chris148 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Good evening everyone time for the latest build to go up. The 1/48 Tamiya spitfire built out of the box with the exception of the seat belts which i made from some sheet plastic cut out and painted and the cable which i used fishing line. The build is brush painted as usual with humbrol enamels. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Excellent work Chris I built my first Tamiya Spitfire(same boxing) last month and loved the experience,paintwork look's great and you seem to have tamed the decal's which can sometime be a handfull from Tamiya,one small point that might get picked up was the Vb didn't have a wire from the radio post to the tail I did the same on my first Vb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Nice Vb Spitfire 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Very nice Spit 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted June 10, 2018 Author Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 hour ago, stevej60 said: Excellent work Chris I built my first Tamiya Spitfire(same boxing) last month and loved the experience,paintwork look's great and you seem to have tamed the decal's which can sometime be a handfull from Tamiya,one small point that might get picked up was the Vb didn't have a wire from the radio post to the tail I did the same on my first Vb! Thanks for the comment,why are Tamiya decals such hard work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 15 minutes ago, chris148 said: Thanks for the comment,why are Tamiya decals such hard work Thay can be hit or miss Chris, I wasn't a fan of the white disks for the roundel's,work's well when the decal's are thin but Tamiya decal's are thicker than most then again I did the Meteor for the same GB and they were great as were a couple of Mustang's I've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Really neat Spit and it's hard to believe that she's brush painted. The finish looks perfect! One of my pet nit picks – there should be no aerial wire at all on a Mk V and later marks. In the autumn of 1940, Spits changed from HF to VHF radios and the much shorter antenna needed was integral to the antenna mast. In fact, some early production runs still had the attachment points for the wire, but no wire. 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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