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  1. Hi all I managed to squeeze this one in before Christmas and finish up 2020 from a modelling perspective. This is Special Hobby's Spitfire VC 'Malta Defenders' boxing, completed as George 'Screwball' Beurling's BR323. I was glad to get onto the painting after what was a less than straight forward build than I really wanted. I don't want to over exaggerate the fit issues but I really dislike any filling, sanding and re-scribing, so its always a particularly painful part of a build for me. So for the paints used- all MRP, azure blue, stone and dark earth went on first- not that you can tell that it was fully painted with this scheme now! I also painted on the no step lines and the wing root walkways and put on the stencil decals at this stage before a gloss and hairspray layer. I chose to paint the walkway stencils on at this point as I'm not sure that the ground crews on Malta would have had the time to repaint these stencils on after they over sprayed with the grey. I then over sprayed it with US blue grey M-485 and using a micro mesh sanding pad lightly removed it in areas that I thought would experience most wear and tear. On to the weathering which started off with two washes of Flory dirt and sand, then oils, then weathering pencils and then finally a dusting of pastels for a final layer of dust. Hope you like it and Merry Christmas! And just to prove that there was a desert scheme underneath!
  2. Oh dear.... I’m hooked on this group build! Next cab off the rank is from Airfix: Kit: Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Vb “Specialist Spitfires” Decals: Victory Productions “Aces of the Empire” Extras: Eduard harnesses The subject this time is Spitfire Vb Trop EP706 of 249 Squadron RAF based in Malta in Sept 1942 and flown by George Beurling. The decal sheet asserts that this was not one of the Malta ‘blue’ Spitfires, so I’ll be sticking with the mid stone/ dark earth / azure blue scheme. They also refer to photographs of this aircraft but I have yet to find any on google - if anyone has a photo to help that would be much appreciated! First, the box/ sprue shots and then a look at the profile!
  3. Hi everyone, Here i present my last ended work. I start to share the process here (work in progress) but i stoped the work one year ago and now, i have found the time to finish it. I'm going to explain it because i understand it's not the "typical" aircraft model. I confess that I have always seen these WWII fighters like birds, struggling to survive, hunting or being hunted. So it is easy to understand that when I started reading the story of the allied ace George Beurling, which they called "The Falcon of Malta", quickly i imagine a scene like I present here. From the beginning the idea was to make something different from the conventional, more symbolic or imaginative modeling. I tried to represent the allied victory of G. Beurling in Malta over the Nazis ... letting the imagination fly. One of the spitfire in which the ace flew, the Mk Vb transformed into a hawk, giving much more prominence to the plane than the bird. Just a couple of details giving rise to a wing and a claw from the fuselage. Metal bent and cracked that leads to Falcon. Trying to do it the most elegant way possible, keeping the beautiful lines and proportions of spitfire and avoiding exaggerations or defects too flashy. After more than 2 years, I've been catching and leaving the project without too much time. I'm happy with the end result but as is normal, with some details that i would change if I'll do it again. i will glad to response any questions about the progress, techniques, etc.. I hope you enjoy this "different" work. Kind regards!!!
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