Spitfire Griffon Engine Template W.I.P.

[96th_Nightshifter]

After years of using Templates very kindly provided by Fly By Shooter for making my "Griffon Hacked" Spitfires I've finally decided to make my own.
Granted I had to modify the templates I used but this time I decided to cause Myself some serious problems by making my own template 100% original (including internals) right down to the last rivet.

It's going to take me a long time no doubt since I have only ever made a template once before with a Ki-84 Sea Fury I made so updates on this one will be scarce I would imagine.

I started this about a month ago but forgot to post it here :(

Anyway here are some progress pics from from various stages over the past month up until where I am now with it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/GriffonSpitTemplateProject.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP11.jpg

[EAF602_Joe90]

That's a lot of rivets! Looking great Nightshifter.

[Vigilant]

Very nice as usual Nightshifter. What is FBS doing these days?

[BadAim]

Very sharp.

[96th_Nightshifter]

Thanks guys, Yeah Joe that is a LOT of rivets, have done abit more and toned them down a lot since that image but am currently working on the fuselage rivets (joy).

As for FBS, I have seen him posting more of his work at the M4T site - jaw dropping stuff as usual :)

[96th_Nightshifter]

Progress is going a bit faster now that the rivets are complete :)

Story so far:

Panel lines complete
Internals complete
Bolts Complete
Rivets Complete
Weathering - W.I.P.
First paint Scheme - undecided

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP12.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP13.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP14.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP15.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/96th_Nightshifter/Spitfire%20MKXIV%20Project/SpitMKXIVWIP16.jpg

[Feuerfalke]

Great work!

I'm just working on a Spit-template after I completely reworked Foo'bars 109-template. A very good template, but I never felt comfortable with various points, so in the meanwhile I've completely redone the whole thing - bolt by bolt.

My personal feeling is, though, that bolts and panel-lines are mostly overdone. It's good this is up to one's personal preference, but I oriented on original pictures and tried to find a way between a realistic look and somewhat more eyecandy 3D-effects. The problems is, though, that you mostly see the metal surrounding the bolts, due to their bent shape and different reflections, rather than the bolts themselves. This is my result:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v411/Arcadiac/109WIP.jpg


For my Spit-template, I use pictures like this to adjust strength of panellines and stuff:
http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/MOF-2/M-SpitM14-2.jpg