vppelt68 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) I bought this Airfix A10701A Supermarine Spitfire MkIa DWoK a couple of years ago. It´s an iconic aeroplane but may also appear as a bit worn subject for a Battle of Britain build. I´ll build it anyway, out of the box and paint it using Humbrol enamel paints and hairy sticks. Do they still make tubes of Britfix plastic cement? Pics later. I suppose the sprue and instruction pics can be skipped as this subject is already rather well documented at the interweb. Happy modelling everybody! Regards, V-P Edited July 24, 2015 by vppelt68 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi V-P. I shall be interested to see what you dou with these older kits, especially as you'll be painting with hairy sticks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi Stix, I guess I´ll disappoint anybody expecting something special from my build! The kits aren´t actually that old, according to Scalemates website the Spit dates from 2010 and the Bf 109 from 2012. Regards, V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 Sorry, no pics though I've taken some, as I'm on vacation and rely on my mobile phone to connect to the interweb. Status update: The Spit is ready for paint 😊. T'is a very nice kit. Regards, V-P 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 Time to open some flood gates. Here´s my Spitfire taking shape during the last 1,5 weeks: Five years overtime! Sprues and instructions. Some paint to inner surfaces and details. Fuselage buttoned up. It was a pain to make the pit parts fit! I know, lack of skills with tight tolerances... A set of wings delivered from a dispersed factory? ...starting to look like... ...a Spitfire! The prop is just a... prop for the photo! Some putty applied too. Down under too. Hu 90 applied. The wheel wells were later painted properly. She's got legs, too. Hu 29 applied. I´d say Airfix hasn´t made that canopy for This Kit. Needed some filing to shape. Almost made it, too. One of my favourite things in modelling: drawing the camouflage lines to basic colour. Hu 30 applied. Yes, I know I should have used Hu 11x whatever but I wanted to built this following the kit instructions! Now some sleep, maybe tomorrow some Clear and yellow prop tips? Thanks for watching. Regards V-P 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Wow! You've really been motoring on this one! Great stuff! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 That was quick, looks good so far, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 So it´s finished! I really, really, really liked building this kit. I made a mistake - although not the one I inteded to do - by using the classic Hu30 for the green although the instructions said use Hu163. I used the Hu30 instead of a more correct shade of Hu11x because I recalled incorrectly what the instructions said! Anyway, I think it turned out rather nice anyway. The Hu29 I have was very matt. I had to apply three layers of Humbrol Clear over it before I could apply the decals. And what a job those decals were. They worked rather nicely but some of them were much too small for my eyes. Hey, each and every decal is still there. Well done, me! Canopy seams saved by this little buddy, my favourite putty! Decals applied, ready for a few coats of matt varnish from a Tamiya rattle can. Love that too. Pics of the finished kit are in the Gallery section. Thanks to Mish, Procopius and who ever are responsible for running this Group Build. I´m not finished yet, though, as I´ll try to finish the Messerschmitt too. Now this build took me just two weeks, I wonder how long the Bf 109 will? Last but not least: during the Battle of Britain Finland and the United Kingdom were not at war with each other. I´d say quite the contrary! We had just fought the Winter War against the Soviet Union, which was at least nominally allied with Germany since 1939 (the Molotov-Ribbetrop treaty). So we were more or less on the same side, n'est ce pas? Regards, V-P 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) That's quick, I haven't even cut any plastic yet! Looks good though (I checked the gallery ) Edited July 24, 2015 by Robert Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 The gallery pics look great! Well done........and very quick too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Nice build V-P, I built one of these and it was done in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Great job on this one looks superb in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Excellent job V-P I hate to tell you after the event but if you position the front part of the canopy correctly you can just gently push the rear part down and it fits quite easily - I appreciate this advice is too late for you but if you build another at some point it might be useful to know... Cheers, Stew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Oh, by way of a p.s. - we almost were allies at that time too, we were going to send you 33 of the mighty Blackburn Roc turret fighters, but the deal got called off at the last minute as the Winter War ended while the aircraft were still being collected and prepared for transit in Scotland. On reflection it is not clear just how friendly a gesture this actually was on the part of the British government Cheers, Stew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Super build, a very well turned out Spitfire indeed, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Excellent Spitfire V-P! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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