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1/48 Tamiya Mk-1 Spitfire - Al Deere - Kiwi I


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Here's my latest. Not my best by any stretch of the imagination and I had more trouble then I should have had with the kit. The build thread is here

But it's another Kiwi aircraft for my collection.

Anyway here's the details

Kit: Tamiya Spitfire Mk 1

Decals: Hornchurch v Luftwaffe Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary

Seat Ultracast

Paint: Tamiya RAF Dark Green Acyclic (green) Dark Earth (decanted from the rattle can), Black is Gunze Tire Black, White is Tamiya XF2, Silver is AS12 again (decanted from the rattle can)

Gloss: Tamyia Clear thinned Mr Color levelling Thinner

Wash: Promodeller brown

Flat: Testors Dullcoate and Vallejo ModelAir flat

Other weathering : Tamyia Weathering sets , artists Pastel Chalks and pencils.

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Wow, I'll be chuffed if mine turns out half as good as that. She's beautiful.

Can I ask how you recreated the worn walkways, they do look very well done.

Lovely Spit!

Eng

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Wow, I'll be chuffed if mine turns out half as good as that. She's beautiful.

Can I ask how you recreated the worn walkways, they do look very well done.

Lovely Spit!

Eng

Thanks Eng.

As for the walkways I usually use pencils, silver and 2H Hb etc but in this build they just wouldn't take and stay on the paint. Maybe it wasn't matt enough..

So this time I just resorted to a bit of dry brushing with Aluminium paint

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very very nice Calum.... is the green/brown camouflage masked or freehand?

It's masked, mosty using paper templates from the Tamiya VB kit. The Mk 1 kit had the alternative (type A or b, cant remeebr which) scheme whereas the VB had the one I was after. I just substutied the colours as required.

That said the I did later the pattern on the aft fusege to match the decal instructions.

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