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A pair of Spitfires in 1/48


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Hello all,

 

Having had a productive year of modelling I decided today to do some photo cataloguing of what I’ve built. First up were two 1/48 Spitfires, dutifully photographed in the back garden. Unfortunately it was 43 degrees C outside and both myself and the models were in strong danger of melting! Hence there is only one picture of each…

 

First is the Hasegawa Spitfire Vb in the markings of 185 Squadron RAF based in Malta, 1942. Other than some Eduard seatbelts and spares box decals it’s pretty much OOB.

 

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Second is Eduard’s beautiful Spitfire VIII in the markings of 43 Squadron based in Southern France in late 1944. This one is OOB. One of my favourite kits of all time!

 

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Hope you like them and thanks for looking!
 

Chris

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2 hours ago, airbus320 said:

and the models were in strong danger of melting!

Don't worry, just checked for the styrene melting point, and it's at 270°C. I presume the melting point for humans would be lower.

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wow, you did great justice to the spitfire with these top quality builds ! What is the color scheme used on the Spit VB ? it looks like Dark slate grey and Extra dark sea gray.

 

Congratulations !

 

Christian

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