Daywalker Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Just finished this one today, what an amazing kit which needs no introduction. This is the second Tamiya release, the Mk.VIII finished in the markings of Col. Charles "Sandy" McCorkle- CO of the 31st FG. Destroying 5 enemy aircraft in the air, he became one of a handful of American Spitfire Aces. I used the HGW seatbelts on this build, as well as Barracudacast resin wheels, canopy latch and seat. The cannon barrels are Master turned brass. I used custom mixes of Tamiya acrylics for the paint, and decals from the Spitfire Mk.VIII booklet from Kagero and upper wing and fuselage stars from a Victory Productions sheet. The bottom star was masked and painted with Maketar masks due to the lumps and bumps under the wing. I opted not to remove the seam on the sliding canopy, had a bad feeling that I would destroy it doing so. I can live with the seam. All feedback and constructive criticism gladly received. Thank you for looking! JEN722, Pete Fleischmann and geedubelyer 3
Daywalker Posted March 17, 2013 Author Posted March 17, 2013 A couple more... geedubelyer, JEN722 and Iain 3
LSP_Kevin Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 That is a beautifully-finished model Frank! One for the website I reckon... Kev
Jeff T Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Wow!...that is absolutely gorgeous Frank! Beautiful piece of work. Cheer's, Jeff.
Wolf Buddee Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 I'm with Kevin, that's one gorgeous looking Spitfire Frank! Well done indeed! Cheers, Wolf
P Stoner Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 That's beautiful! Wow, thats a nice Spitfire. Paul
BloorwestSiR Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 That's a beautiful looking Spitfire, Frank. Got a pink one and a blue one to build but I haven't thought of doing one in the desert scheme so may just have to after seeing yours. Carl
JCote Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Like the others said Frank, that's a beautifully made and finished Spitfire, with just the right touch of weathering to make it look like the real thing. Jean
SinuheH Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Absolutely gorgeous - bravo! I'm really impressed and will sue your weathering as a guide for mine.
Warbird Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) Hi Daywalker, Another great model to your credit! I like the top notch painting and subtle wheathering. Wing root chipping and exhaust staining are very appropriate. To be picky, I have a couple of remarks: I find the wheathering of the wheels a bit too "flashy" (I guess a sandy color was airbrushed - I would have used pigments instead). Instinctively, I would have placed the sand/brown and blue camo hard separation line at the natural limits of the side/lower cowling panels. If not at the panel limits, as you did, I would have prefer a soft demarcation. Well, I haven't seen any picture of the actual aircraft so I might be wrong... Cheers Edited March 17, 2013 by Warbird
PhilB Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) Frank, Outstanding result. Its got everything I like. The Med/North Africa scheme and I have a particular thing for builds in markings different to the country of manufacture. Very, very nice Spit. Edited March 17, 2013 by PhilB
Kagemusha Posted March 17, 2013 Posted March 17, 2013 Wonderful, best looking variant of the best looking fighter, spot on fella!
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