cib2265 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk VIII RAAF - all markings are painted on using Montex masks, Alclads for natural metal finish, Gunze/Tamiya paints for rest. Pilot and seatbelts are OOB, but head is from Hasegawa P-47 kit. Reference photo included at end, its from a testing unit, aircraft stripped to natural metal, with antiglare panel and white recognition leading edge and tail. I'm kind of happy - again I tried too much, this is only my second finished NMF aircraft model, where I incorporated weathering/scratching/burnishing of the finish for a worn in service look. Was also fun not having to do decals! Learnt enough I think to progress to a bigger NMF bird, maybe the B-25? reconspit, Haggis9444, florin13 and 23 others 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Absolutely beautiful work Aces on the NMF and markings .. awesome work :thumbsup: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 That looks fantastic, Chris! What a stunning build. May I publish it on the website? Kev cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Excellent work! cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib2265 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 That looks fantastic, Chris! What a stunning build. May I publish it on the website? Kev I would love that Kev, cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 That's a great looking Spitfire Chris! Now you've got me thinking about doing a NMF one. Maybe when I get through all the ones I already have Carl cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Very nice work Chris, that pilot is one happy chappy cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Outstanding! Cheers, Tom cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Yes indeed, great job, I especially loke how you captured the look on the pilots face....nice! cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Man, what a great build!! Silver Spitfire with the right amount of grime. Really like the big grin on the figures face, and why wouldn't he be grinning. Don cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Wow wow wow wow! What an awesome Spitfire model! Excellent figure as well! cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Super work Chris, I love your NMF. How did you do it? There's a tonal variation which looks really realistic. Jim cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Absolutely beautiful..., one of the best Spit I've seen by now...., great job and absolutely inspiring.... cib2265 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cib2265 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Super work Chris, I love your NMF. How did you do it? There's a tonal variation which looks really realistic. Jim Thanks Jim! I tried a variation of Matt Doogs experiment of using a chrome/silver base, then doing some marbling of not quite black effects, then applying Alclads on top of that. On top of that in some areas I used very thinned enamel Mig panel line washes, and also some dry brushing (but not to great effect, needs more) with Tamiya Titanium gold/silver to get some patina/oxidation in the metal. Fun experimenting was done on a 1/72 Revell SR-71, which I made a video of here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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