beppe Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) thanks for those fantastic pictures Tony. More reasons to buy the new spitfire Vc from KPM. Edited June 19, 2018 by beppe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) No worries Beppe,.. glad that they were of use! Right,.... I`ve got the decals onto this one now,......... I found and ended up using the Aeromaster decals as they had the stencil styled code letters commonly used by this unit and the serial looked more authentic too,..... however the shark mouth was too short and would not fit around the Vokes filter,..... so I used the Superscale one which promptly broke up into little pieces upon application from the paper!! I will touch it up later with paint. Here is the model; DSCF4196 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4197 by Tony OToole, on Flickr Yes the 2nd cannon barrel has snapped off too,..... which is why I hardly ever fit them until after the painting and decalling is finished,..... so it is time to search for them both! Oh yeah,.... the rudder snapped off too,.....I`ll re fix it again later. Cheers Tony Edited June 20, 2018 by tonyot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Its looking great Tony ... sorry to hear about the cannons and rudder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 ..and the Superscale sheet - just taken delivery of mine for a similar build. Looks great though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) Cheers Fellas and I hope that your Superscale sheet behaves itself FalkeEins,...... might be worth applying some decal preserver on it before using them? Well I`ve added some matt varnish and a watercolour wash followed by some exhaust sating from MiG pigment powders and some silver paint chipping. The rudder is re fixed and I think that I have correct a set of cannons lined up to be used. I also added a painted out roundel to the upper right wing and fin slashes using slightly different shades of paint; DSCF4215 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4217 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4218 by Tony OToole, on Flickr Cheers Tony Edited June 21, 2018 by tonyot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Hiya Folks,..... almost there with this one,......got the undercarriage legs and canopy fitted last night; 52_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Hiya Folks,..... well got some more done today while watching the footie and I`m calling this one finished; DSCF4316_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4314_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4320_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4319_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4317_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4315_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4307_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4312_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4311_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr And it joins my other USAAF Spitfire Mk.V! DSCF4324_NEW by Tony OToole, on Flickr Cheers Tony 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 love those Tony! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I’ve taken my eye off these whilst keeping up to pace with your Malta Hurricanes - wow, how good do these two US Spiits look. I’ve got to say, that the Spitfire is certainly one aircraft that I never tire of seeing built, especially when they look as good as these. I’m running out of superlatives Tony!! Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Cheers Lads,.... glad you like it. I never tire of USAAF Spitfire`s for some reason..... I have many more planned! All the best Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Great looking Spitfire. never seen that scheme before this thread had started. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Good evening Tony Very good job (as usual) .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 Thanks Patrice,...... we had a collapse at home last night and this and the SAAF Spitfire were flattened!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 What!!!! no way... I'm balling my eyes out from here. That's a tragic result Tony, are they both repairable? So sorry to her this mate. A not so cheerie... Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, tonyot said: Thanks Patrice,...... we had a collapse at home last night and this and the SAAF Spitfire were flattened!!! Hi Tony That is a terrible news 😭... I hope you will manage to repair them or at least salvage some parts for another build ... Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: What!!!! no way... I'm balling my eyes out from here. That's a tragic result Tony, are they both repairable? So sorry to her this mate. A not so cheerie... Dave 5 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Hi Tony That is a terrible news 😭... I hope you will manage to repair them or at least salvage some parts for another build ... Patrice Thanks Fella`s,...... well I removed the mess that was on top of them and appear to have got away quite lightly,...... I`ve found most of the parts and they should be repairable,...... it could have been much worse and I was expecting it to be so,......but still not good! Cheers, Tony Edited June 26, 2018 by tonyot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Good evening Tony I think that you should be able to repair the damages .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) Well I`ve fixed the two broken models,..... apart from a missing rear view mirror on one you would never know! Also I have finished the other Special Hobby Spitfire in 451 Sqn RAAF markings; Cheers, Tony Edited June 28, 2018 by tonyot 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Great looking Spitfire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beppe Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Great spitfire, is it painted EDSG and dark green or EDSG and dark slate grey ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Agree - the 451 Spit is just ovely and so glad to hear that the other two have successfully left the maintenance shop. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Thanks everybody! 9 hours ago, beppe said: Great spitfire, is it painted EDSG and dark green or EDSG and dark slate grey ? Many of the RAF Commonwealth aircraft that were repainted in Temperate Sea Scheme in North Africa wore colours which were `stronger' than the prescribed colours,...... probably because they were `locally manufactured' with account taken for the fact that the UK produced colours faded very quickly under UV light,...or because US paints such as Olive Drab and Neutral Grey were used. I have tried to replicate this,..... the Dark Slate Grey is from Polly Scale in America which is a very greenish shade of the colour,....... hence why I used it in this case. When photographing this particular `modified' scheme on models it is quite hard to reproduce it well as it change markedly in different lighting conditions,.... plus the background colour also affects it too,...... especially blue or white! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beppe Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 6/17/2018 at 1:29 PM, tonyot said: Hiya Folks, No more progress on the USAAF `Shark Mouth' yet,..... but I`ve got the cannons and undercarriage on the Aussie 451 Sqn Spit; DSCF4185 by Tony OToole, on Flickr DSCF4186 by Tony OToole, on Flickr The paint on this one is literally layered on,..... so I have been lightly sanding it and buffing it to try and make it look respectable!! Cheers Tony hello tony the small cv are the 3 sqn RAAF code ? Was squadron zap a common occurence during the war ? Cheers, Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 1 hour ago, beppe said: hello tony the small cv are the 3 sqn RAAF code ? Was squadron zap a common occurence during the war ? Cheers, Joseph Hiya Joseph,,...... the pilot was ex 3 Sqn RAAF and he added the small `CV' codes as a personal marking, so they were not sqn zaps as such. I wouldn`t say that sqn zaps were common in WW2. Cheers, Tony I would 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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