GB-62 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IX - Spitfires (1 Viewer)

[N4521U]

User Name : N4521U
First Name : Bill
Category : Advanced????
Manufacturer; ICM #48061 Spitfire Mk.IX
Scale : 1/48
Extras : Custom decals, exhausts, I.P., seat-belts, PE interior stuff
started buying for this a lonnnng time ago, forgot what I had!!

This is another (A.H.) Davidson Spitty, 601 Sqn, PT935 UF@A. Flown Jan 30, 1945.
It was crashed by another pilot Feb 21, 1945. There were many UF@A Spitts.
I really wanted to do a silver Spit, but unfortunately there was only One stripped of camo.
So I will have another Grey and Green camo Spitfire!!!! Dang....

So here we go, another I have to catch up on. First the kit, we all know what they look like, a mess of parts on trees. Another with what I had hoped to do, top, and below what I'll be doing, Grey and Green! Then where I am now! I started a couple of days ago and was too lazy to post, sorry.
I will be attacking the cockpit next!

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

By the way, this is A.H.D.

Some of the last two days work onner.
Using the PE seat, added some slats for the leather backrest,
and a slip of styrene to the rear for mounting to armor plate.
I often stick PE to styrene for added 3D, and makes mounting easier.
IP is next for a 3D decal, and a couple of styrene dots for knobs!
Paint? It's bloody rainy and cold!!!!!!!! Maybe lndg gear and wing work!

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

Nice project Bill
Mine will be a ICM model too, with lots of extras to try to correct the "lots of" small defects...

 

[Jock Tamson]

Nice work with the additional details. Looking good

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Like your subject Bill and you're really getting stuck into this one.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice one. That PE seat is a vast improvement over the kit one.

 

[N4521U]

Nice one. That PE seat is a vast improvement over the kit one.

PE is in addition to the kit. But does a nice job. The kit goes together nice and quick.
Here's what I have been up to. The bent Granny Clamps are a help with uneven areas.
Sticking the pit on one side so I can thread the shoulder harness thru to the back.
Have to set the peddles in and the gun sight. Engine is getting the colors added.

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

As always, looking good Bill.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Bill!

 

[N4521U]

Thanks guys!!!!! We are the best on this site.
So I always get fidgity about the seatbelts of Spitties.
They are never long enough to reach back behind the seat.
I have taken a piece of lead wire (solder) and squashed it thin.
painted it with lacquer and attached this to frame behind the seat
with CA and Bob's yer bloody uncle. I will attach the SB to the end.

 

[fubar57]

Smart

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Super smart I would say.

 

[Wurger]

 

[N4521U]

The final result for the seatbelts before buttoning this up?
Sorry for the bad colors!

 

[fubar57]

Tell the colours to smarten up, Bill

 

[rochie]

Great looking innards Bill