Dreamcatcher Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) Hello ! It's time for me to publish some pictures of my last build, a 1:48 Spitfire Mk.XVI from Revell (ref.04661). The reproduced plane represent the Spitfire Mk.XVI serial TB247 - coded GW o W which belonged to the 340th RAF (Free)French Squadron near the end of 1945. This plane was piloted by Mister Jacques REMLINGER that i had the chance to meet many years ago. As there is no existing decals set to reproduce his plane, i had to create all the markings and to print them on water decal paper sheet. The genuine kit is designed to allows only two options : - All the engine cowl parts closed (and no engine in the plane) or - All the engine cowl parts removed and so, in this case... the plane is fitted with his Merlin engine. I was not satisfied with these choices, so i decided to modify many parts of the kit in the purpose of allowing the engine to be mounted in the plane's airframe AND to be able to be hidden behind a removable engine cowl pannel. The fate made that Plastix started to build the same Spitfire nearly at the same time. It's very nice to have another member building the same plane as the one you are building : This created a kind of positive emulation / challenge spirit thanks to which both of us had done his best to equal the work of the other builder and always in a friendly spirit. Thanks to Miggers that provided us a lot of very nice pictures of the Merlin, we could manage to do a lot of scratch work to improve the provided merlin that suffered a rather important lack of details, even if this Mk.XVI kit (a Revell roboxing of the ICM kit) is considerated as one of the best at this scale. THAT WAS WONDERFUL THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN MY FRIENDS FOR ALL THESE GOOD MOMENTS ! Well... Enough talking... This is the pictures : Engine cowl closed : Then Engine cowl opened : The underside of the Lady : And finally some pictures taken using a paper printed landscape i made from some IL2 Cliffs of Dovers Combat flight sim's mission editor screen shots: I hope you will enjoy as many as i enjoyed building this kit ! The W.I.P. of my Mk.XVI is available here : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234959134-spitfire-mkxvi-revell-icm-molds-148/ Plastix's excellent W.I.P. is available here : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234959827-another-revell-icm-148-mkxvi-spitfire-base-and-ground-crew-finished/ And the R.F.I. thread for his marvelous Spitfire Mk.XVI is available here : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969553-another-148-revell-icm-mkxvi-spitfire/ Have a nice evening ! Edited October 26, 2014 by Dreamcatcher 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telboy1999 Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 That's flippin' gorgeous. Very impressive that you made the decals yourself, skills to be proud of! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Lovely work. There's so many particular aspects of this one but the stand-out features for me are the unusual markings and your ability to make the separate cowlings fit so well. Great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hi Pascal, Stunning Spitfire! She looks even better in the new photos! Brilliant! Well done! Thank you for your company during the builds. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 A very smart build indeed! She really looks the part. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Very nice model. Perfect paint job and markings. I like it! Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theanorak73 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 very nice I've collected a good few of the ICM kits as you can get them for peanuts on ebay, they have their faults but i love all the build options available in them, wing tips, slipper tanks etc. are they really the same molds as the Revell kits ???? how come the revell kits go for so much more ??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Very nice, great job on the engine and getting the panels to fit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Sensational build, superbly finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Stunning work ! I don't like I love it !! 😘 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Another stunning example of this kit here, lovely work and a beauty of a scheme too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 nice job, looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Lovely build, they do look good with French roundels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Very, very nice. An excellent build, the French roundels really do make it look different. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Fantastic model, 10/10 from me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 She looks breathtakingly different to 'Stix's Spit and equally superb in a different way. Very big well done Pascal. Those decals came up well in the end. I think it'd be great if the mods could possibly sticky yours and 'Stix's build threads as both a guide and inspiration to those that have the ICM/Revell Spit kits to demonstrate what can really be achieved with them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamcatcher Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thank you so much all for your so nice comments ! Really appreciated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
is it windy yet? Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Looks good. I'm trying the wrestle this kit together myself at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Very pretty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixup_1 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Fantastic! Love the paint job and the pics taken with background are lovely. Any chance someone can do a little tutorial on doing shots like this, how to set up etc? Would love to do with my recently finished MkI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamcatcher Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Fantastic! Love the paint job and the pics taken with background are lovely. Any chance someone can do a little tutorial on doing shots like this, how to set up etc? Would love to do with my recently finished MkI Thanks a lot Mixup_1 I tried to write a little tutorial for you : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234969852-tuto-photographing-your-models-on-a-diorama/ I hope this can help best regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 As the decals seem to say WoW, looks great. The bar for this kit has been set very high. I may leave mine in the stash for a while! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamcatcher Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thanks a lot Leonl ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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