1/32nd Tamiya Spitfire VIII, 152 Sqdn, Burma, 1944

[Peter Marshall]

Finished today, this is the Tamiya 1/32nd Spitfire VIII kit with extras from Barracuda, Eduard, Master, Quickboost and Radub. Constructed as one of 152 Sqdn's mounts from Burma in late 1944.

Painted mainly with Gunze Aqueous paints, and weathered with pastels and oils.

Mostly loved this kit, but the Engine cowlings are a pain ( might be due to the AM rocker covers), and some of the swappable parts are basically pointless. Also you are left with holes to fit the slipper tank. I am happy how it's turned out though.

Build Thread is available here

Peter

[Paul Bradley]

Splendid stuff, Peter! I hope mine comes out this nicely.

[Abacus]

What a great finish.

[tonyot]

That looks great and mine should also wear SEAC colours when I pick up enough courage to start it! Cheers for the link to the WIP, I`ll go and have a look through it and see how you got on!

Cheers for sharing your lovely Spit,

Tony

[mosschopps]

Love the scheme, Fantastic build. My favorite of the Spitfire Marks, top stuff

[batcode]

great looking spit, nice job

[Turbine_Man]

Amazing the second Myanmar/Burma subject today..which airfields did this Spit operate from?

[Peter Marshall]

Amazing the second Myanmar/Burma subject today..which airfields did this Spit operate from?

http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/html/airfields_visted.html

There's all you ever wanted to know, basically followed the Japanese retreat from Imphal.

[Tim T]

As usual Peter you have nailed it. That is beautiful.

[Turbine_Man]

Well there you go.. Both this and the Mig 29 were/are based in yangon. (Rangoon).

[David H]

Beautiful job, Peter!!

david

[Spooky56]

Gorgeous. Brilliant job

[stevej60]

Beautiful build and finish.

[PlaStix]

As expected you've turned out a beautiful Spitfire!! Excellent work!! Well done!!

[spitfire]

Now that is really special, great job

Cheers

Dennis

[Ozzy]

Fantastic looking build, your finish looks really good. Did you find it in the Burmese jungle?

[thepureness]

really like that, hope to build one of the tamiya spits one day.

[AvroAmie]

Great build I'd like to achieve something of this standard someday

[theanorak73]

very nice.... wow

[rob85]

Very impressive, great wip and the finished product is fantastic love the paint scheme

Rob

[pascal JMW]

Superb build !

[redcap]

A refreshingly different colour and markings scheme. Great choice.

Gary

[trickydicky210]

FANTASTIC BUILD - REALLY LOVE THIS SCHEME

[mick]

great work

[mixup_1]

Aww now that is what you call a Spitfire, great work, outstanding finish!

Thanks