Spitfire A-Go-Go and the Revell 1/72nd Spitfire Mk.IIa, new tool...

[wmcgill]

On 24/10/2018 at 08:26, Beard said:

 

 

This is a photograph of a Spitfire II from the Flickr account of Etienne 

 

It's hard to see the wheelwell bulge.

 

Here's a photograph of a Spitfire I where the wheelwell bulge is clearly (to me) visible:

 

Here's a thread on the subject - Post no.4 onwards are worth reading.

 

The colour photo is of a 54 Squadron  Mk.Va from mid-1941, not a Mk.IIa. But the small bulge in the upper wing to clear the wheel/tyre was the same for both. 

Edited June 8, 2022 by wmcgill
typo

[wmcgill]

On 23/10/2018 at 18:48, John Masters said:

Fresh from the Air Fighting Development Unit, RAF, Duxford here is Revell's Spitfire Mk.IIa.  Not a bad build and I had some issues, mostly of my own making.  Read the WiP thread to find out more...I have left out a lot of weathering and muck.  As a non-combative aircraft, it would have avoided much of that.

 

Most of the paints are Vallejo or Vallejo Air except for the topside which are both Tamiya--XF-81 and -82.  The decals are a slight mix since the fuselage decals were so out of register.  I cannibalized the roundels from a Mk.V Revell kit and they worked out fine.  In any case...here it is!

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks!

--John

Very nice, and if you did accidentally weather an AFDU Spitfire Mk.IIa it might not necessarily be wrong...

Edited June 8, 2022 by wmcgill
clarity

[Wulfman]

Lovely build on the Spitfire !

 

Wulfman