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  1. Fresh from completion in the current KUTA Group Build, here is my finished Spitfire to join another one destined to go on a Project Airfix Schools Project with 2 local junior schools to get them building the same kit with the paints glue and brushes provided. Therefore no fancy spray painting, photo etched bit and weathering on this one, just like we used to build them ! I'll let you know how it goes. Cheers Pat Kit: Airfix 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia Decals: Airfix supplied with Kit, No. 92 Squadron RAF Manston, Kent, England, December 1940 Extras: None, Airfix Schools Project Paint: Painted with a Airfix supplied acrylic paints and hairy stick ! Let me know what you think
  2. Hi all, Been a while since I built my last Spitfire XIV MV260 EB-P, I spent a lot of time and money on extras for that model as it was the main piece in a diorama last XIV I would build in a while due to exams and going to uni. After building it in February I imposed an abstinence on building any more Spitfires (XIV in particular), which didn't last all too long, as I built an XIX and a V. Anyway, after 9 months I finally cracked and got myself another Fujimi XIV to be done up in this guise; Recently, I have gained a soft spot for Austin's and Morris's from the late 30's/early 40's - Part of my grand vision of owning an Auster or (even better) a Tiger Moth and being able to roll to the airfield in a 30's/40's classic. Why am I telling you this, I hear you ask... Well, I was at the LMS and saw this, I couldn't resist! Please don't remind me of the price. More to follow! Ben
  3. G'day all Little bit miffed, I thought I had started posting this early in the year, can't find any trace of it. Long story short . . I bought this Guillows Supermarine Spitfire kit a few years ago from a gent in the US who claimed it was purchased some 30 odd years prior. So earlier this year I decided to give it a go [haven't done a flying model in 25 years], opened the box and to my horror was covered in a thick layer of white powder and my first thought given this was an international purchase was, "Bugger! Anthrax". Fortunately that proved to not be the case . . . not unless these days anthrax comes in a saw dust scented variety . . I can only deduce that the balsa had degenerated over the years [being knocked about probably didn't help]. A quick inspection proved that some of the panels were too weak to work with so I had to re-cut them. Anyway assembly was rather quick Now unfortunately I don't have any of the photos I originally took for the steps past this point [seem to have misplaced the files] Another long story short, I was determined to make this a flying model, unfortunately that didn't happen. The rubber band motor was not strong enough to make it vibrate let alone travel across the table. And given that I had well glued the cowling into place with enough lead to balance the CofG properly, I figured it was too late to motorise it. So, I decided to fill in the formers with soft balsa offcuts, fill in the gaps with wood putty and sand smooth. As you can see, nicely balanced . . on the corner of my monitor My concept now is to stain and polish it before I add decals and additional features . . this should leave a clear distinction between wood and plastic, plus the original kits skeleton is highly visible. Part of the additions is to include a proper undercarriage complete with extended landing gear. Still have a bit of work to do, the plastic components that come with the kit leave a lot to be desired in terms of detail. I have been researching what the different radiator and cooling tubes look like and along with the prop decided on doing a mark V [ish] model. Currently awaiting the arrival of some ebay aquired enhancements to arrive.
  4. Finished an interactive panorama for a client, Aero Legends, based at the WWII airfield Lashenden/Headcorn in Kent; This Spitfire, TD314, built 1944 at Castle Bromwich, has been recently restored to the highest standard, the only not authentic part in the cockpit is the radio, and that's discreetly placed in the original map box. The panorama is best viewed on a device with a mouse cursor - if you hover the cursor over an item of interest, a description and, for items out of view, a still photo will pop up. You can fire up the Merlin engine - just press the Engine Start button! Link for non-touch devices Link for touch devices If you are interested in future aircraft panoramas (also online is the English Electric Lightning and Canberra, and the Duxford Catalina), please sign up to the mailing list!
  5. Thought I should share this since most of the inspiration for this model originates in this forum. It's Eduard's 1/48th Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc (Late) which is painted as the one flown by Jerry Billing, No.401 Squadron, Tangmere AB, June 7, 1944 The kit was excellent. My only complaint is that the provided canopy piece of the moving part is way too large. So I used the extra canopy piece from the Tamiya Mk I which fitted perfectly! A mistake I did had to do with the use of Vallejo's mat varnish which make the aircraft look dusty as you can see in the photos. If you want to take a look a the construction you may point your browser here. Unfortunately in Greek only. The model was awarded with Bronze metal at the last IPMS Hellas Exhibition/Competition which was held beginning of October in Athens.
  6. I had promised everyone I'd stop counting the return to modelling builds once I got to 12. After 20 months and it going slower than expected, I'm nearly done. This 1/72 IDF Spitfire by Sword is: The first Sword kit I've done. The first Spitfire I've ever built. This includes my previous modeling life when I was at school. My first multi-coloured camouflaged build since this round of return to plastic purgatory. All I've done before are NMF and single colour builds. I actually started this when I was building the hell that was my 1/72 Trumpeter F6 Lightning. Thinking I'd lose THAT fight I started this one. Then miracle of miracles I actually finished the Lightning. I was then busy with my photo work so the Spitfire got put away, along with all the gear until the other day. So in a mad rush to get build 10 out of the way before the next interruption by Real Lifetm I have now finished it. Conclusions: As my first attempt at a multi-coloured camo I'm not sure I weathered it quite enough but it's all good practice! I quite like these Sword kits. Just as well I have a Banshee and a T5 Lightning in my stash. The Spitfire is quite small and if my eyesight keeps going the way it's going, 2015 will be the year I swap to 1/48. And I'm not sure I'm going to have time for build 11 till next year looking at my schedule. Here we go. Pictures! SpirfireIDF_190914_01 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_02 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_05 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_07 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_08 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_09 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_10 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_11 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr SpirfireIDF_190914_12 by IrritableRabbit, on Flickr
  7. Well, here is another one off the bench. Manufacturer: Otaki Scale: 1/48 Type: Supermarine Spitfire Ml VIII Extras used: Barracuda decals (excellent), Tamiya tape seat belts (honestly) Paints used: Vallejo primer, Tamiya Medium Sea Grey, Dark Green and Dark Earth, white, aluminium, rubber black, oil paints, Flory Dark Dirt, Flory Pigments Aqua Gloss, Xtracolor matt varnish Very limited build thread is part of this thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234964266-airfix-148-seafire-fxvii-plus-special-guests/#entry1684720 I totally went to town on the weathering. Flory wash followed by oil paint streaking, Tamiya smoke post-shading, and lots of pigments to give a dusty, muddy finish to the model. Oh, and loads of chipping using vallejo liquid mask and a sponge. Now, I'll be the first to admit, I've not based this on any reference shots, I just went to town on her. Am I happy with her? Hmm.. yeah I am on the whole. I went too far (I've never seen a spit chipped like that!), but had great fun in the process! A word about the kit: For it's age, it is absolutely brilliant! The fit is superb. Only filler was used on the underside where the kit was warped and I couldn't quite get it back. The recessed panel line detail is soooo fine I didn't even rescribe some panel lines as I though all the detail would vanish under some paint (how wrong I was...). Best panel line detail I've had on a model so far. It's age comes apparent in some places; there's no cockpit detail, the canopy is so thick you can't see through it anyway, and there are no grill vents in the radiators etc. I believe there are a few inaccuracies as well. But for the age, and price I got it, it is brilliant, and I'd happily do another. I think Airfix reboxed it as well? Enough already, I hear you cry, so here are the pics: Thank you for looking. As always, feedback is more than welcome, I'm here to learn. I probably won't correct anything on this model, but will look out for the next attempt Val
  8. Spitfire Mk.IX - The Longest Day 1:48 Eduard - Limited Edition Without going in to the whole history of the Spitfire the Mark XI was developed by mating a Merlin 61 engine to a Spitfire Vb to combat the arrival of the Fw190. The Kit Eduard have released a few boxings now of the Mk.IXc and Mk.IXe and this brings together the plastic from both as the options in the kit feature four Mk.IXc's and one IXe. The boxing is to celebrate "The Longest Day" or D-Day and features Spitfire XI's wearing D-Day stripes, some very quickly applied. The kit arrives in six sprues of gray plastic, a clear sprue, a fret of colour photo etch parts,a set of masks, and in resin a 500lb centre line bomb & its rack. I am reliably informed the kit is superb. The mouldings look great, and I am told the fit is spot on. Depending on which Mark you make there will be more than a few parts for the spares bin. The build begins with the cockpit, and here some of the sidewall detail is moulded into the fuselage, with the rest being supplied as separate parts that fit to the lower sidewall inserts. The frame that holds the pilot's seat has recessed lightening holes that could be drilled out if you feel the need, and a sturdy mount for the seat and its two armoured plates behind it and in the head/shoulders area. The frame behind the pilot's seat is supplied as a top portion only, but little should be seen of that below the small rear glazed area anyway. Under the pilot's feet are the control linkages, as well as a further strengthening attachment point for the seat. The seat is built up from back and side parts, with the adjustment lever on the starboard side, and a flare rack in front, under the pilot's knees, which is then dropped into the cockpit with its PE armour panel, and the pre-painted seatbelts from the etched fret can be draped over the seat in a realistic way. The control column and linkage is built up from three styrene parts and one PE part, and then added in front of the seat along with a few additional sidewall details. The instrument panel is the forward bulkhead, and is supplied as either a single styrene part with raised instrument bezels on the surface, which you can paint or decal, or the more sophisticated lamination of three pre-painted layers to create a highly detailed panel with instrument dials that is glued to a styrene back-plate for strength. The gun-sight and compass assemblies are then added to the panel, with the compass glued on the backside of the panel and protruding through the bulkhead opening between the pilot's knees, just like the real thing. Rudder pedals sit within the bulkhead, after which the other sidewall can be added, creating a neat assembly that is sandwiched between the fuselage halves after fitting the bulkhead to the engine-bay, the final frame to which the spinner attaches and he socket for the tail gear leg. If you're going to close the canopy, a couple of small segments of the sills are removed, as they won't be seen under the canopy, and would baulk its fitment if left behind. At this point, the leading edges of the wing root fairings are also attached. As is standard with the Spitfire wings in this kit the lower wing is a single full-span part, (make sure you select the right wing for decal option being modelled) there is then a stub spar that crosses the mid-line with around 3cm on each side providing a little strength to the wings which must be fitted. This forms part of the front wall of the landing gear wells. The upper wing section has been moulded with a thinner skin within the wheel well to give a more realistic depth, and also has details of the ribbing moulded into its surface. The balance of the wheel bay walls are constructed from short sections, which allowed Eduard to put some wall detail on them where appropriate, but take care getting alignment and orientation correct before committing to glue. Once the upper wings and separate wing tips are attached, the fuselage can be dropped into the gap and secured in place. The top cowling is a separate assembly, made up from two halves, and again you have a choice which depends on which markings you intend to use. The exhausts that are fitted to each side of the cowling are slide-moulded to have a hollow exit, although the edges are a little thick when compared to the resin replacements. The exhausts fit into a pair of backing parts that give an impression of the engine within the cowlings, which must be almost unique on a stock kit at this scale, but it means that they have to be inserted before the top cowling is added, so must be painted and masked beforehand. The elevators are separate from the tail plane, and they are supplied as a single part with some impressive fabric and rib-tape texture on the surface. They must be installed before the rudder, and are locked in place by a pair of small parts that should allow then to remain mobile if you are careful with the glue. Ailerons are also separate, and these are of the metaltype, so devoid of any fabric detail, as is correct. They can be posed at any sensible angle, and have small tabs at the hinge-points to improve the strength of their join. Because of the almost scale depth of the wheel wells, the landing gear is built up the same way whether you are choosing to model it up or down. The only difference is that a small portion of the dished leg cover is removed so that they can fit within the bay recess. The tyres are provided in halves, with separate front and rear hubs, with a flat PE hub-cap installed on only one of the marking options. If posing them down, the gear legs sit in a pair of keyed holes that ensure the angle and orientation are correct, but a pair of scrap diagrams provide clarification if you are unsure. The tail wheel is a single part that fits into the two-part yoke that terminates in a long shaft to plug into the socket within the fuselage that was installed earlier. The Spitfire IX had a four-blade prop, and this is one of the last assemblies, consisting of single part for the blades, around which the front and rear plate of the spinner are clamped. This then fits into a small hole at the front of the cowling, and will need to be glued in place unless you do a little scratch-building. The cannons in the leading edge of the wing are installed to the inner stations, while the outer ports are faired over with a pair of hemispherical bumps. The canopy gives you the option of a two-part closed assembly, which has the sliding and rear portions moulded together, or a three-part open assembly to display your hard work in the cockpit. The windscreen is fitted with a circular rear-view mirror on the very top of the roll-over loop, and the sliding portion has a small PE grab-handle/latch added to the front, which is a nice addition. The side door is detailed with locking mechanism that is also made from PE, and you use different parts for open and closed canopies. Lastly the aerial mast if attached to the fuselage via an insert followed by a small clear tear-drop shaped bubble just aft of the mast and only used with certain marked aircraft. If the modeller is going to make the last decal option a Mk.IXe then bomb racks are fitted. Czechoslovak pilots flew the Mk.Ie for the first time during the Normandy landing as they were fitted with bomb racks and more suitable for operations over the Beaches. These aircraft were put into operations rather quickly and some did not receive full identification strips. Two 250lb bombs are provided for the wings in injected plastic. In addition a resin 500lb bomb with its rack is supplied for the centre line. Clear Parts The clear parts are on one of Eduard's familiar round clear sprues. Both an open and closed canopy are provided (in this case one part has come adrift but this is unusual for Eduard). Also supplied are the wing tips and a variety of navigation lights. Decals There are two sheets of decals in the kit. The first is a smaller sheet of stencils printed by Eduard. The second decal sheet for this kit gives the modeller the choice of 5 schemes, and is printed by Cartograf. Spitfire Mk.IXc, ML214, No. 126 Squadron RAF, Harrowbeer Air Base, June 6, 1944 Spitfire Mk.IXc, MK924, No. 302 Squadron, Chailey, June, 1944 Spitfire Mk.IXc, MK892, No. 222 Squadron RAF, Normandy, June 10, 1944 Spitfire LF Mk.IXe, PL124, No. 312 Squadron RAF, June, 1944 Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH819, No. 310 Squadron, Appledram Air Base, Mid June, 1944 Conclusion All of the parts are upto Eduard's usual high standards. If you like Spitfires, or aircraft with D-Day Stripes; this one is for you. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of
  9. Photo Etch Detail Sets & Masks for Airfix Spitfire Mk Vb 1:48 Eduard Airfix's new 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb (reviewed here) was a most welcome and unexpected addition to their 1.48 Spitfire range. As noted by the reviewer the kit is excellent though there is room for some aftermarket improvement. Eduard have come forward with a few of these with these sets. Interior Self-Adhesive Set FE695 This is comprised of a pre-printed, self-adhesive fret. The pre-painted set starts off with a host of small parts for the cockpit, including a multi-layered instrument panel, details for the rudder pedals, sidewalls and throttle control. A full set of painted harnesses for the seat are also included. Interior Self-Adhesive Set 49695 This set contains the full fret from the set reviewed above. A second plain brass fret contains additional parts for the radiator, carburettor intake, entry door, canopy mirror, landing gear brake pipes, and wheel well interior parts. This fret also includes details for the frames behind the seat, and the pilot's head armour. Landing Flaps 48822 This set provides a complete replacement for the kit flaps so the modeller can put the landing flaps in the down position. Detailed flaps are made up, in addition the indicators for the flaps are made. A handy template is included for making the holes in the wing for the indicators. Flexible Mask Eduard's pre-cut masks are the bee's knee's if masking canopies is toward the bottom of your list of favourite modelling tasks. This set contains masks for both types of canopy included in the kit, as well as masks for the main landing wheels Conclusion Airix's new tool Spitfire VB was a welcome release. If you want to add more to the kit then these sets enable you to do this. You can chose between the basic and more involved interior sets, and even have the dropped flaps if you wish to do so. The paint masks are, as always, great time savers too. Recommended. Review sample courtesy of
  10. A simple out of the box build, that somehow managed to hang around semi finished for 12 months. Brush painted with Tamiya acrylics. Thanks for looking.
  11. Hyperscale.com, Currently page 2 on Plane Talking Look for this thread Some unusual RAF subject matter (well for me anyway) - Greg Taylor on Nov 12 Some nice WW2 pictures including one of a Halifax modified to carry Spitfire fuselages. I've never seen this before. I Imagine not many have? Enjoy Pete My computer failed to copy the link, Maybe someone else can try.
  12. Hi all. Thought I'd post a couple of models that I built some 14 years ago. Here we have my effort of producing the RAF Aerocobra of 601 Sqn, Duxford, 1941. IIRC, this started from the Monogram kit and enhanced with PE and a little scratch building. Can't remember where the decals came from. Here we have my effort of producing a Spitfire Mk II(LR) of 152 Sqn, 1941. IIRC, this started from the Tamiya Mk I kit and the slipper tank was scratch built by scaling up 1/72 example that I had. Again, can't remember where the decals came from. Hope you like. Comments & criticisms welcome. Stuart
  13. Hi all I now have a camera up at uni with me, so I am able to take some better pics of my builds. Here's the first one I finished whilst at uni. From the Special Hobby kit, I'm happy with it The light for the photography was truly awful, hence the graininess! Comments and criticism welcomed as always, Ben
  14. Hi, After all these far off mainstream bizzars perhaps time for my Spitfires... The middle of the mainstreem: the Spitfire Mk I. She is from 72 Squadron RAF, 1940. I think she took part in evacuation uf Dunkirk. The serial seems to be overpainted. This is model made of a strage kit. Actually - two kits. I bought a incomplete second hand Hasegawa Spitfire Mk I without fuselage (somone took for a nose of Defiant, perhaps) and I add fuselage from Airfix. I made this model in 1995. Some decals ar a bit silvering, I am sorry to say, but you will see it - it is obvious...This is not only one problem. Anyway - I am still a bit happy with this model - the Spitfire Mk I must be in collection. Soon I will post next Spits... I want to express many thank for help to Mike (KRK4M - he has this nickname on BM) for discusion, inspiration and explanation of differences and variants of Spitfires. Regards and comments welcome Jerzy-Wojtek
  15. Hey all, Well, I'm a few weeks into my first semester at Uni and yesterday I decided to take a trip home to pick up my modelling stuff. I'm fortunate as I'm living in uni accommodation, but off campus, so it isn't busy here at all and there are only 3 people (myself included) in my flat Anyway, enough of that; I decided to get hold of Special Hobby's 1/72 Spitfire 24 "The Last of The Best". I'm doing it in wrap around camo with C type roundels. My thanks to TonyOT who kindly supplied me with some reference images for this build (and possible future Spitfire XIV builds ) This airframe served with 80sqn BAFO until 80sqn became the last Spitfire squadron to leave Germany in the late 40's. The Spitfire F24 doesn't really have any significant achievements to it's name (unlike the previous wartime marks), in fact, the F24 was only ordered to prevent a sudden collapse of the British aerospace industry during the austerity post war. Jet technology was only just developing and the tried and tested Spitfire was used as a stop gap until the performance of jets was significantly better. That said, the F.24 did have the honour of being the last combat Spitfire in Germany (the XIX may have been there longer...). This kit also finishes my Griffon Spitfire collection, the previous being my Spitfire XIV 41 sqn diorama and the Spitfire XIX "Spy in The Sky". I'm actually already half way through the build as I wanted to get stuck in without worrying about being sucked into the abyss by you lot! I'll be quiet now and show how far I have got. The cockpit detail is really nice, the sidewalls look appropriately busy, I added some Tamiya Tape belts and I will soon add a bit of clear plastic for the funsight. As I said in the title, I'm back! Ben
  16. Hi mates, I'm planning my "cancer build" - the model that I will build while going through my chemotherapy. So, those of who who may have read my cancer thread know that I received the 1:32 Tamiya Mk. IXc kit as a gift from a fellow modeller in Oz. Here is my plan so far: I'll be using the EagleCals markings for Canadian Ian Keltie's Spitfire, EN398 in March 1943. This is the same plane that Johnnie Johnson would later fly. During Ian's time with the plane, it had some nice Popeye nose art. Four or five spoke wheels? The only photo I've seen has the tyres blocked. How about wheel covers, which were on the plane when Johnson had it? Any specific tread to be expected on the tyres in March 1943? I've read that there should be a gun camera in the starboard wing root and a fuel cooler in the port wing root. Is there any aftermarket for that? Or at least some photos? Any Eduard photoetch that stands out? I've been looking at Roy Sutherland's beautiful resin aftermarket for the Tamiya kit. Anything that I should steer away from for this particular aircraft? I think the Australian Z tread tyres obviously don't belong, but the cockpit and engine improvements look so-o-o-o-o-o nice! Since the kit was a gift, I have some budget for aftermarket. I'm asking here because I know that there are so many people here who really know their Spitfires. And I do not want to do something stupid and screw up this model! I bought the decals, Montex masks, and the Master brass cannon barrels so far. I thought I would also ask who makes the best Ocean Grey and Dark Green paint, but I better search BM first! I'm sure that question has been asked several hundred times already! Thanks, Bill
  17. Here's some pics of a big scale Airfix Mk. I I'm building. I have the basic paint on, and the decals have just been finished. Next up will be weathering and so forth. Paint is Tamiya Sky, RAF Dark Green 2 and Gunze Dark Earth. It's a good kit to build, though it does show it's age. I am building this on commission, and I ordered the recent Airfix boxing. I'd forgotten I have an old 70s era boxing of this kit. About halfway through the build, I "discovered" that old boxing, and compared parts. It is amazing to see what time does to a mold. Still, quite builadable and quite fun. (Although I am hoping Airfix decides to do an updated 1/24th scale Spitfire someday!) I added a few aftermarket parts- a seat, control column and undercarriage lever from Gray Matter Figures. (http://www.greymatterfigures.com/) The rest is OOB. It's built gear up, as the customer wants it to hang from his ceiling. To facilitate this, I split the rubber tires in half, and it fit pretty nicely.
  18. Well, I finished this big scale Spitfire. This is the most recent re-release. I built it for a commission build. After I got started, I remembered I had an very old AMT boxing stashed under my bed. I compared the parts.... I should have gone with the older kit. Much better when the molds were newer! Anyway.... It's no shake and bake, but it's not too much trouble either. Lots of flash to clean up and so forth, but it goes together decent and looks the part. It's mostly OOB- I did add a Grey Matters seat, stick and u/c lever, as well as some tape belts. Lowers are Tamiya Sky, uppers are Tamiya RAF Dark Green and Gunze Dark Earth. The customer asked for the wheels to be retracted, so I had to sit it on a plastic tub for the pictures. I do hope Airfix will retool this kit in this scale... I'd love to have a modern tooling of it.
  19. After a desultory modelling performance for 2014 (rediscovered how much I love playing jazz guitar and forgetting how much practise you need), I’m throwing caution to the wind and attacking my burgeoning stash. Need to practise my canopy masking and get to grips with Xtracolor while I’m at it. This is the victim, harmless, not very good and something I won’t weep over if I trash it. Apparently Airfix are re-issuing this – hope they put in a decent interior and do something about the wheel wells i.e. box them in and put in some detail. Decided on this wild and crazy scheme from Wings Palette, seeing as I have some horrible smeary 1948 war decals from Lift Here to make use of. Those Lift Here decals are horrible and a waste of 7.99 compared the sharply printed but wafer thin Techmod versions. That said, the owner emailed me on a Sunday and sent out a replacement that arrived from Serbia in two days. Sadly that was even more smeared and blurry than the original, Lift Here- great service not so great decals. First point of call is the sparse cockpit: I made up some crap for the side walls but got bored moving around 0.1mm rod with Mr Hobby extra thin cement so stopped after this was done and some sanity was still present. Control panel from Airfix Mk1 Spit will be added later. Hey lookit the crow bar, even flattened the ends and made it look like the one in Mk 24 I clean at Solent Sky every week! The seat should be replaced but a back rest, a jauntily angled control column and some homemade belts are going to be Pilot Officer Abdul’s lot The keen eyed may spot the rather gaudy green: used the wrong interior green, doh! Next is a gunsight- according to the refs it is a flat, bronze coloured object and this is as close as I’m getting. There were two pieces of glass but what are you gonna see through this? (And this after Future-ing!) While various varnishes dry and glues set, a quick dry fit: Time to go molest a Telecaster and play weird sounding chords, more tomorrow..
  20. Hi everyone ! This is my last completed model . The italeri kit is not that good but it gives a good model if you spent some time on it . Painted with AKAN ( the two greys ) and Gunze ( for the green ) . Weathering with artists oils . Hope you like it !!! PA260181 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260184 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260183 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260180 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260177 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260176 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260175 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260191 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260188 by nionios_v, on Flickr PA260185 by nionios_v, on Flickr
  21. No time to sit at the modelling bench this last week, so I pulled a bit of maintenance on a couple of old favourites. Completed these 9 years or so ago just as I made the move to brush painted Tamiya acrylics. They are the Airfix Spitfire VIIIc (I think this the old Otaki kit?) completed straight out of the box and the Academy XIVe with markings from Aeromaster (Last of the Legend Pt 2). Apologies for the nots so great photos, was in a bit of hurry. Thanks for looking.
  22. Well I decided to start a new project. Photo's to follow. 'Sailor' Malan's Spitfire that he flew with 74 Squadron in 1940, ZP-A (K9953). I am hoping to record the progress of this build, unlike my last project (DB Airfix Spit) which I have put to one side. It just seemed to keep going wrong. Perhaps every Spitfire project starts with a bit of debate, so here goes. I have Southern Expo 70th Anniversary decal sheet which shows a Sky Blue. Now we all know that the Stadard 1940 Scheme started of as Black/White and the went to Type S (Tamiya XF-21). I am cuirious as to the correct underside colour for Malan's Spit. I am sure a lively debate will follow as I prep the first set of photos.
  23. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V, with engine out at Duxford. Pics mine.
  24. I have had a long modelling drought - nothing really done in months. Just starting to get back to the bench a bit and managed to finish this one off this weekend. Its been hanging around longer than I care to remember. Not the easiest build for me, and I am not 100 % happy with the finish. But, it is now off the shelf of doom (OK just spotted I need to attach the cockpit mirror - but that is a minor thing!). Brushpainted with Tamiya acrylics and finished with an Italeri Acryl Flatcoat. Cheers
  25. Even though I'm knee deep in Tomcats right now, I thought it would be rude not to get involved with this GB! So am going with this fella...completely OOB in the D-Day markings option. Cheers, Dermot
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