Natter Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Good afternoon All. Not my finest hour, lots of faults and not brilliantly made. Airfix's A02010 Spitfiire MkI/MkII kit in 1/72 scale with Xtradecals 2008 Display Hawks decals, which include the 19 Squadron Spitfire to accomopany the 2008 19 Sqn 'SpitHawk' anniversary scheme. As an aside, a chap I used to work with had been part of the arms inspection team who used to host the Russians when they can to carry out arms treaty confirmation checks. Having spent time confirming with the 'guest' he was hosting that all the Hawks were merely trainers and all were unarmed, the hangar door was opened to reveal the camouflaged Hawk with 30mm gun pod and two underwing pylons. He said the guest just turned to him with the biggest grin he has ever seen! Anyway. The stencils are Airfix decals, the roundels, serials and '19's from the Xtradecals set; they are all the Xtradecals set includes. Eduard early RAF seatbelts and Yahu etch instrument panel help the cockpit, the landing light is a 2mm little lenses item and the early style pitot is scratch from some soldered copper wire. One more out of the stash and on to the shelf. I have just realised I haven't painted the wingtip nav lights; to be done later I think. Thank you for stopping by to look. 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Looks good to me, Dave👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I agree.........it looks very nice from my vantage point. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Looks great to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 I have those markings, and I hope my Spitfire turns out as nicely! Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Very nicely done 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Whats not to like ? that's a little beauty . Maybe a coat of flat varnish to tone down the shine , other than that top job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Lovley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 A big thank you for your kind comments. Ref the shine, I used Xtracrylix satin varnish as the finishing coat. The photos I found both on line and in the Osprey book showed the early pre-war aircraft very clean and with a slight shine. 19 Squadron were subject to plenty of press attention, being the first Spitfire squadron, so they kept their aircraft looking fairly spotless. I may get around to the Tamiya Mk1 at some stage, and that one will be a BoB matt finished model... if I ever get it done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) That's a really nice early Spit. I liked your story as well. Goes to prove we did it too. By the way what scale is it? Edited April 1, 2019 by Greg Law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Not brilliantly made...? Far too modest. I have built one and there's no way I could post a thread on it here. Especially now that this one has appeared. That's neat as a pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 11 hours ago, Greg Law said: That's a really nice early Spit. I liked your story as well. Goes to prove we did it too. By the way what scale is it? Sorry Greg, title and text updated - 1/72 scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Lovely job. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Thanks Dave I thought I was looking at the 1/48 for a while, but then the canopy glass looked a bit more like 1/72. So I started to wonder. Still it has to be a good model in 1/72 to make one think it is a 1/48. So well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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