Brewer Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Here's my latest off the bench, rescued from the shelf of doom after 6 years. Spitfire XIX PS853 No 16 Sqdn Belgium, April 1945 The Airfix kit is great, if a little fiddly at times. The biggest issue is the soft plastic Airfix uses these days, I miss the hard grey Tamiya/Hasegawa stuff they used in the late 90's. I did my best to address most of the issues but a few still slipped through the cracks. I started out with the surface detail - rescribing all of the panel lines so they are crisp and uniform and riveting the airframe. Most of the rest was addressed with aftermarket and the spares box. I used every available BarracudaCast set as well as some Eduard PE and transplanted the main gear and tail wheel from Eduard Spitfire VIII leftovers. Aftermarket rundown: - BarracudaCast cockpit - BarracudaCast intake - BarracudaCast exhaust - BarracudaCast prop - BarracudaCast wheels - BarracudaCast vac canopy - Eduard Zoom PE - Eduard main gear legs/doors - Eduard tail wheel - Miracle Paint Masks - Kits World stencil decals - AK Real Colors paints Anyway, on to the pics! 52 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Well deserved to be finished,outstanding build and beautiful paintwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Super build, finish and photography- great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 1602 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 That’s quite brilliant. I think that the PR XIX is one of the best looking Spitfire variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 That's superb, absoulutely stunning. Nicely finished and beautifully photographed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Moon Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Great looking Spit with some nice touches. I like the weathering, particularly your treatment of the prop. Regards Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 that is very, very nice rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidy Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 That's simply stunning! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Perfect timing !..........Are you able to help me out with how you produced such a superb one-colour worn finish ?. I have just about reached the painting stage on my own PR.Mk.XIX but have been thoroughly confused with the plethora of suggestions on how bust to reproduce this type of finish without ending up with a model that looks like a toy. I've read about black primer, light grey primer, marbling, pre-shading, post-shading...the lot. How did you manage to get that superb finish on your model ?. Pleased to see that my interior pretty much mirrors your own - Like you I am using a stack of the Barracuda improvement sets. Brilliant finish Well Done. Sir ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Thanks! No fancy tricks for the finish here, really. I just laid down a base coat of PRU Blue over grey primer, then added a drop of white to the PRU and gave the whole plane a thin random mottle/marble layer. I used to use all of those other techniques under the base coat, but I find that for my needs it was just a bunch of unnecessary work. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Now that is a beautiful looking Spitfire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Really lovely finished article. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shashman Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Beautiful finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 It's a long nosed Spit. It's in PRU Blue. It's brilliantly painted and weathered. What's not to love? 😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Outstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Brewer said: Thanks! No fancy tricks for the finish here, really. I just laid down a base coat of PRU Blue over grey primer, then added a drop of white to the PRU and gave the whole plane a thin random mottle/marble layer. I used to use all of those other techniques under the base coat, but I find that for my needs it was just a bunch of unnecessary work. Great feedback............many thanks. I was toying with the idea of a standard basecoat with a very slightly adjusted and lighter layer over the centre of the panels but I can see that the random mottle/marble layer is just as effective.....especially once a light panel line wash has also been applied. Thanks again for the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaconroot Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Beautiful work as always Jason! Well done my friend! Jim Root 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Great looking model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Lovely build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurwin Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Superb! I love the finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 That is special. Beautiful build. Really like the finish, just goes to show all those laborious techniques the cognoscenti would have us use can be surpassed by just a good eye and an airbrush 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 That is a beautiful finish, the subtle weathering really transforms the overall look, great inspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Fantastic Spitfire 👏👏👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Wow, didnt even realise it has been 6 years since this kit came out, scary how time flies! Brilliant result mate, always look forward to your posts and this is lovely. Particularly like the weathering you have done to the prop, how did you achieve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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