John Masters Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) I have decided to join the two WiP builds of the Israeli Spitfires I have going on. At this point it is just easier to photograph them both together and make a single post. I shpuld have done that from the start. Here is the Eduard thread, White 26 from 1948-49... And here is the KoPro thread, Black 89 from the mid-1950s... May they now be as one! 🤩 Edited April 6, 2019 by John D.C. Masters 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 A lot has happened with this thread but it is a lot of little things...sorting out what pieces I still have to use and putting away superfluous sprue (Eduard)...priig ad painting small parts (E=exhausts, spinners, yellow propeller tips...) and getting ready to mask the canopy pieces, attacher them and prime the aircraft. As you can see I have attached the guns and the radio antennae. So it's small things now...painting the wheels, landing gear... On another note...off-topic, as it were...I am extremely excited about the new Eduard Fokker DVII in 1/72nd scale. Especially the MAG. From what I hear they will be releasing a Royal Class box, weekend editions, two different MAG kits, etc...this is going to be a fun winter for me. I have already preordered a couple of the OAW kits coming out in May but I seem to be having an issue ordering the Limited Edition MAG kit from Eduard. I have asked my local hobby store to order it for me. Finally...a Fokker kit that will assemble properly and be accurate! --John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 Canopies masked and attached, ready for the primer... And primed! Note that I have painted and assembled both props. The little tins represent all that is left of the plastic parts to be assembled. This would be the landing gear, pitot tubes, exhausts...etc...not much. I'll get into the painting tonight and tomorrow... --John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 I have picked out the colours. Both aircraft will share the Medium Sea Grey undersides. One will have the Grey/Green camo, the other Sand/Blue. --John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 Vallejo Air Medium Sea Grey has been applied to the undersides of the aircraft... --John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 I masked the undersides and am now ready for the first layer of topcoat--Sea Grey for one and a dark sand the for the other. The Vallejo Sea Grey went on beautifully. The Sand ws fine, but it turned out to be too light, so I cleaned it off and tried my hand, once again, at the suggested Hatatka Medium Brown. I had used it on the Vultee and I had issues with airbrushing, but why not try it again...terrible. Spat, splattered, too thin, too thick...I have work to do with thaws Hataka paints before I am fluent with them. In any case, I cleaned it off, again, back to the primer, and used Vallejo Air Golden Brown instead. I am pleased with the tone. Phew! I have decided to use the Vallejo Air Grey-Blue RAL 5008 (same as the Hataka) so I hope to lose less hair with this option! --John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 More masks... ...and some more paint! and the results, with the tail feathers as well... --John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Vallejo Sea grey? The same as Ocean Grey? Cheers / André Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Sorry...just a typo. Sea Grey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Those look fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Thank you opus999. I hope to finish them up in the next couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 27, 2019 Author Share Posted April 27, 2019 I apologize for the gap in updating. I was off-island for a few days. Anyway, I am back! I have decided to finish the Spitfires before delving into the Yak-23 for the NATO/WarPac GB, and this is what I have done so far! I spent about three hours this afternoon on decals...mostly stencils...so they are all done. I gave Black 89 a satin varnish while the decals dried on White 26. After an hours or so I gave 89 some FloryWash (very lightly) and varnished 26. I'll FloryWash 26 before the night is through and clean up Black 89. One thing I like about Florywash is that because it is actually clay, there is a very fine grit to the stuff so when you wipe it off it can leave a very fine patina. This, I feel, allows for a certain amount of 'scale metal shine'. Just my 2 cents... --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Well done duo 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 7 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Well done duo Thanks! It's getting there. I'll try to finish one of them this morning and the other after I go to an Easter cookout at a friend's house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) Aha! Fooled you all...I finished them both this morning and had plenty of time to go to the Easter grill...It's Greece...Easter is this weekend. First off, how about some lamb? Salt and pepper, ready for the grill... And the two Spitfires, on the Spitfire shelf...front row, second and third from the left... And a nice clean bench...a new kit... The rest of the Spitfire images are in an RFI thread...Thanks for all the support folks! --John Edited April 28, 2019 by John D.C. Masters 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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