Bell209 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 G'day all, Poor lighting pics of my Eduard 1/48 Spitfire XVI completed tonight. I bought this intending for it to be a way to fill in time while I was on course for 17 weeks, with brush-painting throughout. Took longer than 17 weeks and I didn't like the result from brushes, so bought a cheap, small compressor and airbrush from Bunnings and made a mess of a couple of bits. Doesn't look too bad after all that. Built out of the box, using Humbrol and ModelMaster enamels, weathered with artists pastels and crayons. Used Pascoe's floor polish instead of Future as the clear coat, which caused a couple of problems on the clear parts and the odd silvered decal (back to Future for the next models). Great kit - crap builder! I'll try to get some better light pictures soon. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RODH2 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Looks great, good camo. demarcation.... Good luck buying Future in Australia! I use Pascoes for clear parts, it seems fine, but if you have a source for Future, I'm all ears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Don't beat yourself up- I think you did a very good job on this one, and after you get the hang of using the airbrush, I'll bet your next one looks even better. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Like mike said I agree this looks good and practice will make your next one better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Crap builder ? I hardly think so , that's a great looking Spitfire sir. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey builder Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Look pretty good to me! I'm just learning to use an airbrush...and you are miles in front of me already! I keep getting pools of paint and cannot see why...I'll get it sorted soon, I'm sure its just practice needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 This is definitely far away from a bad build. Looks good from where I am :-) Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 21 hours ago, RODH2 said: Looks great, good camo. demarcation.... Good luck buying Future in Australia! I use Pascoes for clear parts, it seems fine, but if you have a source for Future, I'm all ears! I bought mine in the US. I should've looked harder when we were in Hawaii in November for more, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Thanks for the positive feedback, gents. This isn't my first airbrush - I have three at home (a Badger copy similar to the one I have here, an external mix I use for Future coats and a Testors single-action) but this one seemed to defy me. Maybe it's the compressor, too. Mine at home has a big 9 l tank, so regulation isn't an issue. Anyway, here are a few more I took this afternoon. It does look a bit better in the light of day. I should be happy with it but it's the little errors I made that I keep seeing that annoy me! Anyway, on to the Lancaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 A nice build. Thanks for posting. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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