Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII, 457 Squadron, 1st Tactical Air Force ( RAAF ), Netherlands East Indies, 1945

[russ c]

Hi All,

 Just finished my second attempt at a `Grey Nurse` Squadron Spitfire, so thought you wouldn`t mind me sharing some pic`s

Built from Eduards 1/48 Spitfire Mk VIII, `Weekend edition` kit

Finished to represent an aircraft of 457 Squadron, RAAF towards the end of the war

Built as usual 99% from the box, with just a few tweaks

Including a slipper fuel tank, from the spares box ( probably from Special Hobby kit )

Scoured the internet for a photo of the actual aircraft and although a good selection of 457 Sq photo`s....

...only found one of the real deal and this of it during it`s time with the 1st TAF where they performed support and ground attack duties'

Then it had the Sky band painted out and the serial in black and very worn, so that was the look I went for.

Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

[Farmerboy]

Your just getting better and better, superb finish, great job!

[franky boy]

Nice work as always Russ!
 

James

[Rod bettencourt]

Another winner Russ. I am liking the fade paint, very scale looking.

 

Rod

[Pete in Lincs]

Very nicely done, Russ

[mick]

great work

[Andy Dyck]

Hi Russ,

Another very, very beautiful model. The weathering is perfect for my taste.  I was a little skeptical with the worn spinner cone right at the tip. But I found a photo where it is exactly the same.   Too bad, nothing to complain about 😂😂😂😂
A real masterpiece from the master of model art and photography.

🍻🍻🍻🍻

Cheers 

Andy 

[georgeusa]

Great looking Spitfire in the very attractive "Nurse Shark" livery.  (Never did understand why there are two eyes?)  Excellent painting and weathering skills are presented here.  Thanks for sharing.

[FinnAndersen]

Excellent job, congratulations. Ahemm.... what scale?

[russ c]

1 hour ago, FinnAndersen said:

Excellent job, congratulations. Ahemm.... what scale?

Thanks very much, from the text, below the second photo: `Built from Eduards 1/48 Spitfire Mk VIII, `Weekend edition` kit`

Cheers Russ

[russ c]

6 hours ago, Farmerboy said:

Your just getting better and better, superb finish, great job!

Thanks FB, very kind words 🙂 

5 hours ago, Andy Dyck said:

Hi Russ,

Another very, very beautiful model. The weathering is perfect for my taste.  I was a little skeptical with the worn spinner cone right at the tip. But I found a photo where it is exactly the same.   Too bad, nothing to complain about 😂😂😂😂
A real masterpiece from the master of model art and photography.

🍻🍻🍻🍻

Cheers 

Andy 

Thanks Andy, very kind words 🙂

[russ c]

5 hours ago, georgeusa said:

Great looking Spitfire in the very attractive "Nurse Shark" livery.  (Never did understand why there are two eyes?)  Excellent painting and weathering skills are presented here.  Thanks for sharing.

Thanks George, I think it`s because at first they had a different smaller shark mouth and style. Later when the larger shark mouth was painted on with the eyes further forward they either left the original eyes or perhaps they were painted over roughly and the paint wore away, not all of them I found, had the rear set of eyes. 

Cheers Russ

[ForestFan]

Very nicely done as always!

[Wlad]

7 hours ago, russ c said:

...

 Just finished my second attempt at a `Grey Nurse` Squadron Spitfire, so thought you wouldn`t mind me sharing some pic`s

 

Don't mind at all, @russ c. This is gorgeous! Good weathering, and interesting to see where Foliage Green was used to overpaint roundels and the Sky band.

 

Cheers,

[Dunny]

Russ,

 

Lovely work on one of my favourite Spit schemes. Beautifully weathered and finished,

 

Cheers,

 

Roger

[Pete in a shed]

Another beauty Russ. The teeth and double eyes make it look a formidable prospect to come up against in a dogfight.

Pete

[Jay Gee]

Excellent work Russ, I'm about to start one in 1/72 scale. Shark mouths make an already nice looking aircraft look even better. 

[whiskey]

Very cool and lovely work. I have plans to do the exact aircraft, as the initials of my name are ZP 😃

[DJJunis]

Very well done Russ! Excellent!

All the Best!
Don

 

[Sky Keg]

Outstanding as usual Russ!!! Well done. 
 

Mike

[IanC]

An extremely realistic and inspiring build, Russ.

 

The photography likewise. 

[supersonic]

Superb Finish!

 

Cheers

Hans

[corsaircorp]

Splendid weathering Russ !!

Congratulations !!

I can smell the hot engine oil !!

Sincerely.

CC

[MACALAIN]

Well done.

 

Alain