Marcel Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Quite a quick built, a GCII/7 "Nice" French Spitfire. What I liked: overal shape of the parts, dimensions, decals (well just the stencils were used). What I replaced: the prop (Quickboost), cannon barrels (Master), wheels (Eduard resin), the canopy - the windshield is Airfix, the rest is Eduard from their Mk.IX What I added: the rearview mirror (Tamiya Mk.Vb), seatbelts (Eduard). Paints and varnishes by Gunze, different decals I had at home. 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Beautiful job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Marcel said: What I replaced: the prop (Quickboost), cannon barrels (Master), wheels (Eduard resin), the canopy - the windshield is Airfix, the rest is Eduard from their Mk.IX To be honest, quite a long list. Very nice model, grats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Great build on the Spit, love the colour scheme ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Looks good. I like the re-sized roundels effect on the upper wing. And the canopy swap is a big improvement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 That’s a lovely job there, well done she looks every inch a Spitfire. Your list of additions and improvements is interesting. I was aware that the stock Airfix open canopy was a little too large, however thought the closed option looked a good size. I’ll have to compare them with the Eduard parts to see if it’s a worthwhile swap. Cheers and well modelled.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 Thank you very much guys. Dave I would say the Airfix closed canopy is still a bit large, maybe too bulged - plus the optical distortion was something I was not able to eliminate. Anyway the Eduard part is a tad narrower but I can live with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Very impressive. Something a little different in terms of colours and markings too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Dark earth and Dijon? Seriously, Marcel, that's a very nice Vc in a scheme and markings I don't think I've seen before! Well done! 👍 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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