BigMouthStrikesAgain

Onto the paint, and home made masks were used for the camo. Not entirely accurate for Type A camo scheme but very quick to use and will easily be transformed into Type B. I'll refine these on my next build. Paint used was Mr Hobby lacquer based RAF Dark Earth & Dark Green.

Nice work on the engine - superb in fact..!

Spot on, really love that paint job

Gorgeous, absolutely beautiful.

Gorgeous work..! This has to be added to my 'want' list

Painting has begun. The SKY is Gunze Sangyo Mr Color lacquer based paint which goes beautifully. I'm using left over decals from an Aviaeology sheet and as such there are no roundels left, only specific 17 sqd markings. This has given me the perfect excuse to use my new cutter and play about with cutting masks. I scaled down the roundel size from the Aero detail books and this was simply a matter of drawing three circles in the cutter software. As for their placement, the same books detail that the centre of the roundel needs to be 80" from the wing tip (along the horizontal), and midway between the aileron and wing leading edge. From this I could place the roundel in a box at the correct position such that when the box was cut out (with roundel inside) and positioned at the edge of the aileron/wing tip, the roundel would be in the correct position. I didn't take pics due to the excitement of it all but will post something later to show what I mean. As for painting, I sprayed white over the whole roundel area, avoiding the edges so I didn't end up with a white rim (!), then masked the white/blue portion, sprayed the red, masked that and finally exposed the blue portion and painted that. I used the super Mr Paint paints, which are spot on colour wise and spray perfectly straight from the bottle. Onto the pics, they say it all.... A few minor touch ups to do but I'm quite happy with the result. I think I need to set the cutting head to cut a little deeper as the adhesive on the vinyl sheet has tore slightly, which is why there are specs of white at the edge of the blue. More soon.....

Great work, keep this up..!

WOW really nice work there. Loving this build and can't wait to start mine - inspirational..!

Will be following this one

Superb, I'm loving this

Beautiful excellent work

I like the effect, but to pull it off fully it does need to be blended in and you'll need to add some wear and tear over the rest of the airframe (although that would need to be very subtle) Loving the masks though

You've a lot of work to get through on this, but it'll be worth it Keep it and we look forward to seeing more soon Martin

Thanks again Troy, great reading and certainly helpful Small update, the fuselage is now in primer and the undercarriage bay has been given an Alclad Aluminium coating before being masked in preparation for the Sky. I love the painting bit - did I mention that..?

Thanks again for the info Troy, clears up any confusion regarding spinners/props for the Hurricane. My pictures are a little misleading - the spinner is actually the same size as the nose, I've just put in place and it seems to have moved when I took the picture. I'm sure it'll all become clear when it's finished. The prop is the DH prop for the Hurricane and not the Spitfire, so the base should be the same size as the nose, which it turns out it is. I'll take some more pics tonight and post them tomorrow. By that time I should have some primer in place Not quite sure of scheme yet but I have some spares left over from an Aviaeology decal sheet (17 sq BoB rings a bell) Looking to use some home made cut masks using my new toy - Silhouette Portrait cutter

Very nice, love this scheme

A short update; The exhausts are now tacked in place to ensure they fit and sit correctly. Good job I did this now as I ended up pushing their mounts inside the nose and had to prize the cowling off to get them back on. If there'd have been paint on at that point it may have flown into the bin I finally managed to get myself a Quickboost replacement DeHaviland prop and spinner and can say with some relief that the kit nose is actually dimensionally ok (I would have said correct, but I'm no expert and all I can say is that the kit and the QB parts match ) So here is said spinner sat on said nose; Yeehaa - prep for painting next. Oh I can't wait

Excellent work with the cutter, love this build

Impressive, enjoying this one

Try Mr.Muscle Oven Cleaner to take the paint off. Leave the masking etc on and it shouldn't remove the underneath if you're careful. Spray the oven cleaner into a cup, then brush it on the offending canopy, wait a while then wash it off with clean water. As you scrub the paint it should come off nice n easy HTH

Brilliant, loving this beauty

Ahhh, my next build - mouth-watering, this is building my appetite

Amazing, I'm without words (well nearly)

I think this looks fantastic - really nice. Good choice of colour, I'm no expert but it looks ok to my eyes

WOW nice work there. I love the Tamiya Jubs, sublime kits