eng Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Evening all, There's plenty of folk who've been ahead of me with this so will spare on the details. Just wanted to share my rendition of the new tool 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb, built straight out of the box with the markings for the restored aircraft from the Historic Aircraft Collection at Duxford. As its a restored aircraft I've applied almost no weathering as all the pics I've looked at seem to show the aircraft being kept in a very clean condition. Only thing the eagle-eyed among you will notice is I'm missing the rear view mirror.....blame the carpet monster! Will be fabricating a replacement. My only gripe.....that undercarriage attachment....aaaarrggh! Horrible. And yes, young Nigel does have a moustache!! All comments, suggestions etc gratefully received, good and bad, it all helps. Rgds, Eng 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Very nice. In the last pic .... the pilot figure has a look of Charlie Brown, the regular pilot of the full size '597 if I'm not mistaking ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Looks good to me, quite a neat job on the camo scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 That's a beautifully built Spitfire,great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Seriously nice work. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Very nice Spitfire- that's some clean paintwork and decals! I have one of these to build too..... Cheers, D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 That looks fantastic! Lovely finish! Excellent! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Very nice! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theanorak73 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 nice kit, very well done. yes the undercarriage attachment is a surprising step backwards by Airfix. i wonder if they are aware of the number of negative comments on it ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Splendid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Thanks for all the kind comments, I'll try and get at least one better pic in natural light, once storm Abigail has passed and we can see the real sky again on the west of Scotland! These pics are poorer than I first thought (iPhone then Photobucket). Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Very,very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoore Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 excellent job. I'm glad I'm building mine with the wheels up, everyone seems to have had issues with the undercarriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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