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Hi all, here are a few pics of a kit I completed last year: It is the Seafire XV from Special Hobby. I used the marking of some FAA squadron stationed on Trincomalee in 1945. I read on the web that the reinforcing plates that were molded on the fuselage sides are absent on this mark, so I sanded them off. I also replaced the kit landing legs by leftovers from a Eduard Spit VIII kit. Judging from pictures the kit sits to high with the Special Hobby legs. I also decided to fold one wing, the wingfold details were scratchbuild with palsticard and fuse wire. I used piano wire to assemble the wing parts. The FAA colors are Tamiya and Gunze paint mixes, I used the mixes given by Roy Sutherland for the extra dark sea grey and dark slate grey. The weathering was done with Mig ammo washes and ink pens. Not surprisingly, after completing the kit, I found a picture of this plane which shows that he was kept in pristine conditions ! I hope you will enjoy it, best, Christian.
