Aces High Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I rather enjoyed building the KP kit of the Spitfire Mk Vb, and here is the finished product. Painted with a brush and Humbrol enamels, Humbrol clear before and after decals, watercolour wash then matt clear. I spent ages obsessing about which kit of the Spit MkV was accurate, fuelled by the various threads on Britmodeller which seem to condemn all of them in one way or another! I finally settled on this one as apparently quite accurate, and a short run kit which I quite enjoy. The fact that its from a Czech maker with decal options for Czech pilots was a great bonus as I have some Czech ancestry. The funny thing is that after all my worrying about accuracy and details I've made three silly mistakes, which I invite the eagle eyed and Spitfire expert Britmodellers to point out. Bonus marks if you find some that have escaped my attention! I'll have to tell you about the first mistake because you won't see it with the cockpit shut. It's the crowbar... No, I didn't paint it red! Ha! I have been on Britmodeller! I know the instructions were wrong to suggest that! Ho ho! I painted it silver, then felt smug about my Spitfire expertise. Until I came to weather it and looked again at the reference photo included at the bottom... Karel didn't have a crowbar! Perhaps he used it to open a case of Czech beer and forgot to replace it... Anyway let me know what you think, good luck spotting the mistakes and by all means give constructive feedback. Thanks for looking! 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Port wing walkway lines and there should be no external aerial, can’t see the third yet. Nicely built model; I really like the KP kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, malpaso said: Port wing walkway lines and there should be no external aerial, can’t see the third yet. Nicely built model; I really like the KP kit. Hahaha I hadn't noticed either of these! The kit painting diagram indicated both aerial and RFF wires, but you are correct because the aerial isn't in the photo. The third was the crowbar. So there remain two errors - and I expect many more! Keep them coming folks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 That's a lovely-looking model. I spotted the aerial but don't know enough to spot your other "mistakes". In any case, who cares?! It's an interesting model, it looks good and let's be fair, is it possible to get one 100% "right"? If so I'm a long way from achieving that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 I’m b*#%@&*d if I can see what’s wrong, very nice build anyway ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Great build.. I'd be made up with that. The landing gear looks spread too much, and possibly wheel spoke incorrect ? Difficult to tell though by your pics - viewing presently on my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1485 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Blades! p.s nice spitfire - I prefer the mk V with the earlier roundels like yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 I am happy with it! I did the blades and wheels as per kit instructions, didn't think there was an issue there but could be wrong. The landing gear is "askew" slightly but that isn't it. Two errors remain to be found! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1485 Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 If you look on the real aircraft, the blades narrow towards the spinner, I think being the earlier type. The blade on your model is wider ( made of wood?). anyway, I wouldn’t have noticed if I hadn’t been trying to win your challenge! Great model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) Nice Spitfire. As for your mistake the only one I can see is that you have two 'knockout panels' on the canopy. But there was only one on the port side. Also possibly that you've put metal chips on what was a wooden propeller blade? Edited June 12, 2020 by noelh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 2 hours ago, noelh said: Nice Spitfire. As for your mistake the only one I can see is that you have two 'knockout panels' on the canopy. One down, one to go! But yes, metal chips on a wooden propeller is also rather silly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steh2o Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Nice VB! I'll give a try.... wing roundels too inboard ( should not cover the gun bay panel) OR no landing gear down indicator ... Cheers Stefano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Very nice build but still you can correct the u/c angles to make it perfect! If I may suggest, you can softer the wheel axes (and top of u/c legs) and turn them to get right angle using locally applied Tamiya low viscosity glue. Because from front Spit has almost vertical u/c legs and wheels are at slight negative angle (like on photo below) to the ground. So some 30 degree corrections needed for wheels, and maybe 15 degree for legs.. Please check on other photos, the best are hose made with long lenses giving angle conservation perspective (maybe better that those photo pasted here) Still, the model, especially the painting work and finish is great ") Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces High Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 Ok, I'll put you out of your misery with the final error that I spotted. Look at the stabilisers. Upside down! Silly me. Thanks everyone for advice and tips, I've learned a lot! Lesson 1. Spitfires get more attention on Britmodeller than wierd Russian planes. Lesson 2. Spitfires get much more specific critique! I'll try to get some tamiya glue and adjust the legs, I think I'll have to do all my other spits too! I've got more spitfires to make, and have this horrible feeling I might try to make one of every major mark... Perhaps by the end of it I'll be getting them right! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 12 hours ago, Aces High said: Ok, I'll put you out of your misery with the final error that I spotted. Look at the stabilisers. Upside down! Silly me. Thanks everyone for advice and tips, I've learned a lot! Lesson 1. Spitfires get more attention on Britmodeller than wierd Russian planes. Lesson 2. Spitfires get much more specific critique! I'll try to get some tamiya glue and adjust the legs, I think I'll have to do all my other spits too! I've got more spitfires to make, and have this horrible feeling I might try to make one of every major mark... Perhaps by the end of it I'll be getting them right! Oh no i thought that but it was so obvious. I would say that of course. Really I should have known because I did exactly the same thing in a Spitfire and a corsair. I'm a total idiot. But the great thing is that you see the faults Every model is a learning curve. Shortly you will see my first ready for inspection finished model on Britmodeller. Please don't laugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 11:46 AM, Aces High said: 1. Spitfires get more attention on Britmodeller than wierd Russian planes. Lesson 2. Spitfires get much more specific critique! Yeh, the Spitfire model is a canonical work. Great, that heretics are not burned now... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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