Mick Drover Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Hi all. Next out of the gate after the Raiden is the ubiquitous Spitfire. This one will be a Mk.I built as N3200 from the new Tamiya kit; I couldn't go past the black and white wing undersides. The photos of this one are well know as it crash landed on a beach in Dunkirk on its first mission while on Operation Dynamo. I get to keep the weathering to a minimum on this one as it didn't last too long! Always with the box art. And of course the marking options Previously I'd remove one part at a time when assembling the kit, now I've switched to removing a whole bunch of parts for sub-assemblies. I find that it's a lot faster when it comes to cleanup (minimum with this model), paint and assembly. Who'd a thought? Cockpit first. There's no need for aftermarket here as it's amazing straight from the cardboard. Pics are a bit out of order but you get the idea. My F-35 pilot reckons he'd give it a go. The fit is ridiculously amazing. I've been a bit dubious about the supplied masks from Tamiya. Never fear, a fresh #11 scalpel blade and they fit really well. The A3 camo plans have a good use. Cut them out and you can mark the camo scheme with a water colour pencil over the base colour. Here it's Mr Color Dark Earth. Second colour applied after using Blu-tac sausages to make the camo pattern lines. The green is Mr Color Dark Green and the no walk lines were sprayed and masked before putting colours down. As wasn't happy with the colours so I mixed a 50:50 mix of the earth and green and then dusted it over the topside. The first photo below shows it applied only to the left side and the following photos show the final effect. Gloss coat and then stickers. This is the state it's in at the moment. MIGHT... finish it over the weekend. Hope you like it. Mick Edited January 10, 2020 by Mick Drover 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimT Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Really like it. A fast and pristine model so far. I know N3200 wasn't that old before it went down, but are you going to mess up that immaculate paint work with some weathering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, TimT said: Really like it. A fast and pristine model so far. I know N3200 wasn't that old before it went down, but are you going to mess up that immaculate paint work with some weathering? Have no fear Tim! It'll get some weathering just not as much as recent subjects. Cheers, MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Looking very, very nice! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 That is a bit brilliant. Apart from being an obviously nice kit, you're an obviously good modeler & although its not my scale, I'd have to care too much at that size, , I'm impressed as hell at the cockpit work & all. I'll be keen to see the finished item indeed. The wee vignette with the F-35 jockey tells a story too. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Excellent work and so fast, if I blinked I would have missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, stevehnz said: That is a bit brilliant. Apart from being an obviously nice kit, you're an obviously good modeler & although its not my scale, I'd have to care too much at that size, , I'm impressed as hell at the cockpit work & all. I'll be keen to see the finished item indeed. The wee vignette with the F-35 jockey tells a story too. Steve. Aww shucks Steve. Thanks for those kind words, I try my best! There are some talented folks out there who well ahead in the skill sets compared to mine. I'll have to paint up the pilot figure and place him standing next to the finished item. Old meets new? Thanks again! Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, Greg Law said: Excellent work and so fast, if I blinked I would have missed it. Thanks Greg. I think there's about three weeks worth of work in these photos. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Beautiful job there! I really love it. Good luck to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 She looks very pretty like that, nice touch on the underside panels for the guns (they're slightly darker?) 5 hours ago, Mick Drover said: I'll have to paint up the pilot figure and place him standing next to the finished item. Old meets new? Visiting Duxford as that's where she's based now? As for weathering, just the standard oil stains would do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 That's lovely! Really well done. Great build with a flawless finish. SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted January 13, 2020 Author Share Posted January 13, 2020 Back with the Spitfire. Not much done on it over the weekend except a panel wash. I mixed up a 50:50 mix of the Tamiya grey and black panel liner mixed with a similar amount of enamel thinner. I'd gone over the final paint with a satin lacquer that provided a good surface for the wash to work on. There's still a few spots around hatch hinges that needs to be cleaned up but I'm happy with the result. The white underside got the same as the top side however I added more of the lighter grey to the mix so I got a lighter grey on the black. There's still a few hours to with it. I've got the day off tomorrow so I'll try and finish it up then. The feathery looking edge around the access hatch is the white glue I used to tack the hatch and canopy in position. It's easily removed with a pair of tweezers. Cheers, Mick 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 3:06 AM, alt-92 said: the standard oil stains would do. My goodness! Those lazy erks need to spend less time hanging around the NAAFTI van scarfing down tea and scones and a little more time checking for oil leaks and wiping the kite down! 😠 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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