Corricon's Angel will launch from here.

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If I can build a Spitfire in 2 1/2 hours why can't I finish a Group Build on time?

Just ordered mine for this GB, so bring it on  :twisted:

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Spectrum Is Green!

First off the obligatory Box, Sprue, Instruction and Decal shots:

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Have made a small start and cemented the wing halves together and cleaned up the intakes on the fin and painted the insides black.
Nothing really to photograph so more in the following days.
Thanks for looking
SIG

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Very little progress I'm afraid due to Mum being in Hospital over the last few days.  Have managed to put in some splitter pieces for the tail fin vents though.  These'll need sanding back once firmly dried:



More to follow soon  :wink:

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Sorry to hear about your Mum, hope it isn't anything too serious.

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If I can build a Spitfire in 2 1/2 hours why can't I finish a Group Build on time?

Thanks Tim, a bout of pneumonia, however she's now out of Hospital and on the mend fingers crossed, and will be going to my brothers for some round the clock care, so will probably be able to get back to the model making next week after work!

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Right now I can stop worrying about my Mum (She's safe with my brother!) I've managed to progress the Interceptor.  The fuselage is together and the wings are on, however they do not align up very well:



I now know another reason why I don't normally 'do' aircraft apart from 'SWMBO'.........sanding
After a bout of sanding I'm now to this stage:



Now most of the join lines will require a scraping of filler across them.  A job for tomorrow perhaps?

SIG  Thanks for stopping by.

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I know what you mean about the sanding, I'm not too keen on it either.

Looking good though.

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If I can build a Spitfire in 2 1/2 hours why can't I finish a Group Build on time?

Quick update, however no pictures.  All I've managed with this is a scraping of filler across all the joint lines....................more sanding to follow  :(

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I'm going to have to concentrate on this one, but enthusiasm is waning!  Here it is with yet more sanding required  :evil:



Once the sanding is over then it needs the front wing plus the skids and I can move on to the painting stage.......................hopefully!

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Good news about your mum. Hope her recovery is full and quick.

As for the Interceptor, having built three of them in the past few weeks, you have my sympathy. I think my fingers are half an inch shorter after all the sanding I had to do to make them look even half decent.

Dave

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It's coming along well but the sanding is a pain. Keep up the good work.

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If I can build a Spitfire in 2 1/2 hours why can't I finish a Group Build on time?

SIG - On the move with this again!
More sanding completed tonight and hopefully the last of it!
It's now had a base coat of Matt White:





Well maybe a 'light' sanding before applying a top coat of gloss.
More soon

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Change of plan, it won't be a top coat of Gloss as I'm brush painting it, so will stick with the matt white.  It's now had a couple of thin ish coats and is now drying before it gets one more covering of white.  Then I'll pick out the red bits.  Will klear the areas requiring decals and then give it an overall covering of klear to give it that glossy look!  (Well that's the plan anyway)
Pictures to follow when the red is applied  :wink:

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Slow but steady progress with this one I'm afraid  :wink:

It now has some of the decals on after a good two or three coats of Klear, just have the other sides stenciling to apply, it's then on to the painting of the red parts and the home straight will be beckoning.  I think it will be a 'Mysterons' version as I'm inclined to 'black' out the canopy on this one as the interior is not that clever!  Picture of it so far below:



More to follow.  Thanks for looking and SIG!

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Nice job on the paintwork.

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All the stenciling now done, although if you look closely one or two maybe upside down (my eyes, even with glasses, are not what they used to be!)
Have now completed the red around the front of the interceptor for which I used a red decal strip for the underneath against the large black 'A', have also painted in the red blisters either side of the intakes.  It has had yet another couple of coats of Klear, applied with a brush and is now to be left a couple of days to thoroughly harden.
All that will need to be done then will be the 'feet', front leg and canopy (which will be blacked out!)  Latest pictures below:





More in the next couple of days.  SIG!

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Corricon thats an interesting idea about the matt paint then simply using a clear gloss over the top.

Which matt did you use for that? I was thinking of using a matt white undercoat with a final gloss white over the top, but doing it your way might be easier.

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Phil B:  It's  the standard Revell Matt white and I've used Klear over the top, all brush painted!  Still some brush strokes visible up close, but I'm fairly happy with the way it's come out.  Thin coats of white first though (about 3 or 4!)

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