fubar57 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 This started as serious build, but when I put the plastic up against scale plans, absolutely nothing lined up and I wasn’t sure what Mark it was. Usually I’m not a rivet counter, but it was the rivets that threw me off. Bazillions of over-scale rivets(Notice the starboard roundel). Back in the box she went for a few years until I happened upon a photo-shop site that was having a contest “What if zebras were in charge of painting” Along side the zebra striped White House, Pyramids and such was a zebra striped spitfire. Once built and painted, my youngest daughter fell in love with it and wanted it. A new snag hit when the clear parts wouldn’t fit and so it sat for about 4-5 years. In the spares box I found a canopy that would kinda, sorta fit, another model gave me the windscreen(wrong type) and I sawed apart the Nichimo clear parts for the rear piece. May I present a fictitious South African squadron hack, coded ZB⦾A. In hindsight, darker decals should have been used My muse 16 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Nice job,i love it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 Thank you Vince 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Awful 😬 but i like it in a masochistic type way . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 oh boy I love it. Great paint job . Imagine if a real one was flying toward you in that scheme !!! Does your daughter still want it ??? Great job. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Some models just scream to be used as a "what if". Personally, I really like it. Definitely an attention getter. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 A safari Spitfire! 👀 Nice for a change from the usual 👍 Cheers Greg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Very cool! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 More a WTF than a What If! I like it though. Is that an old Revell stand it's mounted on? Pete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amos brierley Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Good lord ... The picture of the real thing.....doesn’t get any better than that . 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 This is just great. Very creative and a wonderful paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gierek Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, fubar57 said: This started as serious build, but when I put the plastic up against scale plans, absolutely nothing lined up and I wasn’t sure what Mark it was. Usually I’m not a rivet counter, but it was the rivets that threw me off. Bazillions of over-scale rivets(Notice the starboard roundel). Back in the box she went for a few years until I happened upon a photo-shop site that was having a contest “What if zebras were in charge of painting” Along side the zebra striped White House, Pyramids and such was a zebra striped spitfire. Once built and painted, my youngest daughter fell in love with it and wanted it. A new snag hit when the clear parts wouldn’t fit and so it sat for about 4-5 years. In the spares box I found a canopy that would kinda, sorta fit, another model gave me the windscreen(wrong type) and I sawed apart the Nichimo clear parts for the rear piece. May I present a fictitious South African squadron hack, coded ZB⦾A. In hindsight, darker decals should have been used My muse Nice job with models. photos is weird plane have polish markings from 317 squadron . I think is photos is made on Photoshop Edited October 9, 2020 by Gierek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 13 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: oh boy I love it. Great paint job . Imagine if a real one was flying toward you in that scheme !!! Does your daughter still want it ??? Great job. Chris Thanks Chris. It occupies a shelf by itself on her knick-knack shelf 6 hours ago, Buzby061 said: More a WTF than a What If! I like it though. Is that an old Revell stand it's mounted on? Pete Not sure. It came with the kit Thanks all for the kind words 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 4 hours ago, fubar57 said: Thanks Chris. It occupies a shelf by itself on her knick-knack shelf That's nice, I am glad she still wanted it. My Daughter wanted a model to paint pink with rainbows on each wing in the roundel positions, so I quickly made a Frog Sea Venom and left it for her to paint at the beginning of the lockdown , she has not done it and now has no interest and has gone off pink too, I give up!!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Pete Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Knockout! I'm afraid to show it to the missus... She'll want me to make one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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