Kotare + Laminar Flow Design + Tamiya = Malta Spitfire Mk. Vc

[Dennis7423]

Tamiya AS-12, my favorite primer. Looking great Tom! Exciting the see the next steps. Wonderful build.

 

- Dennis S.

   Mt. Juliet, TN USA

[Shoggz]

On 1/28/2025 at 1:46 PM, geedubelyer said:

I can relate to that Tom. 

I work on a desk but I only have about 6" square of clear space at any one time. 

I don't think we're the only ones 

You’re definitely not!

[Shoggz]

This is a really inspiring build.

[Uncarina]

5 hours ago, Dennis7423 said:

Tamiya AS-12, my favorite primer. Looking great Tom! Exciting the see the next steps. Wonderful build.

 

- Dennis S.

   Mt. Juliet, TN USA

 

Thank you Dennis! That primer sure reveals the flaws, but once that's addressed it adds to the glamour. Hope you are doing well.

 

2 hours ago, Shoggz said:

This is a really inspiring build.

 

Thank you Richard--that means a great deal.

 

Cheers, Tom

[Uncarina]

2 hours ago, Shoggz said:

You’re definitely not!

You mean there are others out there that do this? 😊

 

Cheers, Tom

[Anthony in NZ]

Absolutely superb!!

I've been down bad with Covid and havent been motivated to do any modelling.  Seeing this makes me feel a whole lot more motivated...thank you!!

 

You really have pulled this off in a masterful way....you are to be congratulated mate! And you dont need to rivet it!

 

Cheers Anthony

[Uncarina]

Anthony,

 

Your post made my day! Your perspective means a lot. If I were to do this again I’d start with the Kotare V kit and order just the appropriate Tamiya sprues—much cheaper this way. It’s definitely a doable conversion without heroic measures. I wish you a fast recovery!

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Biggles87]

Tamiya AS12 is one of my favourite metallic paints, but not always for primer. I was looking at a 1/48 Wildcat a few weeks ago which I had built about 15 yeas ago using AS12 for the main airframe and it looked like the paint had actually oxidised!

 

John

 

 

[Uncarina]

6 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Tamiya AS12 is one of my favourite metallic paints, but not always for primer. I was looking at a 1/48 Wildcat a few weeks ago which I had built about 15 yeas ago using AS12 for the main airframe and it looked like the paint had actually oxidised!

 

John

 

 

Interesting!  I’ve been using it for over ten years now and haven’t had an issue.

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Uncarina]

I'm making progress, having created the masks for the markings and have started painting:

 

 

 

As you can see I went with Sky Blue (MRP 397) for the underside with a Sky (MRP 118) drop tank. I went with the lighter color after reading accounts in the Colour Conundrums publication about how this paint was loaded aboard the USS Wasp along with others and that there were multiple instances of the undersides of the Spitfires being repainted. I'm now really looking forward to getting the topside paints applied.

 

Cheers,  Tom

Edited February 7 by Uncarina

[John1]

Wonderful work Tom.   I hope you’ll go into some detail on using those masks.   I’m intrigued by this method.  

[Uncarina]

2 hours ago, John1 said:

Wonderful work Tom.   I hope you’ll go into some detail on using those masks.   I’m intrigued by this method.  

Thanks John, I appreciate it. With your dedication, skill, and desire to model original subjects you would be doing yourself an enormous favor getting a craft cutter. I use the Silhouette Portrait (https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/portrait-4?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACYgA6ecfknT8IaGuCrlGpoRKmLdR&gclid=CjwKCAiA74G9BhAEEiwA8kNfpa_IzKsaazvXwtgxwpSDlwbyLNB6-ZooCRoRDNbi59N4qo8cR-27zRoC5ooQAvD_BwE) with Designer software. The learning curve might be steep at first but think of all the money saved by no longer relying on decal sheets. Also, check out the LSP sister site: https://www.scalemodelpaintmasks.com

 

Cheers,  Tom

Edited February 4, 2025 by Uncarina

[scvrobeson]

Wonderful progress. It's looking great!

 

 

 

Matt

[Uncarina]

1 hour ago, scvrobeson said:

Wonderful progress. It's looking great!

 

 

 

Matt

Thank you Matt! I hope to get more paint applied soon.

 

Cheers,  Tom

[Thunnus]

Great work Tom!  Here here on the Portrait cutter! Just curious... when you produce the masks on your Portrait, do cut out each mask by hand afterwards?  I typically draw boxes around each mask so that the Portrait produces a separate mask for each marking.