Tail-Dragon Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Beurling was recognized as "Canada's most famous hero of the Second World War", as "The Falcon of Malta" and the "Knight of Malta", having been credited with shooting down 27 Axis aircraft in just 14 days over the besieged Mediterranean island. In this aircraft he destroyed 5 enemy aircraft and damaged 2 more, in just 2 days. On 27.7.42, flying BR301 over Malta, destroyed 2 Mc202's, a Bf 109, with a Bf 109 damaged, and 3 miles South of Grand Harbour, a Bf 109 destroyed, and a Bf 109 damaged, and on 29.7.42 flying BR301,8 miles SW of Malta destroyed a Bf 109 . BR301 was originally finished in the standard 'Tropical land scheme' of sand, dark earth and azure blue, but was oversprayed with a thinned blue-grey (most likely USN upper surface blue-grey) while on the USS Wasp for the 'Calendar' delivery. This is the second of my triple Malta builds, a Special Hobbies Spitfire Vc 'Malta Defender'. It also required the fuselage lengthened, the tail assembly repositioned, and the wings moved forward. Build logs here: Part 1 Part 2 Painted with Tamiya acrylics in the TLS, decals applied, then oversprayed with the blue-grey, weathered with oils and pastels. Decals from the IPMS Canada Canadian Aces sheet. Hope you like, Colin 59 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Looks cracking, sir. Good old Screwball, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Outstanding finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Marvellous looking interpretation of a Maltese Eagle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Lovely Maltese Spit! And great paintjob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Really nice Spitfire there, superb job on the camo` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Looks good. Chipping very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilj Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Nice job! Credit could be given for Ron Lowry's interpretive painting of BR301 that was published in Robert Bracken's book "Spitfire: the Canadians". ilj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Stunning work! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Another Maltese beauty. I realy like your paint. 🤩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 This is the best rendition of one of the Maltese based Spitfires I have ever seen. And an excellent tribute to "The Sniper of the Skies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 I don't know much about airplanes, but what I see, I like, especially his face - looks like he is whistling Vytautas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Nice work, when I served in 416 our archives had unpublished photos and negatives of Beurling while he was in the squadron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Fantastic rendition , the paint job and weathering are second to none , well done sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick b Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 As per all the above, superb finish. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 A superb Spitfire , great build ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Excellent finish there over all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Lovely work 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Stunning. Just stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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