BlueNosers352nd Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Think I am calling this done before I mess anything else up and have to touch it up. This was for the Spitfire/Seafire GB that I wasn't able to finish on time. Built the Vb non Trop version back around 2002/2003. The only two issues I really had were the Trop lower nose section (filled and rescribed) and the wing root. For the wing root I matched everything up, which basically meant working from the tips in. That left a gap that was filled with plasticard and some brushable sprue goo that I made. Had a horrible time getting the underside roundels to conform to the little bits.........lost track of how many times I sliced, pricked, coated them (can I borrow your calculator to figure it out?). I lost the rectangular mirror so I just tossed the round one on.........field change let's call it. Mostly out of the box with the exception of; Ultracast wheels, Ultracast Exhausts and Print Scale decals. Hair spray chipping for the main larger areas, pencil for the rest. Painted with Tamiya paints, weathered with various oils, AK/Mig washes and AK Pigments. Final picture is the 2002/2003 shelf queen version...........other than the upper antenna mast and lower pitot tube it has lasted pretty well. 37 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 So glad to hear I'm not the only one with dramas when building! It's come out great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 It looks really good. A question for you. If I want to represent a plane flow by G. Beurling, it would be in the same Malta Blue? Or the 3 tone desert camo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Possibly yes and no. Beurling flew with the Takali wing, which was at the centre of repainting desert camouflaged aircraft into one or more of the blue schemes. However we know that he flew for a while in one of the aircraft left behind when 615 Sq flew to the desert. As this wasn't a Takali-based unit, quite possibly it had never been repainted anyway, and/or been repainted for its potential desert use. I would however suggest that normally Beurling would have flown an aircraft painted either with Dark Mediterranean Blue or some substitute for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Lovely work, really nice couple of builds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Excellent! The weathering on the wing roots is particularly good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Love how you’ve done the weathering on that, brings it to life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 I don't think that pilots on Malta had the luxury to use personal airplanes, but flew those that were available. The fact that they were photographed in a certain machine doesn't really mean it was their regular mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Lovely work! I'm quite a fan of the trop-spec Vc and this looks excellent. The colour scheme is especially something a little different. Excellent weathering too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark444 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Is it just me, or does the Malta area of operations not provide some of the best and off-the-wall paint schemes for Spitfires? LOVE the blue topsides! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Excellent build and love the scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueNosers352nd Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, Shark444 said: Is it just me, or does the Malta area of operations not provide some of the best and off-the-wall paint schemes for Spitfires? LOVE the blue topsides! I'll be honest, this Malta theater is new for me. When the Spitfire STGB came up I just started looking for something different. I am also working on a Hawker Typhoon and didn't want to do a typical Spitfire scheme. I try to find, but not always, unique schemes or markings and when I saw the blue Spitfires I knew I had to do one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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