dadgaddad Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) Here is my Airfix Spitfire F Mk.22 finished today. My build rate is painfully slow and finished kits are rare as hen's teeth so when I found myself last weekend wife and family free I thought I would see if I could get this done before they came home. In the end I failed to meet my self-imposed deadline but I still managed to complete it in less than a week. I thought the kit itself was great and any problems were of my own making. It went together really well and was built OOB with just an Eduard etch harness added.The only fly in this ointment was the poor quality of the clear sprue which was full of bubbles and neither of the canopies was useable with one of them badly short shot. The canopy is the better of the two and is temporarily fitted until a replacement arrives from Airfix. Overall, I'm happy with the results although there are several issues which prevent me from being totally satisfied but as I said, they were all of my own doing. Thanks for looking. WIP here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235000594-spitfire-f-mk-22-can-i-build-it-in-a-day-fail/ Edited July 17, 2016 by dadgaddad 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Wow what a beauty , that's turned out really well , top job mate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepster Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Love it! Did one of these a few years back when it was first released and had the issue with the canopy... Ended up adapting a spare from a trashed Fujimi kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Lovely model and I very much like the High Speed Silver look. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I'm going to have to get meself another of these and do one either OOB or a 610 RAFVR kite. I have two of 'em already,one 95% done as a Seaf.F.46,the other 80% converted to a Seaf.FR.47. It looks great Dagga,just barely weathered so it looks used,but not OTT.That wouldn't fit with a VR kite. Nice one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 That does look rather good! Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 Oops! Just noticed I forgot to do the wing tip lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 I found you on recommendation from 'The Spadgent' whilst we were discussing camouflage masking techniques. Perhaps not much camouflage masking in this lovely silver Spitfire? I agree that the weathering is very nice; tasteful and not overdone. It looks just right. Superb model Best regards Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 I found you on recommendation from 'The Spadgent' whilst we were discussing camouflage masking techniques. Perhaps not much camouflage masking in this lovely silver Spitfire? I agree that the weathering is very nice; tasteful and not overdone. It looks just right. Superb model Best regards Tony Cheers, Tony. It was fun to do despite the lack of masking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) The spares arrived today in their little brown Airfix box. With great excitement I opened it only to find a perfect clear sprue from a Boston! A quick call to the spares dept. later and the correct parts should be on their way. It just means a slightly longer wait until it's finally finished. Edited May 6, 2016 by dadgaddad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yesterday I got another of these kits so the first thing I did was to check the clear parts. Fortunately they look fine so I'll rob the open canopy for this one and build the other closed. Pics soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I'm not a huge Spitfire fan but this is very nice. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Well, for something that was supposed to be finished quickly it's taken a very long time to get here but she is finally done. The replacement parts never arrived from Airfix so in the end I had no option but to buy another kit and use one of the canopies. You may also remember the prop decals went off on a little adventure of their own so I am very grateful to Rafwaffe who sent me some replacements. Finally I made an aerial from a piece of guitar string and a pitot tube out of stretched sprue to replace the one that vanished at some point. Anyway, here she is in her final form. I'm calling this one definately, definately done! Edited July 17, 2016 by dadgaddad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Nice one dad - good job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Beautiful model of a beautiful aircraft. Very nicely done TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 That HSS is spot on to my eye, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Nice that indeed. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 That HSS is spot on to my eye, well done. Cheers. It's Revell Aquacolor 90 Silver with Humbrol Matt Cote over the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vh-bob Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 You ended up with a nice Mk. 22 after all the trials and tribulations and it makes a nice change from all the earlier marks we see. We certainly had to wait a long time for the penultimate Spitfire and when I get around to mine, I can finally retire the one I built from an ancient Hawk kit half a lifetime ago. Well done, Trev. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadgaddad Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 You ended up with a nice Mk. 22 after all the trials and tribulations and it makes a nice change from all the earlier marks we see. We certainly had to wait a long time for the penultimate Spitfire and when I get around to mine, I can finally retire the one I built from an ancient Hawk kit half a lifetime ago. Well done, Trev. Cheers, Trev. I really like these late model Spitfires, especially in the silver finish. I'll probably do the other one in the racing colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 That looks really smart. I hope the one I'm doing turns out nearly as good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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