Official FlightLine RC 1600mm Spitfire Mk. IX Thread

[spec450]

Do you do anything to the decals to dull them?? That was one issue I had when doing my Grumman cats with callie graphics was the gloss on them. I did something similar as you allowing the run burns to fade onto the decal themselves, then shaded panel lines over the top of the decal as best I could.

[ryramZ]

Do you do anything to the decals to dull them?? That was one issue I had when doing my Grumman cats with callie graphics was the gloss on them. I did something similar as you allowing the run burns to fade onto the decal themselves, then shaded panel lines over the top of the decal as best I could.

I spray clear flat or satin over them to dull the shine.

[Pogo]

I did a full cockpit and sliding canopy on my TopFlite P-47 about 5 years ago and replaced the pilot figure with one of these Warbird Pilots last year. As Alpha said, the realism of these figures just can't be beat and though expensive are well worth it, I think.
As the Jug is about 1/7.5 scale this guy is a tad large but should be just right for the 1/7 Spitfire.:Cool: I'll probably begin this week and will try to document the process as it goes along. I'll use this guy out of the Thunderbolt for sizing as I haven't got his British counterpart on hand yet.
At the moment I'm waiting not so patiently for my family to wake up so the gift opening can begin and I can unbox the Spit Santa brought me!
Happy Holidays guys!
Tom

So here he is shoehorned in- removing the cockpit floor down to the pushrod tubes gains about 20mm, otherwise the figure would have to be cut at the waist. I wanted to retain the legs and all the cotton stuffing has been removed from his butt to get him as low as possible- this was necessary to fit him into the P-47 as well.
Tom

[Pogo]

Work on the sliding canopy and door is coming along- plastic wiper blade tracks were cut down for the canopy rails and the rubber wiper blades themselves were trimmed and bonded to the roughened canopy sides with Goop adhesive. The door is hinged with cut down nylon units and closes with a nice "thunk" thanks to the installed magnets. It's all looking pretty rough right now but with some detailing and paint should be OK.
Tom

[Grossman56]

I spray clear flat or satin over them to dull the shine.

Same here, the clear coat helps to seal the decals on as well as giving you that nice flat surface sheen.
While I'm thinking about it, has anyone ever removed the 'hubs' that sit beside the cannon?
I'm debating on whether I want to or not as it gives me the option to install the cannons or fly with out. When flying without, I'll put some red tape over the cannon hole.

[Grossman56]

So, I inadvertently found a very scale looking retract setting. The blue box has three different gear retraction sequences, I plugged one retract into the door mechanism plug and the other into the regular retract plug. The result is that one gear goes up then the other, looks very scale-like. Anyone else doing that??

Grossman56

[Pogo]

I did a new instrument panel today, using the old panel as a template onto a piece of sheet "glass and then drilled holes for the instruments. I used some of the ones from the stock paper panel and some others I had and added some styrene switches etc. The instrument faces were daubed with epoxy to simulate glass.
Tom

[MichaelJ]

Happy New Year https://photos.app.goo.gl/HdyK3icG8QTrktC02

[MichaelJ]

:)

[Pogo]

Happy New Year everyone! Some progress pics of the cockpit....
Tom

[MesRcPilot]

Hi Pogo ,these Spit's cabin crossover , show that you have a design talent...all kudos.

[James]

Happy New Year everyone! Some progress pics of the cockpit....
Tom

Amazing work Pogo! Excited to see it complete.

[Pogo]

Thanks guys- appreciate it!
Tom

[BrandonTW82]

I have finally Built My aircraft and put all the decals on it. Does anyone have any recommendation of some sort of coating I can put on it to seal the paint and decals. I put a decal in the wrong spot and ended up having to move it. It took some paint with it however RAF colors are easy to come by in the model paint world. I have a friend that prints monograms and is making me a shark's mouth to go on the front of the airplane I think that will look pretty cool. I keep seeing little post here and there about sealing paint and stickers on foam aircraft. I just need find out what works for sure and will not have any negative effects to the aircraft

[boomer108]

I have finally Built My aircraft and put all the decals on it. Does anyone have any recommendation of some sort of coating I can put on it to seal the paint and decals. I put a decal in the wrong spot and ended up having to move it. It took some paint with it however RAF colors are easy to come by in the model paint world. I have a friend that prints monograms and is making me a shark's mouth to go on the front of the airplane I think that will look pretty cool. I keep seeing little post here and there about sealing paint and stickers on foam aircraft. I just need find out what works for sure and will not have any negative effects to the aircraft

Varathane water based spar varnish.

[OV10]

I have finally Built My aircraft and put all the decals on it. Does anyone have any recommendation of some sort of coating I can put on it to seal the paint and decals. I put a decal in the wrong spot and ended up having to move it. It took some paint with it however RAF colors are easy to come by in the model paint world. I have a friend that prints monograms and is making me a shark's mouth to go on the front of the airplane I think that will look pretty cool. I keep seeing little post here and there about sealing paint and stickers on foam aircraft. I just need find out what works for sure and will not have any negative effects to the aircraft

The most prominently used paint and decal sealer/protector is the water based polyurethanes like Minwax Polycrylic

[Grossman56]

Had to be done..........short and sweet but rings a bell for me from a long tome ago ................
Grossman56

[farmflyer]

That's some fine work there Gman just beautiful.

[Grossman56]

Thanks Farm, if the old adage 'if they look good they'll fly good' is true, she'll be sweet in the air. This one's been a dream since I was a kid, now here I am. Can't wait 'til Spring, but I guess I'll have to. So many toys to play with. The Spitfire, the P-40 with 6s, the re-engined Tigercat (more to come on that)
Gonna be a great year!!

Grossman56

[Grossman56]

If it isn't becoming obvious to you Squawkers, it's a beautiful sunny covered-with-snow-so-you-can't-fly day here in Cody. So, I'm keeping myself occupied. Traditionally, all new planes have a photo session on the back porch, so I took here out for hers....

As you can see, the bottom is still plain white as I'm missing one roundel on the starboard side. A little gunsmoke and some paint chips in the wheel wells (what you see is just white) and I have to get the carb intake screen painted black. Too bad that the intake isn't functional.
BTW, I know there should be 8 gun ports, but with the funky hub from the cannon still there, it was going to look Mickey, so cut me some slack. Once the painting is done, I'll go over her with some flat clear acrylic Minwax.

Grossman56