Maurice Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) Hi folks, Coming back to LSP after a couple of years or so break. I have a couple of unconcluded projects in the forum a Tamiya Birdcage and a Hasegawa Ki 44 Shoki. But to gain momentum I was tempted after some time to do a desertic scheme Spitfire MkIXc. I will transcript what is described from the Eagle cals description: WD-W EN354: This was a MkV upgraded to MkIX specs. This aircraft was operated from La Sabala airfield in North Tunisia, pretty close to Tunis the capital city. Fitted with five spokes wheels, small carburetor intake and large over wing blisters. It seems that this was part of the RAF inventory and it was transferred to the USAAF. RAF markings where over sprayed with dark earth. So a pretty unusual Spit camouflage, lots of fun doing the painting. The only AM item at this point are the North Star 5 spoke wheels, which are supposed to arrive in a couple of weeks. Cheers Edited July 26, 2017 by Maurice LSP_Kevin, SapperSix, Girlscanplay2 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Maurice Looking forward to your Tamiya Spit build and all strapped in :popcorn: Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Thank you Peter, for this one I'll continue with the black basing method. The light blue on the lwr surfaces and the middle stoneon the upr ones provides plenty of tones to play with. Still thinking about wich interior set to use as the seat belts from the kit although quite decent, could be improved with a AM one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hi Maurice So far, I've built two Tamiya Spits, upgraded the front offices with detail set from Baracuda and replaced the seatbelt / harnesses with sets from RB. I'll be following your black basing method as I'm planning on doing with it on my A6 project and am learning as much as I can. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Hi Maurice So far, I've built two Tamiya Spits, upgraded the front offices with detail set from Baracuda and replaced the seatbelt / harnesses with sets from RB. I'll be following your black basing method as I'm planning on doing with it on my A6 project and am learning as much as I can. Peter Thank you Peter, RB seat belts look awesome, just ordered a couple. How was putting them together? They look pretty realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 (edited) Eduard interior set............and I'll stop there. Cheers Edited August 27, 2017 by Maurice Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Always enjoy seeing the Tamiya super kits being built ... this'll be terrific. Cheers Jim Maurice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 Thank you Jim for the encouragement. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Maurice, Glad I'm not to late for the party. I'll be pulling up my chair and following your build to it's conclusion I've seen this scheme done in 1/48 scale, and it's rather unusual to say the least. Joel Maurice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Thank you Joel, I liked this scheme very much especially because it's a bit out of the standard. Working on the engine right now. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Maurice, Looking forward to your update. Joel Maurice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) Thank you Joel, Finally I could get back to the bench, working the engine out. I wanted to give that oily and dusty look expected as these Spitfires were operated in Tunisia, a desertic, dry, dusty sunny environment. Basically I started with a base coat of XF-18 semi gloss black, then I applied with the airbrush some lights of dark grey XF-24 on the cylinders heads covers side walls of the block and the bottom of the engine. Then a coat of Pledge equivalent to future to give that glossy finish so I could apply oil washes with Tamiya panel line accent color, (brown and dark brown) I know the the references say that the finish should be semi gloss, but as I wanted to give a dusty finish I over sprayed very thin coats of XF-57 buff, kind of a sand color. Then I applied some dry brush with metallic paint humbrol to highlight the edges. Finally sealed everything with Klear Kote Matt from Alclad II. There is the firewall in the middle of an oil wash as well, I'll show it when finished. Cheers Edited August 5, 2017 by Maurice Girlscanplay2, Shaka HI and SapperSix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Thank you TJ, appreciate your interest to follow the build. I'll try to explain in details especially the paint and weathering process. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 By the way I just got the Mosquito kit, and the work on the engines is multiplied by 2. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I love this kit and lost my virginity to it (first 1/32 I've tackled, but of course I didn't "finish" it)! Joel_W, Jeff and Maurice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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