Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Ah, hello, there you all are !. So I've been busy with life and other stuff, but in the meantime - here's one I just finished. Special Hobby's OK-ish Seafire III, with (quite a few) bits added from a other Spit kits to make it look a little better. Paints are home brew Tamiya and Gunze. This is "Spud" Murphy's machine NN212 from the battle over Odaki Bay, 15th August 1945. Significant for being the last aerial action of WW2 for Britain's armed forces. As ever, all comments welcomed. Jonners 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Very nice and clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Great looking Spitfire and good colour scheme 😊, can't have enough Spitfires 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Looks really lovely! I have one to do shortly- what other kits parts did you use?? May I also say what a great touch with the green doped patches- I've seen some colour photos of seafires with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Really nice Seafire there Jon, looks excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Nice one Jonners, very smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Cracking build and finish Jonner's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Very nice, well done on the overall finish and look. Cheers Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426 Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Great Seafire in a great scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie(kinda) Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Really nice build and finish. Love the subtle painted out roundels and faded paintwork. Excellent. Touch more weathering on the decals................................................??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Very nice Seafire there. The faded paintwork is really effective, looks very realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Thats another beauty Jonners,......nice to see you back in the saddle again mate, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 10 hours ago, 85sqn said: Looks really lovely! I have one to do shortly- what other kits parts did you use?? May I also say what a great touch with the green doped patches- I've seen some colour photos of seafires with this. Cheers all - glad you like her - this was a mojo restoration job. I robbed the rudder and tailplanes from a spare Hasegawa Mk IX with the late style elevator horns. The nose underside and universal carb intake were also stolen from same kit ( its short for the Mk IX but pretty good for a Seafire III). Spare Eduard short Hispano MkV gun barrels replaced the drainpipes from SH kit. Rear canopy from Eduard, and main blown canopy from an Airfix MkVb. Wheels are Hasegawa too I think and tailwheel from Eduard, as are exhausts - which are to my eyes about 1 Billion times better than the SH offerings. Basically anything that looked sharper or better detailed than what the kit provided!! I like doing this - so it was a nice project for me - but Im sure the kit would build fine as is - I've seen plenty built that look lovely. I have A LOT of Spit spares lying around ! - which i keep for uses such as this. Everything will fit with a "bit" of trimming. Cockpit is mostly kit with some bits from Hasegawa and some spare Eduard late Q-type seat belts. The 90 gal slipper tank is from the kit with a bit of extra detailing. Decals are kit apart from serials - which folded up on me and went SNAFU, luckily I had a spare decal sheet form Airfix's old and awful Seafire III / Spit Vc kit- which had the same scheme, so these were robbed from there. 7 hours ago, Newbie(kinda) said: Really nice build and finish. Love the subtle painted out roundels and faded paintwork. Excellent. Touch more weathering on the decals................................................??! Hi - I did think about some more weathering on the decals - but after an oil wash I felt they looked subdued enough, plus I liked the contrast!. Cheers though - its a good question to ask. Jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 That's a lovely Seafire Jon. I always think they look so attractive when painted in the sea scheme. Great work indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Top drawer stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus320 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 She's a beauty, very subtle and effective weathering Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Lovely work, really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Great looking Seafire, any problems building the SH kit ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 A most handsome example of Seafirification Jonners - the colour work is excellent. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted April 23, 2017 Author Share Posted April 23, 2017 Thanks Chaps - Id' lost a bit of mojo ( more Nojo I suppose) recently with a few personal probs. But It's back and I'm back - you lucky lucky lot LOL Jonners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudioN Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Always fancied building 112/S, since I first saw a photo of it. Great build, very nice model. Claudio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Very nice as ever Jon. Really like these Pacific Seafire schemes and you've captured it beautifuly. I have the Sword 1/72 scale kit waiting in the wings and this provides some useful inspiration. Your Spitfire collection must be quite something by now! Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Vey nice 👍. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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