Uncarina Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Well done Alex, those look like very good color matches with the decals. Cheers, Tom Alex and Martinnfb 2
Alex Posted June 16 Author Posted June 16 I shot some additional Mr Color Clear Gloss over the decals and then worked some brown pastel dust into the surface details to emphasize them. Next I'll shoot a coat of clear flat and add some additional pastel color. Getting close now. Javlin1, Martinnfb, denders and 4 others 7
Alex Posted June 17 Author Posted June 17 Progress. Landing gear on, masking off. I've done all the coats of paint/pastel that I want to do, so the next step is to see if I can actually get that chipping business to happen. geedubelyer, Fanes, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 7
Alex Posted June 18 Author Posted June 18 Finally! I'm reasonably pleased with how well this came out after the struggles I had with painting. One fly in the ointment is that the cowling pieces don't fit perfectly, in contrast to the other two of Tamiya's "super warbird" kits I've done (Zero and Mustang) where they are perfect. Of course it could always be that I warped the engine frames by cramming scratchbuilt stuff onto the motor. It took quite bit of scrubbing to get the chipping to happen, but I think it looks OK. I'll probably end up displaying it with the bonnet and one side panel off the engine bay: At least I now have a Spitfire on my WW2 fighter shelf! That's been an omission for too long. Now I've got to get back to my DC-8. I'm eager to wrap that project up. I've been experiencing some flagging mojo on airplane model projects recently, and so I've got something very different planned for my next build. So time to clear the bench for that. D.B. Andrus, Erwin, Martinnfb and 18 others 20 1
Uncarina Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Well done Alex! The build, paint, markings, and weathering all look great. Cheers, Tom Martinnfb and Alex 2
Alex Posted June 18 Author Posted June 18 1 hour ago, Uncarina said: Well done Alex! The build, paint, markings, and weathering all look great. Cheers, Tom Thanks! Martinnfb 1
Dpgsbody55 Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Great looking Spitfire. Cheers, Michael Martinnfb and Alex 2
Shoggz Posted June 19 Posted June 19 I'm so pleased you overcame the paint gremlins Alex, as you've ended up with a lovely model, and your chipping research will be saved for my own later use! Alex and Martinnfb 2
Javlin1 Posted June 19 Posted June 19 That's looking good there Alex like it alot and like your shade of blue over my selection but it is what it is. Alex and Martinnfb 2
Alex Posted June 19 Author Posted June 19 30 minutes ago, Javlin1 said: That's looking good there Alex like it alot and like your shade of blue over my selection but it is what it is. Thanks! For the future, my blue is MRP-119 - specifically meant to be WW2 RAF Azure. Martinnfb and Javlin1 1 1
John B Posted June 23 Posted June 23 Outstanding work, thanks for sharing your work. JB Alex and Martinnfb 2
Alex Posted June 23 Author Posted June 23 On 6/19/2025 at 12:05 AM, Dpgsbody55 said: Great looking Spitfire. Cheers, Michael On 6/19/2025 at 4:38 AM, Shoggz said: I'm so pleased you overcame the paint gremlins Alex, as you've ended up with a lovely model, and your chipping research will be saved for my own later use! On 6/19/2025 at 6:06 PM, LSP_Kevin said: Fantastic result, Alex! Kev 1 hour ago, John B said: Outstanding work, thanks for sharing your work. JB Thanks all. This was a great GB, with lots of great builds. Obviously there's a lot of Spitfire enthusiasm here ;-) Martinnfb 1
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