Not had a massive amount of time this weekend for it but I have made a fair bit of progress. I painted the seams with black, very thinned down, so it is drawn into the joints by capillary action. This helps me with sanding down the seams and blending them together.
The fit of Tamiya kits is such that no filler was needed and once I was happy with the seams and polished the sanded areas I had to re-scribe the panel lines lost in sanding. These lines are important to the final look of the kit and this is one of the trickier jobs as a slip of the scriber would cause a lot of difficulties to correct.
Then I fitted the cockpit interior and the wings to the fuselage. Those of you whose only experience was the little old Airfix kits would be astonished at the way the kit fits. Perfect joins, the join itself is a panel line and needs no treatment at all.
I did have a small gap where the wing piece fits the fuselage and a little 'dissolved putty' corrects that. Needs a bit of a clean up but that's all.
With a few additions the classic Spitfire airframe is starting to take shape.
Here are the main undercarriage legs, looking suitably dirty and used, not the best of pics but the level of detail in these kits is such that you may be able to read the 'Dunlop' brand on the tyre.
Well next is some clean up of joints around the wing roots and an alcohol wash for the kit ready for a primer coat. Once primed I will be able to identify any flaws needing to be sorted.
Ah - someone, not a member, who views the forum asked me to post some pics of my 'set-up' for doing this. I will do so when the build is finished.