Procopius Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 "Swear to shoot down ten for Doug -- I will, too, if it takes me a lifetime." -- Ioannis Agorastos "Johnny" Plagis, 20 March 1942 On 20 March 1942, Johnny Plagis's close friend and fellow Rhodesian, Pilot Officer "Douggie" Leggo, was shot down and killed by either the experte Hermann Neuhoff (who would himself be shot down by Canadian Hurricane pilot F/Sgt Garth Horricks DFM of 185 Squadron and taken captive on 10 May 1942), or Ernst Klager (taken prisoner on 3 July 1942 at El Alamein after being shot down on a frie jagd by a SAAF Kittyhawk Ia flown by Lt Sydney "Moose" Reinders). It appears that a 109 then either fired into Leggo as he dangled in his parachute, or deliberately or by accident (the attack took place at only 50 yards range) collapsed his parachute as it flew past him. Plagis fulfilled his vow with time to spare by 7 June 1942. This is one of the Spitfires he flew, built from the new Airfix 1/72 kit. I made several errors. For starters, I transposed the serial number (BR321) in my head, converting it to BR312. Both Spitfires were delivered to Malta, but BR312 came earlier, during Operation STYLE; the latest research has it that these aircraft were painted Sky Blue underneath and Dark Mediterranean Blue above, and the model is so painted. In fact, BR321 was delivered during the slightly later Operation SALIENT, and was quite possibly Extra Dark Sea Grey up top. For now, we can't be certain, of course, but it bothers me and I was too far along to reasonably go back and respray by that point. For the same reason, feeling slightly deflated, I opted not to steal a rear-view mirror from another kit that I might actually paint correctly. Painting was done with Colourcoats enamels, weathering was Abteilung oils, Alclad, AK oil washes, and AK pigments. The panel lines look substantially less pronounced in person, honest. 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Whatever errors you may have made, PC, either real or imagined, that's a very nice and remarkable-looking Spitfire! Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 She is a little beauty mate, good job Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Great work, Edward, and whether or not its correct she looks brilliant in that scheme! Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Looks very cool to me! A striking colour scheme indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 The faded paint and chipping are fantastic, very convincing Spitfire PC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 That's a bit good Edward. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Nice one, together with the historical background which you do so well. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 A great build, superb job on the weathering ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Outstanding! And something definitely different from the usual Dark Earth/Dark Green/Sky Spitfires (not that there's anything wrong with those!). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Spitfires. Takes a nice one to get me volunteering a comment Edward and this is a nice one, well done for the good interesting build thread too. Say no more, wink wink. Blind bat etc. 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Nicely done and a lesson in history too, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 That's very interesting. I like that scheme a lot. My favourite colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 I just belatedly understood the Telamonian Ajax reference, Plagis having also died by his own hand. Extra points to you for assisting my classical education. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bertie Psmith said: I just belatedly understood the Telamonian Ajax reference, Plagis having also died by his own hand. Extra points to you for assisting my classical education. I live to serve. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 Superb result there PC, well done! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 They comes in blue! 👌 wonderful finish and a rollercoaster WIP. Bravo Edward. Johnny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Great to see you back PC and apologies for missing everything during my recent absence - I hope you're all progressing as well as this model, a little beauty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Never mind the colour of blue, it's superb. Weathering is top notch especially the muddy/dusty tyres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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