Sturmovik Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 One of the things that got me back into scale modelling after some years of not building anything was the anime Strike Witches. In fact, I liked the anime so much that I set on a mission to find, buy, and build the aircraft the real pilots used (from which the Strike Witches girls were based from). The story so far: In the year 1939, an alien race know as the Neuroi invaded Europe, conquering the contienent in a matter on months. The only mass of land these invaders weren't able to conquer was Britannia, protected from the land Neuroi by the Britannian channel. Fast forward to 1944, the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, an elite squadron formed by the top aces of different air forces of the world, began fighting back the Neuroi with their Striker Units, aircraft-like machines which are attached to their legs and allow the girls to take the fight back to the Neuroi. The pilots of the 501st JFW are Mina Dietlinde Wilcke, Mio Sakamoto, Gertrud Barkhorn, Erica Hartmann, Francesca Lucchini, Charlotte E. Yeager, Lynette Bishop, Yoshika Miyafuji, Eila Imatar Juutilainen, Sanya V. Litvyak and Shizuka Hattori. I have built all the aircraft from the real pilots, however, the only one which didn't have a real ace was Lynette Bishop. She uses an Ultramarine Spitfire Mk.IX and, in the second season, a Spitfire Mk.22. I've already built the Spitfire 22, so I thought on building the Mk.IX, used by Lynette in the first season. The chose kit is the Revell/Hasegawa Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX/XVI in 1:48. I decided to start the kit by building the most tedious part of any WW2 propeller plane, the propeller. I painted the blades in matt black and the nose cone in Sky. I then masked the upper part of the nose cone and painted the lower half of it in red. Cockpit: Fuselage halves and cockpit: Cockpit glued to the fuselage: Wings. Options are provided for extended or clipped wingtips for either the Mk.IX or XVI. The same goes for the rudder. And here's where I'm now. Painting will start as soon as I come back home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Is that an Occidental, or a Hasegawa mold? Looking good so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tail-Dragon said: Occidental Hasegawa mould. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Just painted and glossed the entire model. I'll be using decals from both Airfix and Xtradecals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Decals have been applied. Several coats of Microsol later, I managed to make them conform into the raised details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 Looks like BM has abandoned its classic format in favour of a new one. It looks horrible in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 (edited) More progress on the Spit. I've glued the landing gear, added the propeller and attached the armament. Now to work on the clear parts and then I'll post an RFI. Stay tuned for it! Edited February 2, 2022 by Sturmovik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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