Dermo245 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Hi all and this is my latest (and longest) finish, Italeri's 1/72 Spitfire Mk. Vb. Started about 3 years ago, finally finished this week for the KUTA group build. Shortish build thread is here. The kit was a struggle for me and that's shown in the final finish - the wingtip parts fit was very iffy, as was the nose. The prop blades are far too skinny and the raised detail for the wing .303s is way too heavy. The aftermarket wing roundels are too big (or the wing is too narrow) as they shouldn't overlap the ailerons. My efforts at oil fading were very iffy. I could go on but it's a hobby after all! 😆 Aftermarket decals (which were lovely) are for Wing Cdr Brendan 'Paddy' FInucane of 154 Squadron, July 1942 just before he was KIA following a fighter sweep. Thanks for looking and happy modelling. Dermot Italeri_1_72_Spitfire_Mk5b_Finished (1) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri_1_72_Spitfire_Mk5b_Finished (8) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri_1_72_Spitfire_Mk5b_Finished (2) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri_1_72_Spitfire_Mk5b_Finished (3) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri_1_72_Spitfire_Mk5b_Finished (4) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Italeri_1_72_Spitfire_Mk5b_Finished (6) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Good effort on a difficult kit ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Great work on this kit, looks very nice indeed. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 I like it, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Great looking Spitfire there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 You did an excellent job in spite of all the difficult issues this kit features. 👏 All the Italeri Spitfire kits in 1/72 scale suffer from serious overengineering. Of course, at the time they were released in the early 1990s they were a better alternative to build a Spitfire in 1/72 scale than other kits that were available back then. In my view, the Italeri Vb has less issues than the IX or the VII. If you choose to do a clipped wing version you even have less hassle with the Italeri Spitfire kits. So you really deserve credit for going the extra mile to attach the wingtips. The fuselage is also quite complicated to assemble and you certainly made the right choice to leave the cockpit open since the closed option is difficult to complete and requires even more effort to get a decent result. A viable option to get around the issues with the prop blades is to source a spare one from a KP kit which has three different propellers in the box. Fighting against all these odds you made a beautiful Spitfire. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 That looks good. I like the faded look you have achieved on the green and grey Camo. In your WIP you mention using a 'oil-fading' technique to achieve this. I'm not familiar with that, how do you do it, if I may ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane39 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Nice work on a dog of a kit. I ended up binning mine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 11 hours ago, Smudge said: That looks good. I like the faded look you have achieved on the green and grey Camo. In your WIP you mention using a 'oil-fading' technique to achieve this. I'm not familiar with that, how do you do it, if I may ask? Thanks Smudge. I tried my best to use this approach which I saw on Phil Flory's page but need to practice it a lot more.! Cheers, Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 That came out well Dermot. Despite not being the best Spitfire kit around, your build of this looks really good & is a fine tribute to Finucane. RIP Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 10 hours ago, Dermo245 said: I tried my best to use this approach ......................... Thanks for the link to the video. Interesting. I'll have to give that a go. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Nice job Dermot and nice to see Paddy Finucane`s final Spitfire replicated too,..... I`d expect nothing less mate! Cheers Tony 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 2:23 PM, Dermo245 said: it's a hobby after all Yes, it is - and I, for one, rather like your build, The Italeri Spitfire is much maligned, but your build looks like a Spitfire to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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