Titan's 2012 Table Top.

[Titan]

Thanks Bruce, it is a great kit and it is going together so well.

The radiator cooler is on and the flap is fully working....



The wing halves are now glued together and when fully cured I will go around the join lines with some Mr Surfacer 500 to blend the lines in better before sanding and this will also eradicate the dinks where they were attached to the sprue gates.



The light covers will go on after the wing has been painted, also the top of the wheel bay will be painted interior green as this can be seen when the covers are not on the sides of the fuselage.

I have also attached the horizontal stabs and all that should move erm ....move.. .
I did have to trim the locating lugs though just to facilitate a problem free fit.
The rudder is also free moving..



Finally just to see how it all goes together minus the undercarriage( and because I was feeling a bit impetuous this morning, I had a dry fit of the parts that I have glued together and I have to say blooming marvelous, it may be old but it is so well engineered only a small bit of filler is going to be needed around the wing roots from what I can tell.





Regards
Mark

[Nax]

Looks fantastic Mark, not far to go, really enjoying watching the build.

[ShaunW]

This is really very good Mark, an excellent build. IMHO, this was one of the best of the 1/24th "Superkits" and is a leap forward from the earlier Spitfire and ME109 kits. In fact, looking at your build photos, the kit looks not unlike a modern Trumpeter offering rather than something from the '70s.

[malepo]

damn you level of detail ist just aweome

[skypirate]

Fantastic already!
This is going to be a knockout.
Good to see a build review of this old kit. I may have to keep an eye out for one to accompany my Spitfire.
cheers,
David

[Titan]

Thanks Steve, Shaun, Martin and David for your comments on what is fast becoming one of my all time favourite builds so far.

I couldn't update yesterday as it was a family day but this is what I managed to do in the morning.

I pre-shaded the whole model and then sprayed underneath with Tamiya sky...





Some fancy pre-shade patterns don't worry though as I have seen the end result with the camo on and you don't see much.





More photos later when the paint has dried on the camo.

Regards
Mark

[Dirkpitt289]

WOW, Stunning work so far

[Titan]

Thanks Dirk..

Ok here are the updated photos of the kit with the freehand camo applied, I used Xtracrylix RAF dark green and RAF dark brown.











There is a smidge of touch up to do, the gear will be added and then a coat of klear next.

Regards
Mark

[Stamford]

Lovely job on a lovely kit! This is the one superkit I´ve never had - missed out looks like!

[ShaunW]

That looks excellent, what a great looking paint job.

[AndrewR]

Amazing! A first class job. Very impressive.

cheers

Andrew

[Asoka]

Amazing build... like looking at the real thing being built!

Cheers,

Asoka

[Titan]

Thanks guys.

So, where will you be displaying it? On its wheels or hanging from the ceiling?

It's going to be on it's wheels Bruce because of all the open panels I think it will look a tad silly hanging from the ceiling with them off, I also am thinking because of that there would be no need to have the pilot in the cockpit and I am going to have to put some belts in there instead.

Missed out looks like!

Me too...........until now.

The wheels are on and a coat of klear added yesterday evening and one this morning.
I took the spinner off and weathered the prop boss.











I will start the decals tomorrow as this should give the final coat of klear enough time to cure, should have this puppy done and dusted by the weekend.

Regards
Mark

[Softscience]

Wow Mark. I was just musing to myself about whether or not I should purchase the 24th scale hurricane but wasn't sure it was up to snuff. Seeing your build, I will be getting one for certain!

[Titan]

Thanks Ralph, you're going to enjoy it when you do that's for sure as it's been such a pleasure and to be honest a total surprise to build as I was just not expecting how nice it would be, I got well and truly ambushed with this one.

Last night I painted the tail light white and thought nope that does not look right so I hacked off the molded on bulb and replaced it with a clear sprue one that I made instead which was polished with micromesh cloth.



Looks much better.

The decals have gone on without any problems they are nice and thin and move around quite nicely on Micro set.
They bubble up a bit though with Microsol but flatten out well when completely dried.

The exhaust stubs have been added.





Next thing to do will be to add some painted clear sprue bulbs to the nav light sockets and then add the landing lights to their sockets as well.

The MG exit covers will be masked and painted.
All the light covers added.
The dangly bits added.
Seat belts
A coat of klear.
Panel lines and a tad bit of weathering.
A flat coat.
And that should keep me busy for a couple of days which is when I will post some more photos of the completed build.

Regards
Mark