Supermarine Spitfire MkIa [1/48 Eduard]

[Rémi]

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Hi

I've always two build on my table.
The first place is use by the Pembroke.
For the second place I choosed a great classic : the Spitfire.

 

I bought the last Eduard born. I already build an MkIX Spitfire from Eduard and it is a great kit.

 

For the MkIa, Eduard has use the same approach and if you have build the MkIX, you will be not dispointed by the construction.

 

I always I started by the interior

It need only a paint to see the details level of the beautifull interior

I painted some lever in color but in reality the lever was in black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rémi]

After this first step, I can close the fuselage

 

Like you see on the previews photos, I didn't follow instruction and glue some parts directly on the fuselage.

With this, I glue the "couples" on one side and close the fuselage without a gluing it. >The couple can be glue in the good position

 

 

 

 

After I can add the wings. No major problem to do this

And I can start the paint with the pre shading

 

 

 

[bigbadbadge]

Very nice indeed, cockpit interior looks lovely  and preshading looks very neat.   

Great job

Chris

[Rémi]

The paint started with AK paint

Usually, I paint my Dark Green/Dark Earth model with Gunze paint, but this time, I will wish try this new brand paint

For the black I use the H417 Gunze a little less dark than the H12

 

The intrado

 

 

The Extrado

 

 

 

[Franz75]

Nice job, Eduard is like LEGO

[Rémi]

And the Dark Green

 

 

 

[bigbadbadge]

Nice paint job, great work 

 

[shortCummins]

nice looking camo

 

how did the AK paint compare to the Gunze? the result looks very good 

[Rémi]

The color between AK and Gunze are very different.

The AK Dark Green paint is more green than the Gunze.

The AK Dark Earth is more yellow than the Gunze

 

A photo of the Airspeed paint with Gunze paint. Like you see the tone is very different

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by Rémi

[Dr Jimbo]

Wow Remi, it looks amazing. I am a few steps behind you, still working on the cockpit. I never thought to preshade the interior, but the effect is great. Have you used a light wash as well, or just preshaded?

 

I particularly like the seat and the faded effect on the leather. Please can you tell me how you did it and what colours? I am colourblind, so can't really tell what colours you have used!

 

Thanks, James

Edited November 26, 2020 by Dr Jimbo
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[Rémi]

Hi

 

For the cockpit I use the following method

 

- preshade in black

- paint in interior green

- dry brush in whith (light dry brush)

- a little wash with sepia oil paint.

 

For the seat

 

- preshade in black

- paint with a mix of brown i have in stock (I had to use the Tamiya XF-68 and Gunze H072)

- paint with a lighter mix (add with a little yellow and white from the previous mix) on the center of each "leather sausage". This mix is very delited. You can pass the previous mix again if the effect is too strong.

- little wash with sepia oil paint in the panel line

 

Beware with the preshade method.
If you use dark paint it is better to post shade after a first pass of your paint. A dark paint is difficult to control in preshade method.

 

[Rémi]

After 2 days of work (masking conception, paint), my Spitfire has receive his roundle and his serial

 

 

 

 

 

[Dr Jimbo]

Looks great. You have made it look as if the preshading has shown through the decals. How did you manage that?

 

James

[bigbadbadge]

Does look good 

[Rémi]

44 minutes ago, Dr Jimbo said:

Looks great. You have made it look as if the preshading has shown through the decals. How did you manage that?

 

James

 

Rounds and serials are painted

I scanned the decals and made a mask with a Silhouette printer.

With this work, the difficult is to center all the round in one roundel. I paint at first the red. Mask it and paint the blue. After I mask the blue with the help of the red mask.

Finally I paint the with. For the yellow, I primer it with the white.

 

This is why I need two day to do there.

[Dr Jimbo]

Holy cow! That’s serious work. The result is awesome. I’ll stick with decals for the time being!

 

James

[Greg Law]

Excellent work Remi. I plan to do Alan Deere's Dunkirk one along with the Dora wings new Miles Master in the new year. 

[David H]

Mee Likee!!

 

david

[Rémi]

Stencils added.

I use the Tamiya Panel Line black in the structural line.

I use too Tamiya Panel Line brown on the raised rivets but it is very subtil and may be not appear on the photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mark.au]

Lovely work there.  
 

You may or may not care, but I’m fairly sure for early Spitfires (pre Mk.IX) the walk line on the starboard wing did not include the portion that ran down to the trailing edge.

[David H]

1 hour ago, mark.au said:

Lovely work there.  
 

You may or may not care, but I’m fairly sure for early Spitfires (pre Mk.IX) the walk line on the starboard wing did not include the portion that ran down to the trailing edge.

I suspect that is relatively new knowledge to the Mk I building community; Tamiya caught that nuance on their new Mk I, but their original 1993 offering had that error. The instructions in my old MSAP decal sheet had the same error.

[Rémi]

Thanks for these precisions

I've just follow the instructions and the decals have this portion.

 

I'ts now too late for me for correct this error.

[matto21]

Lovely Spitfire! 

 

The weathered undersides are particularly impressive! 

[Qel]

Lovely work, the painted roundels and serials look great.