Alan P Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Hi All, and wishing you a happy Friday despite the loss of Nick the Greek - he will be sadly missed by many, especially those ex-RN chaps who have probably met him and enjoyed his off-the-cuff irreverent humour, regardless of rank or branch. RIP HRH Here's a Malta Spit Mk.IX in the colours of EN530, allegedly flown by C F Gray DSO, DFC and 2 bars. I make no apologies for inaccuracies with the presentation (apart from a missing canopy in a couple of them!) because accuracy isn't my primary concern in modelling subjects! This was a therapy build for me while fighting the Tornado F3 conversion in my signature - this Revell kit is absolutely perfect for it. £20, easy build and beautiful subject, what's not to like? This was built completely out of the box apart from seatbelts fashioned from Tamiya tape. I used White Ensign Colourcoats for the camouflage, MRP RAF Cockpit Green and metalizers for the metallic parts. Sun bleaching and wear effects were done using enamels. Really enjoyed making this kit. Very unlike me to have multiples of 1/32 kits but I made an exception in this case. I think the recent Revell 1/32 WW2 releases are just brilliant to build. May they live forever! All the best, Alan P 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Cracking Spitfire Alan and great sentiments fella. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Lovely job, Alan. As you say, whats not to like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Great build, Malta Spitfires are a favourite topic for me ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 40 minutes ago, bigbadbadge said: Cracking Spitfire Alan and great sentiments fella. Great work Chris There you are again Chris thanks very much! 34 minutes ago, Vinnie said: Lovely job, Alan. As you say, whats not to like. Thanks Vinnie, these are great kits for the money. 4 minutes ago, Wulfman said: Great build, Malta Spitfires are a favourite topic for me ! Wulfman Thanks very much, hope it's more or less right 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Excellent work sir! Truly excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 9:33 PM, SAT69 said: Excellent work sir! Truly excellent! Thank you very much! Should have said before, it's not completely out of the box, I used decals from the 'Spitfire IX Aces' set by DK Decals. Highly recommended, though again not sure about the accuracy, as with most things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Great work, the weathering is spot on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Stephen said: Great work, the weathering is spot on. Thanks a lot Stephen. I like the bit just around the door and forward of the cockpit, wish the whole thing had looked like that 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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