1/48 scale eduard spitfire mk.IXc

just got this in the mail the other day.after finishing my eduard I-16,i figured I would try my hand at one of eduards spits. I will be posting progress pics soon. and so it begins! photo photo5.jpg

Looking froward to your Spitfire!

Which plane do you intend to make?

I’ve heard its one of the best Spitfire kits out there

hey guys, I got started working on the cockpit this last weekend. still getting the rest of the parts prepped/painted. 1/48 eduard spit 1 photo photo6.jpg1/48 eduard spit 2 photo photo7.jpg

Nice cockpit detail. Eduard’s pe instrument panel doesn’t look half bad.

I’ll be watching this. I’m building two of these right now. Out of the Royal class offering. I went out and bought all the Brassin goodies, minus the engine, for 1 Spit. So my plan is to have one of 'em all AM’d up and the other built right out of Eduard’s box. So far I’ve been impressed at the fit of the Brassin accessories. First resin cockpit I’ve ever done that didn’t require hours of sanding-fitting-sanding-fitting-cursing-sanding-fitting, etc.

Nice start. Not only is it the best Spitfire in 1/48 scale, but I think its in the top 5 best period in this scale. I built the late version last year and it was a truly blissful build. Here’s a link to my WIP thread if you want to see how I did it.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/154141.aspx

Joe

Wow joe you did An awsome job on your spit. I hope mine comes out close to what you have.

Good start. I’ be keeping my eye on this one. I’m thinking about doing a spit before long.

hey guys,

its been hard to find time to get down to the bench lately,but here are a couple update pics of the cockpit.

I was finally able to install it and close up the fuse this weekend.i left the gun sight off until I install the canopy,as i didn’t want to risk knocking it off while working on the airframe.im in the process of assembling the wheel wells in the wings. sorry for the poor quality of the pics.im in the process of getting that taken care of lol. photo photo10.jpgphoto photo9.jpg

Sweet, looking forward to seeing more progress.

Looks great. Careful with those gear bay boxes. Another example of Eduard complicating things more than necessary. I’m looking forward to your progress. Did you decide on a scheme or perhaps you said and I missed it.

Joe

I didn’t have any issues with the gear bays. I feared that step too, but in practice the fit was just fine and the result was seamless. There was a method to their madness. Apparently the different wings have different bays and Eduard had to be flexible to allow you to have an accurate wing-gear bay for the Spit you pick. Their Brassin gun-bays also come with part of the wheel-bay attached. So when you’re adding the gun bay to the kit Eduard made the modeler’s life a little easier.

Law dog: I haven’t quite decided on a scheme yet, but I’m leaning on one from biggin hill

Yea I was kinda nervous about the gear bays but I was surprised how well everything fit.