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'Local' Spitfire Mk.I (Tamiya 1993 kit)


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Kit - Tamiya 61032

Paint - All Mr, Color lacquers

Decals - spares & Superscale

Extras - none

 

Spitfire Mk.I

611 (West Lancs) Squadron

RAF Digby

Summer 1940

 

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One of my favourite [modelling] memories is the first time I built this kit sometime in the late 1990's. It was, I think, the first Tamiya 1:48 kit I ever built and it was a revelation. Fast forward to now and I bought this from a club member for very few dollars simply because I really wanted to re-live that original 'rush' of building a quality kit without extras just for the joy of it.

 

Yep it was an absolute joy. Three weeks start-to-finish and easily as good as I remember it from first time around. Not too much more to tell (unlike the Airfix F.XVIe which I built alongside it !)  - first time using all Mr. Color lacquers and apart from the horrendous odour, a great experience and now firmly set as my 'go to' paints for as many builds as possible. Still have a load of enamels and acrylics, but I will use these as often as possible. Superscale decals were probably twenty years old and behaved perfectly, their Quality Control back in the day was incredible IMHO.

 

Just in-case you were wondering about the 'local' reference... I'm Liverpool born & bred, and before moving out here to Middle Earth, I lived about a mile from RAF Woodvale so 611 West Lancs Sqn is as about as local as I could get ! - Thanks all for taking the time to look, all comments, questions and outrage welcomed.

 

Best from NZ.

 

 

Ian.

 

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Thats a neat Spitfire and the paint job inclusive the weathering looks really convincing.

The Tamiya kits from that time are all nice builds.

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Very neat Mk I – finish and weathering look very convincing, as does the de rigeur elevator droop!

 

One question – in the summer of 1940, why doesn't she carry a wire radio aerial?

 

Excellent work!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

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5 hours ago, Spitfire31 said:

One question – in the summer of 1940, why doesn't she carry a wire radio aerial?

 

Joachim

 

Easy.... Because I don't have a model competition until November so I'll attach it then !

 

 

 

Ian.

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