Giorgio N Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Here's my latest completed model, built from the lovely 1/72 Eduard kit. It's a model that actually languished on the shelf of doom mostly assembled but not painted for quite a while, then this year I finally grabbed and completed it as MK126 of 126 Sqn in late 1944 I call this a Birthday Spitfire as I choose the markings around my B'day in July. As my name is Giorgio, it made sense to build a model of an aircraft that carried G as individual letter... Decals came from Xtradecal sheet 72-110, and proved mostly good, with some problems. Most important is that the G on the rudder is represented in white but IMHO it was in Sky. The fin flashes also didn't fit the model at all, guess that the sheet was designed for a different kit. I sorted this by using flashes from a generic Xtradecal marking sheet, but even these needed touching up with some red paint (fortunately I found that one of my Lifecolor paint is a perfect match). Besides the decals, the model is not too accurate in some areas, for a starter the pictures showed a much more weathered airframe. It's also not one of my best models, with several small glitches here and there... but looks good enough from 6 ft, and this is all that matters at the moment ! Paints used were mostly Vallejos, with a couple of Lifecolor. I used my standard post-shading techniques to add some depth to the camouflage colors, I could have gone wilder with weathering but decided to keep it subtle. 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Lovely job on that Giorgio, would birthday wishes for the 5th July be in order? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire madman Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Very nice indeed Superb job 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Giorgio N said: I call this a Birthday Spitfire as I choose the markings around my B'day in July. As my name is Giorgio, it made sense to build a model of an aircraft that carried G as individual letter... I can only approve .... and my birthday is in July too! Excellent job with this little gem, it looks at least 1/48 from those pics! Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Looks great! Well done! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: Lovely job on that Giorgio, would birthday wishes for the 5th July be in order? Steve. 1 hour ago, Spitfire madman said: Very nice indeed Superb job 👍 42 minutes ago, giemme said: I can only approve .... and my birthday is in July too! Excellent job with this little gem, it looks at least 1/48 from those pics! Ciao 38 minutes ago, Mig88 said: Looks great! Well done! Miguel Thanks everyone, glad you like it ! Birthday was in July but on the 22nd, not the 5th... in any case, thanks for the B'day wishes ! Next following my logic should be a 249 Sqn, Mk.Vc, as this unit used GN codes for part of the war... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 That's a beautiful MK IX there Giorgio. I like the subtle approach to weathering. Lovely job! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Lovely looking Spit, Giorgio. I must get some of these. It definitely looks better than the Airfix one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 What better way to celebrate your birthday than with a completed Spitfire model! If it would help my completion rate, I would have birthdays more often. Nice work, Giorgio - I suspect the kit is bit nicer than the AZ/KP Spitfires I keep building. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Buon Compleanno With age comes experience and skill. Nice modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Terry1954 said: That's a beautiful MK IX there Giorgio. I like the subtle approach to weathering. Lovely job! Terry Thanks Terry ! Interestingly this time I should have taken a more aggressive approach... this aircraft had been in service for some months when the pictures I've seen were taken and these show a pretty worn paint with extensive chipping on the wing roots. 2 hours ago, Meatbox8 said: Lovely looking Spit, Giorgio. I must get some of these. It definitely looks better than the Airfix one. Thanks ! The Eduard kit sure is better than the Airfix one, much more detailed and accurate in shapes. As a result it's also a more complicated build of course 1 hour ago, Navy Bird said: What better way to celebrate your birthday than with a completed Spitfire model! If it would help my completion rate, I would have birthdays more often. Nice work, Giorgio - I suspect the kit is bit nicer than the AZ/KP Spitfires I keep building. Cheers, Bill Thanks Bill ! Yes, this is also better than the AZ/KP kit. It is IMHO the very best 1/72 Spitfire on the market, accurate and well detailed. I hope Eduard will follow with more variants in the future. 13 minutes ago, FatFlyHalf said: Buon Compleanno With age comes experience and skill. Nice modelling. Grazie ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Very nice Giorgio. E tanti auguri! Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimea River Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 A lovely model Giorgio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Great looking spitfire. Colors and moderate weathering looks just....how they should. Best regards Djordje Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 9/11/2019 at 11:16 PM, Bedders said: Very nice Giorgio. E tanti auguri! Justin Grazie ! On 9/12/2019 at 4:07 AM, Crimea River said: A lovely model Giorgio. Thanks ! On 9/13/2019 at 12:50 AM, djos said: Great looking spitfire. Colors and moderate weathering looks just....how they should. Best regards Djordje Thanks ! Weathering really should be more accentuated on this particular subject... but this is the way I like my WW2 subjects to be, not too extremely weathered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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