Prop-nut Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) G'day All, Another sample of my Malta Collection and it shares the disticntion of being my first Tamiya kit! This kit gave me the urge to tackle the Swordfish. Built last year, OOB except for Eduard belts, Aeromaster Malta Defenders decals. Kit was a joy to build, researching the Malta Spit colours was another story... Hope you enjoy the pics. Cheers Stephen Edited February 8, 2012 by Prop-nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryUK Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thats a fantastic looking Spitfire. great Build and Finish. A fine addition to your collection, I could look at that all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExRAF Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 We are lucky enough to view all sorts of high standard models on this site, and then someone raises the bar again! It's one of the nicest Spitfires I can recall seeing. Excellent weathering and attention to detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Stunner!! what a great looking Spit, like the weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond9 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Very nice. The best spitfire I've seen on here for a long while. Gary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Very nice Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Beautiful build, I love these Malta Spitfires. Know what you mean about the colours though, a quick Google of this aircraft serial seems to throw up as many colour scheme variations as there are pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llking Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Wonderful, beautiful creation you did, lovely finish. Cheers, Wonderful, beautiful creation you did, lovely finish. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Sweet build, I like it. regards, Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri48 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Another 'beauty' prop nut... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I always look forward to your builds, i'm never disappointed with what I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yep, All of the above & more!!! One to be proud of, there...... What colour is the underside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Nice job Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Олег Федотов Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Hello. Suggest to you to take part in the Internet category "Supermarine Spitfiere in 1 / 48." http://www.modelistbarnaul.com/index/spitfajer/0-11 You can set: "Supermarine Spitfiere in 1 / 48", as well as www.modelistbarnaul.com 11. Special gift from Internet shop «the HOBBY FOR YOU» http://www.hobbyforyou.ru for the best model of the plane «Supermarine Spitfiere on the scale of 1/48» from company "HASEGAWA". 12. Special prize company «ICM» for the best model airplane «Supermarine Spitfiere in 1 / 48" from the company «ICM-Moskow». Waiting for an answer:[email protected], [email protected] Photos can be sent to my address [email protected], [email protected] I hope you accept my invitation. Regards, Oleg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Quinton Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Beautiful, simply beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltadefender Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Very elegantly done, love it Stephen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Beautiful. Always liked the look of the trop Spits in that scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trpsarge Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Very handsome build. Tamyia Spitfires really do scrub up well with some TLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Hello Stephen, I really am an admirer of your modelling but with respect I have come to a different conclusion about this very same aircraft! Good photos appear on pages 83-84 of the excellent Osprey Aces book Spitfire Aces by Steve Nichols which show it to have a DH propeller, no Vokes filter, clipped wings and a dark colour scheme whilst the underneath of the clipped wingtips are a colour which matches the red of the under wing roundel. My own research indicates a Dark Blue upper surface colour scheme with Azure Blue codes, especially as the codes do not match the yellow of the roundel outline! Anyway for what it is worth here is a photo of my model, again built using the same Tamiya kit but with a Hasegawa propeller. And here is one before I overpainted the yellow Aeromaster codes with Azure Blue Funnily enough,Sqn Ldr John Lynch, an American in the RCAF was quite near sighted despite being an ace and he relied heavily on his wingman! Having shot down `Malta`s 1,000th' kill his own `scoreboard' on EP829 which included an Italian kill was deleted a few days later for propoganda purposes and a new one, located further back under the windscreen comprising solely of German crosses under which was chalked the famous `Malta`s 1,000th' . In the photo depicting this fresh paint can just be made out further forward where the original scoreboard had been. Having shared Short Messages with you in the past I`m pretty sure that you`ll appreciate my input here, but just in case, please feel free to delete this post, All the best Tony O Edited February 12, 2012 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratpit Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 Very nice work there - great painting and weathering. I love the look of the Malta spits. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prop-nut Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Hello Stephen, I really am an admirer of your modelling but with respect I have come to a different conclusion about this very same aircraft! Good photos appear on pages 83-84 of the excellent Osprey Aces book Spitfire Aces by Steve Nichols which show it to have a DH propeller, no Vokes filter, clipped wings and a dark colour scheme whilst the underneath of the clipped wingtips are a colour which matches the red of the under wing roundel. My own research indicates a Dark Blue upper surface colour scheme with Azure Blue codes, especially as the codes do not match the yellow of the roundel outline! Anyway for what it is worth here is a photo of my model, again built using the same Tamiya kit but with a Hasegawa propeller. And here is one before I overpainted the yellow Aeromaster codes with Azure Blue Funnily enough,Sqn Ldr John Lynch, an American in the RCAF was quite near sighted despite being an ace and he relied heavily on his wingman! Having shot down `Malta`s 1,000th' kill his own `scoreboard' on EP829 which included an Italian kill was deleted a few days later for propoganda purposes and a new one, located further back under the windscreen comprising solely of German crosses under which was chalked the famous `Malta`s 1,000th' . In the photo depicting this fresh paint can just be made out further forward where the original scoreboard had been. Having shared Short Messages with you in the past I`m pretty sure that you`ll appreciate my input here, but just in case, please feel free to delete this post, All the best Tony O Hi Tony , I based my model on my Malta Bible. Namely Malta George Cross, Victory in the Air, by Richard J Caruana. (BTW do you have a copy?) Its an absolute must have in my opinion. Anyway page 34 shows a line up of 249 Sqd Spits, EP829 , is shown 3rd from the front. They all have Volkes filters in that shot, also the small "T" isnt visible on that side of the aircraft. Page 37 shows EP829 undergoing servicing and a visble camo pattern is present, again in that photo. To my mind EP829, at this point in time was as modelled, however this isnt to say that this didnt change later on. (Page 34 of Malta GC also shows BR246 which almost certainly is in a "blue" scheme, it is describes an an early Spit.) I question if the larger photo on page 83 of the Osprey book is in fact EP829! One other point this phot shows an aircraft with a penant of some some just below and infront of the front windscreen, this penant is not present in my photo reference, this and the fact that no codes of any sort are visible. From: Malta George Cross, Victory in the Air, by Richard J Caruana In anycase you did a very nice job on your Spit, and I welcome the ongoing investigation. Cheers Stephen Edited February 13, 2012 by Prop-nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Great Spit, Volkes filter Mk V's are my favourite early Spits by a mile, they just have a "look"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob C Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I love the VB. It looks so aggressive! Lovely matt finish you have got on this. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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