seth2012chaos Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hello people, I just finished this build. On thursday I found a Revell 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.V kit in the local store I buy most of my kits from and I felt like I had to buy it cause from what I see most modelers build at least one, it seemed obligatory. After taking a first look at the kit I thought many build spitfires so many may have built the kit and built it OOB as I usually do so I thought I might try something different. Why not build a Spitfire that flew for my country, served in my city and I found this as a reference: I checked the only online store that sells after market stuff in Turkey but there were no specific decals for this specific plane, even the common Turkish markings for the time were sold in only 1/48 scale so I had no luck. Then I said why not try to create them by painting ( no I don't print decals myself and don't plan to for now) and use the common decals from the kit. The worst that could happen is I'd make a mess and return back to RAF decals. While making the plane I remembered the bases left from my die cast car models so I thought of using one as a base (1/24 seemed too big so I used a 1/43 model's base) and also create kind of a small diorama, that would be a first for me, so this was overall an experimental build and here is the result I am pretty much satisfied with: OK.14 Central Flying School Eskişehir/Turkey , Hope you liked it Regards 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 A terrific Spitfire and placed in a very nice diorama setting, too ! It's especially interesting because it's not so common (for me, at least !) to see the Spitfire in Turkish air force service and in this very cool camoflage scheme. Fine job and presentation here ! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuad Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Very patriotic. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manipled Mutineer Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Very interesting treatment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bri48 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Not often you see a Turkish Spitfire, so hats off for a original presentation there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth2012chaos Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Thank you all guys I'm glad you liked it Been away for a while so could see the posts just yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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