Spitfire MK I Tamiya 1/48

[Dstream]

My recently completed Spitfire MK I from the Tamiya 1/48 kit. I used Tamiya acrylic paints and Vallejo for the metallic ones. Aluminium paint on the underside is a mix of Humbrol Aluminium clear and matt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures were taken with a Nikon D3100 camera. Looking at them, I noticed that there are several particles of dust, despite my effort to brush the model before the photo session.

The Tamiya kit was a very enjoyable kit to build, actually the best kit that I built so far.

I hope you like my finished model.

Best regards,

Daniele

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SAT69]

Love the way you did the engine exhausts and the cockpit. A great build!

[Wulfman]

A lovely build and finish on the Spitfire , great stuff !

 

Wulfman

 

[Bill.B]

Nice job, and like SAT69 says, the exhaust stacks are very nicely done. 

[Gordon J]

Cracking Spitfire. Love it.

[Dstream]

2 hours ago, SAT69 said:

Love the way you did the engine exhausts and the cockpit. A great build!

Thanks for your comment, I tried to replicate the exhausts seen in pictures.

1 hour ago, Wulfman said:

A lovely build and finish on the Spitfire , great stuff !

 

Wulfman

 

I am glad that you liked my build. Thanks for the positive feedback.

1 hour ago, Bill.B said:

Nice job, and like SAT69 says, the exhaust stacks are very nicely done. 

Thanks for your positive comment. As said I tried to replicate what seen in pictures. I used Vallejo metallic acrylics for that (steel and gold hues) and Tamiya red brown.

40 minutes ago, Gordon J said:

Cracking Spitfire. Love it.

Thank you for you positive feedback, Gordon.

 

Best regards,

Daniele

[Holzhamer]

Splendid model, and indeed  the exhaust stacks are just perfect. A proud work no doubt

[mick]

great work

[Spitfire31]

That is how a proper Spitfire looks! Like the others, the stacks are just perfect and they elevate the credibility of the whole aircraft.

 

It's a pity that Tamiya decided not to make the elevators separate, so that it would be easy to have them droop a bit – so typical of a parked Spit…

 

Splendid modelling!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Steve 1602]

A lovely looking model! That’s a top quality finish.

[Dstream]

3 hours ago, Holzhamer said:

Splendid model, and indeed  the exhaust stacks are just perfect. A proud work no doubt

Thank you for your words, feedback like yours are very useful to me . I wrote in the answers above which paints I used.

 

2 hours ago, mick said:

great work

Thanks, Mick, glad you liked it.

 

1 hour ago, Spitfire31 said:

That is how a proper Spitfire looks! Like the others, the stacks are just perfect and they elevate the credibility of the whole aircraft.

 

It's a pity that Tamiya decided not to make the elevators separate, so that it would be easy to have them droop a bit – so typical of a parked Spit…

 

Splendid modelling!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

Thank you Joachim for your great feedback! Please, see above about the stacks. Actually, the kit is so nice that I wanted to build it with no modifications, but reading your comment, indeed, I could had the elevator modified with no much efforts.

Thanks again.

 

1 hour ago, Steve 1602 said:

A lovely looking model! That’s a top quality finish.

Thanks for your comments! I am happy that you find my work fine.

 

Thank you and best regards to all,

Daniele