A Spitfire PR.IG Quickie

Just a quick update this week on the PR.IG Spitfire.

Glued the fuselage halves with some Extra Thin.

I added some Mr. Dissolved Putty to the seams before sanding down.

Since I will be adding "patches" via paint, I filled the gun ports so it won't look weird.

Horizontal stabilizers with molded on elevators.

I want this model to have a little more static action, so after about 5-10 minutes going across the seam with an X-Acto knife, it finally separated.

In order to make sure the elevators are at the correct angle, I busted out the gifted protractor. Thanks crazy cat lady!

I wanted the elevators to be at a 30° down angle, so I created a 150° obtuse triangle. I don't think I have used the term obtuse triangle since high school!

I made three.

I cut the triangles out of sheet styrene (plastic). I heated up a few needles with a candle and it pierced right thru like butta.

This will set both elevators at 30°. I haven't quite figured out how to re-attach the elevators yet.

The PR.IG had a bubble canopy with side blisters for the pilot to have greater visibility. This is a vacu-formed canopy and I needed to cut out the middle section. I used a fine tip pen, (a black Gundam pen) to outline where I thought the seams were.

The cut wasn't exactly even in some spots.

I used a medium sanding stick to even out the ends.

That's all there is for now, I really have no more Spitfire progress at the moment, but I imagine it will get stretched out over the next few months like most of my builds. Have a Happy Friday peoples!