Randy Lutz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hi all, Here are a few shots of my French Spit 9. I performed the basic mods/enhancements such as: Fuselage - cockpit door cut out and replaced with Ultracast resin door - kit seat replaced with Ultracast resin seat - kit exhaust replaced with Ultracast resin exhaust - kit prop and spinner replaced with Ultracast resin parts Wings - wing cannon barrels drilled out - fresh air intake drilled out - under wing IFF antenna added - kit wheels replaced with Ultracast resin wheels - elevators repositioned Paint and Decals - airframe painted with Xtracolor X1 RAF Dark Green BS241, X6 RAF Ocean Grey, X3 RAF Medium Sea Grey BS637, X103 Insignia Red FS11136, X124 Blue FS15109, X141 White and X106 Insignia Yellow FS13538. - all national insignia are painted on, while remainder of markings are from Hussar Spitfire Mk IX in Color - model is weathered with chalk pastels References - Aero Detail No. 27 Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VI-XVI - Model Art No. 387 Supermarine Spitfire - photos of MJ897 found on Internet The decals are printed by Techmod and usually I have nothing but grief when I use Techmod decals, but these were absolutely wonderful to use, with no troubles whatsoever. Cheers Randy 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 What a stunner! Great to see a Spit in different clothes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLurker Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Tres jolie. That's very, very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Lovely scheme and lovely build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Really great looking Spitfire. I assume it's the Hasegawa kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Nice... And the kit is? 1/72? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 1 hour ago, RidgeRunner said: Nice... And the kit is? 1/72? Martin 1/48th scale like the tag says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 That's a stunning piece of work Randy,beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Very nice work and great to see some French roundels. The insignia are very neatly done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Lovely Spitfire - great to see one in a different livery. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 very nice looking spitfire..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Spitfire of the month, really great looking model, and the colour scheme is so good😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 16 hours ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: What a stunner! Great to see a Spit in different clothes! Thanks much Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 16 hours ago, TheLurker said: Tres jolie. That's very, very nice Much appreciated. Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 16 hours ago, woody37 said: Lovely scheme and lovely build Thank you. Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 16 hours ago, Tbolt said: Really great looking Spitfire. I assume it's the Hasegawa kit? Thank you and yes you assume correctly. Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 13 hours ago, stevej60 said: That's a stunning piece of work Randy,beautiful! Thanks Steve Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 4 hours ago, spruecutter said: Very nice work and great to see some French roundels. The insignia are very neatly done. Thanks. I forgot to mention that I also painted the Sky colour around the serial numbers. Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 4 hours ago, mick said: great work Thank you Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgb40 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 up to your usual high standards Slim good to see you at the show George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 3 hours ago, WildeSau75 said: Lovely Spitfire - great to see one in a different livery. Cheers, Michael Thanks Michael. I agree, it is nice to a Spit in different markings. Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lutz Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 23 minutes ago, rgb40 said: up to your usual high standards Slim good to see you at the show George Hey Georgie Boy Thanks and yes it sure was nice meeting up again. I told Debbie about our conversation and she thought that was nice. Thanks for that. Cheers Randy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Fantastic Spit!! Compliments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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