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Planning on building a 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk. Vb as the plane of RCAF P/O McNair, D.F.C.—AB264 (RAF 249 Sqn.) In my research, I have come across a number of suggestions as to what colors/paint mixes will produce the most accurate blue-grey camo color. That same research also turned up a number of discussions as to the underside color, too (RAF Sky Type “S”, Sky Blue, Mediterranean Blue, and, per the Airfix Instructions, Humbrol 90) For the hell of it, thought I'd lob these questions to the group in the hopes of additional insight and answers: 1. Has anyone here built a Malta Spit like this one? 2. If so, what paints/mixes did you use to get the blue-grey color? 3. What color did you settle on for the underside color? 4. What resources did you consult? 5. Is this one of those topics, due to lack of hard evidence to say otherwise, where modelers are allowed a fair amount of creative license in their painting choices for this particular color? Thank you in advance.
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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!- 22 replies
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