Tomasz Gronczewski Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Hi all, Here is my latest Spitfire Mk.Vc built as Eric Gibbs' BS164 personal aircraft. This is the Profipack edition of the Eduard kit in 1/48 with some 3d printed details added. The most important addition was De Havilland Hydromatic airscrew, which I couldn't find in any of Eduard's boxings. The entire undercarriage has also been printed. No colour photos of this aircraft have surfaced, so it is hard to say what camouflage was used on this Spitfire. I chose Foliage Green + Earth Brown over Sky Blue, because it seems to match the tonal differences seen on the black and white photos. I used exclusively Mr. Paint lacquers. If anyone has access to a 3d printer with 4K resolution or better (I used Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K), I have uploaded 3d models of all the parts I used in STL format. The link to the zip file with all STLs is at the end of the build article (unfortunately in Polish only), which can be found here: https://pme.org.pl/2022/08/27/spitfire-mk-vc-trop-54-sqn-darwin-eric-m-gibbs/ Cheers, Tomasz 48 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Lovely job... great looking spit. I like your color selection by tonal differences in bw photos... i like to do that too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz Gronczewski Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Thank you Bob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Absolutely stunning!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winded Penguin Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Just finished my Spit project. Looking at yours, I can see areas of opportunity and attention to detail that I missed. Great work 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Very nice work, Cobber. I suppose you already know about the Spitfire Over Darwin site? At first glance I thought; "Oh! Colour pics of Gibbs' Spitty." But no, they're colourised B&Ws and not very well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz Gronczewski Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Guys, thank you! I know the Spitfire Over Darwin Site indeed. I too was prematurely happy when I saw the colourised photo for the first time :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Exceedingly neat and convincing Spitfire! The finish look just… right. Drooping elevators would have made it even perfecter. 😉 Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz Gronczewski Posted September 17, 2022 Author Share Posted September 17, 2022 Thanks! @Joachim, you may be right about these elevators. I didn't think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanP Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Wow! Great build. Congrats! Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Lovely looking Spit ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Superb finish. When you say the undercarriage has been printed, why was that? Is there an issue with the kit parts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz Gronczewski Posted September 18, 2022 Author Share Posted September 18, 2022 Woody, I don't thing Eduard undercarriage is wrong. I just came to a conclusion that having so many Spitfire models planned I would design undercarriage with a mounting jig to make things easier. 3d printed parts are more detailed and I hate sanding off the form seams on landing gear legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Beautifully done - and thanks for sharing your 3D models, too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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