Tom5011 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 First post in here so go easy This is my last build, totally out the box. Now I do like my ww2 aircraft to be well weathered, some will like it some won't. Hope you all like anyways, there is a few build posts on my Instagram @tomgotobed 👍👍 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Great painting and weathering, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Beautiful job,love the weathering and overall finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Great build, but the weathering would look more at home on an AFV, IMHO. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Nicely done Spitfire 👍 looks well used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Like it lots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Lovely. What did you use for the antennae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom5011 Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Many thanks for the comments Maybe I should post some more of my models 9 hours ago, fubar57 said: Lovely. What did you use for the antennae? If you mean the wire, I used mig rigging wire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce bay Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 very nice spit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroNautique Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Quote some will like it some won't. Hope you all like anyways As long as you like it, that's all that really matters. Having said that, I like it very much and desert airframes tended to be heavily weathered anyway....great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPL Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 It is a very fine model, so I hate have to bring in some criticism concerning the wiring. If you study the fotos of this plane -- and other in the same group -- they did not seem to have any wiring at all, no IFF antennas from the fuselage, nor anything from the tail. They look nice on the model but are hardly authentical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Lovely job,.... that is a nice little Spit! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 22/12/2018 at 10:55, Tom5011 said: This is my last build, totally out the box. Now I do like my ww2 aircraft to be well weathered, some will like it some won't. weathering is fine, but many WW2 planes never lasted long enough to weather. Your building and painting is excellent, and so I suggest that if you like weathering, have a close look at the real thing, as unfortunately you appear to have looked at too many models, rather than carefully at the real thing, OK, it's easy to go down the rabbit hole of research, but to illustrate my point RCAF Spitfire V, 1943. by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr note how the paint has faded, note the fresh paint touch up, and the fading of the upper wing roundels, as well as chippin, or lack of it, but wear patches from where the fitter stand on the wing here's the underside RCAF Spitfire Mk V, 1943. by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr from https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=8270787%40N07&q=spitfire which has a load of perid colur and is an excellent resource for learning how airframes weather and fade. one heavy weathering trick you missed, Merlins leak a lot of oil... this is a Spitfire XII, so early griffon, but the oil spillage pattern from airflow is the same, this one is particularly mucky, And, oil, exhaust stains, and other gunk gets cleaned off regularly, as general after flight servicing. I mention this as you evidently have all the skills already to replicate the images above, the reason I mention about being influenced by other models is you have gone for the pre-shading technique, and ended up with a quilted looked, I believe some fading can be achieved reasonable easily with very thin, very pale grey or buff, done after decalling, to tone down and tie together the markings and airframe. At least you didn't go for the bare metal on the Rotol compressed wood composite blades! But, these did have brass leading edge sheaths. and the paint did chip off those, look closely, the brass can be seen here, and this is a detail I don't see done on models! Spitfire XIVE by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr I hope this is taken in the spirit is intended, which is helpful suggestions, as you obviously could replicate the above if you wished with the skills you already have. cheers T PS here's a colour shot from the same squadron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scanlan Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Wow...that's fantastic. One of the best Mk.IX's I've seen. Eduard's Mk.IX is one of the best kits ever isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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