Edited March 6, 2016 by nickdanger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I can't seem to see the pictures "Nickdanger" :( ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Man, using Google photos is a complete pain when it comes to sharing image URLs. Are they visible now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
White Wolf Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Yup, they're visible now. Looking forward to seeing this finished. I'm also planning on building my Italeri Spit as a beer truck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I see you include fuel for the build. Good Luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Cockpit parts and visible interior surfaces are preshaded and ready for RAF cockpit green. Some tiny little PE parts to fold and paint. The color stuff (instruments and seat belts) looks pretty nice as is. I only use Tamiya so I'm stuck mixing a custom color. XF-71 needs some lightening and some blue to my eyes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Cockpit parts getting prepped: RAF cockpit green: My favorite modeling part organizer: Trader Joe's chocolate tins: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcat Tweeker Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Lookin' Good there Nick! I sure love that kit..... Really fits well! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hi, Good progress, Nick. I like how the cockpit green came out. I saw you mention "XF-71" and looked it up. IJN cockpit green. Funny that with a bit of lightening and a bit of blue one gets to RAF cockpit Green. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GretarBill Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Nice so far. Grétar W. G. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Not an enormous update but got some of the cockpit details dealt with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Wonderful detail , Especially the Instrument panel. Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Nice work...love the cockpit color ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Looking good and as has been mentioned already, the IP looks very realistic. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) Smallish update again. Just getting all of the cockpit subassemblies ready for a quick dirty wash, then to put it all together: So I don't know how many of you all suffer from losses to the carpet monster but I have a great solution to lost parts. While dry fitting the spade grip trigger, an insanely small PE part, the tweezers lost grip and SPROING ! Part was....somewhere. Fortunately I work on a Korean/Japanese bamboo mat. They're cheap (maybe $30 - $50 USD) and last a loooong time. Best of all, you don't lose anything in them! No fibers to get lost in, just horizontal bamboo slices held together to form a solid but flexible surface. Got on my hands and knees and spent all of 10 seconds to find a 1.5mm long PE part. Installed the part and good to go. Penny for scale. Kit comes with two complete kits - you can see the second trigger right between the penny and the completed spade grip. Hope I haven't jinxed myself. Edited March 18, 2016 by nickdanger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Cockpit is mostly done. Just need to do the PE seatbelts and then I'll close up the fuselage: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Looks good. fairly strong structure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Cockpit is done except for the gunsight - usually like to leave that till final assembly. PE seatbelts went together pretty quickly: And fuselage is buttoned up as well: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bigasshammm Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Any trouble with paint flicking off the seatbelts? I always worry about the prepainted belts and bending them to shape. Haven't attempted mine yet. Looks good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 @Bigasshammm - I'm not sure how Eduard printed the color on the PE but it's really durable. Didn;t have any issues at all. While I'm really liking the Eduard kit there are a couple places that are verging on over-engineered. Here is one side of the wheel wells, showing 8 different parts.... Nevertheless parts are exceedingly well machined and fit together like a glove A quick dry fit of the wing root join makes me shake my head at the precision. An excellent kit. Like it a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grandboof Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Looking great Looks like the display case thread is going to have plenty in it Martin H Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Very nice. As I opined about 'hammm's build and all the PE, it looks very realistic but I'd be sitting in the corner, drooling and mumbling to myself while my eyes orbited the insides of their sockets with all the PE. You've done a great job with it. Looking to see what else you do with this little gem. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Getting close to painting. While I'm very hapy with the kit in general, there are a couple of things that leave me scratching my head: Why make the upper and lower (not shown) cowl into two parts and running the risk of a seam line? With so much smart engineering and planning it seems strange for Eduard to add extra work for little or no model building fun. The tail is another story. Very cool parts layout, elegant solution to the control surfaces back there: Same things goes for the wing root join. I've done more than a dozen Spits mostly in 1/48 and this one is hands-down the best in terms of wing root fitting without any work on my part. Well done, Eduard ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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