monsjmse Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Easter has been and gone, so I missed my deadline . I saw my brother and showed him the latest pictures, which went down ok. I guess there is no rush for delivery as I probably won't see him again until Christmas - it will definitely be finished by then . I have a Defiant to build for the RAF 100 GB, which I'm itching to get started, so I'll have both on the go at the same time. I don't want the Spitfire to gather dust on the shelf and I know if I don't start the Defiant, it won't get finished by the end of the GB. Anyway, I peeled off the masking and took half the W&N gloss coat with it - I either need more patience or to try a different varnish. Thankfully I didn't lose any of the underlying paint and despite my mistakes and re-sprays on the top camo, the lines look sharp with no visible paint ridges, thankfully. I didn't fancy the long black stencil line decals for the wings, so I put some masking tape down and painted some on. Turned out ok . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlow Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Nice work on the Spitfire. I don't think I'd be getting such good results on model number 3 after 20 year break..! Matt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsjmse Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 On 04/04/2018 at 21:42, Mattlow said: Nice work on the Spitfire. I don't think I'd be getting such good results on model number 3 after 20 year break..! Matt Thanks Matt . I forgot to mention my first attempt at using chipping medium (Vallejo). I only did this on the port wing root, layering some dull aluminium on top of the primer and adding the medium on top before painting the camo pattern. I had to attack it fairly vigorously to get the paint off and when it started coming off it didn't feel very controlled. As the top paint layer is a bit thicker than I would have liked, you can definitely tell that the aluminium colour is underneath, rather than above as it would have been if I had dabbed it on. It certainly seems more random than I could have achieved with a brush or a sponge and some alu paint. I've made a little progress and managed to get all the decals on now... Gone for 65 (East India) Squadron markings. The underside roundels gave me a few headaches with all the lumps and bumps they are 'painted' over. At one point I seriously considered binning them and trying to paint them on, but in the end I opted to cut a hole to accommodate the worst of the protruding parts. A load of Microset later and the result was satisfactory. I'll paint it white later. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsjmse Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 Oh, and apparently I'm officially not a 'newbie' anymore as I celebrate over 50 posts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev The Modeller Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 You're making a good job of this mate, a 20 year gap doesn't seem to have had any effect, the cockpit detail is very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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