Spitfire Mk XVIe, Airfix 1/48, part 2

Once the cockpit was done I could start assembly and join the fuselage halves.

Fuselage joined

Fuselage joined

Not entirely perfect fit, but not the worst I’ve seen either. Will require some putty, and eventually some CA glues to seal the seams.

I’ve also glued the top and bottom wing parts, and in order to make them fit to the fuselage, I had to widen the body some with a sprue.

Sprue inserted

Sprue inserted

That helped some.

evident "gap" at root.

evident “gap” at root.

Some pushing slightly upwards, when gluing the wings, will help lessen the gap, quite a lot.

Håkan

 

Spitfire Mk XVIe, Airfix 1/48, start

As I decided to participate in a Spitfire groupbuild, I got this one going.

Snygg boxart

Nice boxart

Inside the box it looked like this:

opened box, pic 1

opened box, pic 1

pic 2

pic 2

It contains quite a lot of parts. Two sets of wings, wheels and propeller. Probably to make different versions, but only one set of wings is needed for the supplied decal options. The choices are either one of two Mk IX or one Mk XVI with clipped wingtips.

The first thing I did was cutting away all cockpit parts and both fuselage halves.

Cockpit and fuselage parts

Cockpit and fuselage parts

All parts cleaned up and ready for paint.

Håkan

 

P-51D Mustang, 1/48, part 4

Time for some decals. Adding the flash stripes took some work. I had to put the ensignia first, and then cut and place the stripe, trying to make it look as it passed under the star.

p-51d_mustang_bbd_48th_decals_1

Star and flash stripe added to one side. It took a while to get the flash right. I also added the stripe with the exclamation mark on the fin.

p-51d_mustang_bbd_48th_decals_2

Still more decals to do, but starting to look pretty good already.

Håkan