Thomas Lund Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Wow Ralph - excellent excellent excellent painting. Very very crisp. I absolutely LOVE the way you did the underside - that I will use for my next build for sure. And painted on markings just look so much better. Respect !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Ralph Enjoying your "simple" OOB of the HB Spit. Fit and finish is looking just awesome. Keep 'em coming :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 your paint work is stunning Ralph, nice to spit in a different color scheme then the "norm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango1 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I am really enjoying this! Fantastic work and a very original choice of paint scheme and markings. Thanks for sharing your painting techniques, most impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Stunning paint job Ralph... cheers Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Looks like a Malteser, very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Cheers Ralph! Fantastic stuff, always enjoy your WIP's. Have you figured out yet what you are going to do about the center part of the canopy? Do you plan to modify the Tamiya part or the HB one? Perhaps a vacform replacement? Might be easier to stretch over the fuselage. Great to see your work again, especially on a Spitfire! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic C.D. Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Now, that's a fantastic paint job ! Looking forward to the progress ! Nic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Riese Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) thanks Gents - appreciate your interest and comments. Frank: not really figured out the canopy hood. The kit part in the open position is the simplest. Fitting the Tamiya part would need careful thinning of the inside of the part whrer it meets the fuselage, and some generous scraping of the respective fuselage areas. Maybe I need to fire up the Dremel??!!. Don't have facilities for vac-forming so that one's out for me. Kit decals were applied - they worked well with MICRO SET. For those interested in more accuracy, I'd suggest thinking about some aftermarket stencils though. XF-49 Khaki to start the stb-side wing root weathering. XF-82 Ocean Grey for the port-side. The Trop boxing does not include the short spinner so it was replaced with a Grey Matter Figures prop blades/spinner set. Unfortunately the spinner backing plate diameter did not match the spinner, so the spinner was grafted to an old Hasegawa backing plate that had been modified to fit the nose of the model. A 3:1 mix of XF-2 Flat White and XF-19 Sky Grey was used to kick off the exhaust staining. Not sure what went on with the "No walk" lines on the MTO / overpainted birds. Any thoughts on what to paint / what not to paint much appreciated. Thanks again for looking. Cheers, Ralph. Edited May 7, 2013 by Ralph Riese Martinnfb, tomv87 and leoasman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hi there I'm liking this a lot its a great paint job I must say. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 What a great job on her ! I love the way your bottom roundels came out, with the small scoop. Just great !.............Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRutman Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Beautiful work on a beautiful aircraft. Love those colors, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Riese Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 (edited) MIG's "Shadow Brown" oil wash, followed by testors Dullcote tinted with small amounts of Tamiya's XF-68 NATO Brown and XF-69 NATO Black... ... starts to get ugly up close... Seems there's now information suggesting that EP200 retained the original underside "Sky" colour and the earlier style underwing roundels. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. Edited May 8, 2013 by Ralph Riese Martinnfb, alaninaustria, Hartmann52 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Ralph, looks great! The weathering on the underside is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Very nice to see you again Ralph!!! Once again, awesome painting and weathwering job, iam really jealous off your painting skills!!! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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