Azgaron Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Very nice! Love to see it painted! Cheers, Azgaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 Thanks guys. And yes, the clothes line was raided....years ago! Sooo handy. Not too much trouble showed up. Only one seam in need of attention. Ofcourse right on top of the nose. Some minor faults could be camouflaged with PVA glue. Next coat will be matt dark blue as a base for gloss blue. As the Brits did not use midnight blue - as far as I know it came only with their American planes in the Pacific - I'll settle for overall Xtracolour Roundel Blue on this Spitfire. The white stripe on the fuselage indicates some kind of party scheme. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 Big blue update today. First a matt blue colour (Humbrol 25) was sprayed as undercote for gloss roundel blue: Next, the Xtracolour Roundel blue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 2, 2008 Author Share Posted March 2, 2008 And here the other view with roundel blue Next day... no gloss coat of the paint, the matt undercoat was still too rough for an even finish. Ah well, after a bit of rub down in the evening: Now, the next coat of Roundel blue should be OK. Stay tuned! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Yeow!! That is what I call a Blue Spit!!! Didn't know the Blue Angels ever used Spits!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJ Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hi Peter! How goes the Seafire? I'm very anxious to see how that paint job turns out as it is not one that I've seen before. Give us an update please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hi guys, Just back after the paint shop, here's an update. Dave, I also haven't seen this scheme before, but it came as second option with the Revell kit (the first option is a standard camouflaged Royal Navy Seafire). I know there was a French stunt team with red, white and blue Spitfires but these were Mk.IX's and the blue one was in French Blue. The new coat of Roundel Blue after rub down was ok. A bit of polishing was sufficient, so over to the decals. In the first half of the nineties, Revell issued terrible decals with their kits, inflexible and resistent to Micro Sol and Set, and my Spitty is from 1992.... The white fuselage stripe is given in two pieces each side, but broke up in several more. The roundels lost some of their edges. The decal sheet gives you only 4 roundels, but the Revell colour scheme shows 6. However, the fuselage roundels are not numbered so the're not supossed to be there? As the Royal Navy usually used 6 positions, there was no option than to make two extra roundels. I made them with the inkjet printer on white decal sheet and placed them on the underside of the wings. Using DACO decal setting (the strongest version), the Revell decals settled down nicely over the rivets and other details. These horrible old decals can be made to conform! By the way, last year this version of the Revell Seafire was issued in Great Britain, meaning the decals should now be OK. However, the sheet design is the same so there are still two dual colored roundels too short. This morning the Seafire received a satin gloss coat. For this I use Johnsons Klear with a bit of Tamiya flatting agent. Here is the result: Now, it's only touching up, fitting the final parts, highlighting details etc. Finished before March 31 must be possible!! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Looking great Peter! That certainly is an unusual-looking Spitfire (oops, sorry - Seafire!). Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 The decals turned out great, Peter! Cheers, Azgaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Oh, now that is one pretty Spit!!! Can't wait to see it finished!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 It's Finished!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 another view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 and another view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 the last view It turned out nice. It was a fun build. Thanks for your support! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Looks great Peter, and certainly quite unusual compared to most Spitfire models you see. Well done! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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