Deagostini Spitfire... a full build !!!

[theanorak73]

started on this at the end of last year. not finished yet but here,s my progress so far...

the kit, fresh from E-bay...



up to kit 5...



kit 9...



this is my resin pilot that I bought for it...



starting to put the skin on...



nose cone and canopy, plus cockpit floor lowered to make pilot fit...



rear wing parts...





working on the wings...

[Eric]

Wow, I never realised it was so big!

[theanorak73]

yeah, quite big really.

OK, here's the rest of the build so far....

started putting the skin on the first wing half...





i decided NOT to use the heat-shrink finish provided with the model. im going to give it a light fiberglass coating that will allow me to paint it like a giant model. i think this will look better.

bought some of this and it seems to be working fine...



using the fiberglass coating means i have to skin it a bit different to the instructions, basically to cover up all the holes...



a bit more work on the cockpit...



and starting the second wing half...



im also mounting the aileron servos in the wings so needed to make boxes for these...



wing tips...



also making my own radiator and oil-cooler...



the two wing halves...





joined together...



started on the matting, you can just see it in this photo...



and this is where im at now. just put some matting on the wings and will be getting some primmer on them soon...

[chill]

Wow superb . This is a blast from the past

I have two of these. Well one unbuilt and one that was built but now match wood

[Mark]

You're doing a great job on this !

[casper]

Superb spitfire build
Its huge

[chill]

It is a huge kit

[steve131]

How goes kit

[theanorak73]

having a bit of a break at the moment, working on a few "normal" models. will get back to it soon

[Julian]

Wow superb . This is a blast from the past

I have two of these. Well one unbuilt and one that was built but now match wood

Has snaps been around with the nephew Chill?

[baby_astons]

probably tried to land her without the gear out...