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spitfire in-flight and on the ground
1:144
with the new metal stripe added above the exhausts
Projekt: flying circus
45+ 72 1 October 2018, 21:44
Spanjaard AutorAnd I will be adding the engine details to one of them too....
31 October 2022, 23:18
Robert PodkońskiThat's something beyond my skills... Watching with pleasure!
18 February 2023, 05:33
Juergen KlinglhuberIt browsed the album and liked it. And then I read the comments,..and 144? wait.... 👀
....fact. Wow. now I like it even more - ggod job.
18 February 2023, 10:29
Lode SchildermansAnd I tought I was the one working detailed in a tiny scale. This outmatches me, Spanjaard. Keep us amazed 🙂
21 February 2023, 07:31
Spanjaard AutorWow, that is a great compliment, thanks lode!
Far from your level (I know what you do in even smaller scales 😉 ), but I will keep doing my best 🙂
21 February 2023, 11:53
bughunterI thought the EU had banned micro-plastics?
All joking aside, great! 👍
24 February 2023, 23:38
gorbyWHAT?!?!? Seatbelts and pedals in 1/144!!!!!!!!
That really is showing off. 😉
25 February 2023, 08:13
Juergen KlinglhuberGreat work in micro scale ! Belts in 144 ? - not even thought about it. 👍
25 February 2023, 11:55
Spanjaard AutorThanks Mirko! Let's see if it doesn't burn in flames, ll is possible yet 🙂
14 March 2023, 12:32
Spanjaard AutorThanks Alexander, a good deal of the merits must go to Brengun PE set. Takes some patience to get it assembled, that is fir sure. I am using those sets in several other builds, I really like them. Although sometimes not much can be seen after the build is finished
14 March 2023, 19:56
Spanjaard Autorthanks Tyson, Villiers and Lode. actually i made a mistake on that PE, horizontal lines should be above the exhausts, not under them. but if i try to correct it now, i will probably ruin those PE, so, it will have to stay like this 🙁
3 April 2023, 08:35
Ludvík KružíkIf you have used CA glue to glue the PE parts together, the glued parts can be peeled off with a CA debonder without damage.
3 April 2023, 08:57
Spanjaard Autorinteresting idea, never used that product. i am concerned that if the CA dissolves, it may end up piling up somwhere else, for example. what is your experience with it? does it affect plastic or resin? i could have probably found one when i was in Lingen a week ago....
3 April 2023, 09:21
Ludvík KružíkAfter peeling off the PE part, I wipe off the melted glue with a soft cloth, slightly dampened with debonder if necessary. Finally, I wash the stripped parts with water and a little detergent and dry them.
As for the debonder itself, I don't know if there are any major differences in its composition (from different manufacturers). The debonder I use does not damage the plastic or resin.
However, you can always test the debonder on a piece of plastic or resin first before using it on your model.
3 April 2023, 13:51
SkyhikerDebonder usually doesn't effect the plastic but it will get rid of any paint and of course CA glue.
3 April 2023, 16:14
Spanjaard Autorpaint is certainly not a problem at this stage, as long as make sure no debonder gets into the cockpit 😛. i will probably leave the engine as it is for now, and see if i can get a dobonder and do some testing....
3 April 2023, 17:59
Spanjaard Autori almost order a dobonder to remove the engine but the chance of ruining the job so far, and the fact that I am uncertain if I can get a new engine detail kit make me think about it twice.... And then I realized that in the actual engine, there is are two metal pieces above and below the exhausts. the detail kit has only one (that i incorrectly placed under the exhausts). So I chose to add a stripe of 0,4mm metal, to make looks more like it should, and avoid the risks of disassembling the whole thing
of course, the debonder would have allowed me to paint the engine in black, and the mounts in green, but hopefully i should be able to paint all black, and then the mount in green
18 April 2023, 22:08
Robert PodkońskiThat's simply unbelievable... (or you keep a trained spider, Spanjaard? 😉 )
19 April 2023, 05:36
Greg BakerI'm not quite sure what's better, the build or the comments! 😉
Great work as always, and an inspiration to those of us who love 1/144. It needs a small dc motor hidden inside that engine. 😉
19 April 2023, 05:50
Slavo HazuchaWow, that's an absolutely crazy amount of detail there! And executed so clean - truly amazing, impressed!! 👍🏻
19 April 2023, 05:52
Lode SchildermansSpanjaard, you keep us amazing with this tiny build. I've already seen very nice 1/144 planes, but you're about to beat that level.
19 April 2023, 05:54
Spanjaard Autorthanks for all the kind comments Robert, Greg, Slavo and Lode. really motivating to continue 🙂
@Robert, no, spiders on this one, i wanted to get some of the ones of Bughunter, when rigging the 1/144 Gladiator, but they are too happy working with him, so i have to do it alone.
@Greg, I played with the idea of using those tiny DC motors you use, and i may add them in some other build, but simply impossible (for me at least) in this one in particular. besides, mechanics repairing the open engine in the diorama i want to do, may not enjoy having it running while they work 😉
19 April 2023, 07:47
Stephen LesleyOkay, this is insane. For a minute I thought wow, not bad in 1/72 scale until I saw that it's 1/144! Looking forward to this one.
20 July 2023, 09:33
Spanjaard Autorthanks Stephan, it is on hold for a while, until Nissan Skyline is finished, but i will go back to this one. it is actually kind of part of a much bigger project, and i really want to finish it 🙂
20 July 2023, 11:28
Jan PetersThis is insane 😲
Great details, I'd be happy to get my 72nd kits to look this good, let alone 144th scale.
Will follow this 👀
20 July 2023, 19:10
Lode SchildermansSpanjaard, I know how difficult it is to capture such tiny details on a photo and to show how tiny it is really. The comments are more than deserved.
24 July 2023, 06:00
Alec KI think it needs more harness wiring… 😂. Translation: yes, it's MADness. Complete and utter.
2 17 January, 13:09
Peter HardySpanjaard my very young friend, your prop shaft is drooping! I don't know how you solder such small little metal thingos! Kudos mate!
17 January, 21:58
Spanjaard Autorhummm. i did not realize about that Peter. but to the naked eye, it looks good 😛 anyway when the propeller is added (it is about time I do that...) it will not be visible any more.
actually i did not user solder, only CA there 😉
1 17 January, 22:15
Michael SchubertDo you have special powers like Ant man or something Spanjaard? That is insane 😳 really looking forward to watching in amazement as this progresses!
1 17 January, 23:35
Lode SchildermansI've some experience with small PE parts, but this, ...amazing Spanjaard
1 20 January, 07:01
Spanjaard Autorthanks a million Lode. i really need to get my mojo back and finish this project ....
20 January, 09:37
Spanjaard Autormerci Air no! working on other parts of the same project in the last few days, so stay tuned, the spitfires may be updated soon 🙂
20 February, 20:23
Peter Hardy"Spitfires MAY be updated soon". Not what we wanted to hear Spanjaard. "Spitfires HAVE been updated and I will post pics in the next 24 hours" is what we want to hear!
1 23 February, 12:36