Shoggz Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 After a few quiet days of 'real world' activities (including my birthday!) work re-commenced last night on my bevy of Spitfires! Here's the Mark II and the pair together It's amazing how much 'life' they seem to take on once the decals start to be applied I've done a lot of the work on 'KL A' freehand (including the serial numbers) as there are no commercially available sets for this particular aircraft (though there are loads for it's squadron mate - Al Deere's KL B ) Anyway, hope you like - I am probably two or three good days' work away from completion I reckon... The challenge for me will really come when I get to weathering - not my strong point! geedubelyer and SciFi58 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Indeed, the pair looks great! Shoggz and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 A lovely pair Richard! Good luck with the weathering...take it slowly and build up the effects you're trying to achieve, don't expect to get it in one hit. Look carefully at reference pictures and spend a lot of time just looking at what you are doing at each stage. Max geedubelyer and Shoggz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Very smart, as you say the decals really bring them to life, it's a great stage on any build Cheers Dennis geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Great stuff Richard. Your two look superb sitting side by side. An even higher accomplishment given that you've built two at the same time. I like to see the subtle differences between the two airframes. Nearly there now. It's time to get the job done. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Decals always make the build come to life!! Are you planning on much weathering? Sometimes less is best. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Wow, I'd forgotten how long adding the stencils takes.. And of course I'm doing it for two! The great thing when you're building a modern warbird is there is plenty of reference material (and of course the real thing!) X4650 doesn't have the full set of stencils included in the EagleCal set I'm using, so I've applied those that it has. P8088 has had the lot though! I've been on holiday this week, so not a lot of progress - but here's a couple of snaps from last weekend. I'm quite pleased with how they've progressed, though as a perfectionist I know there's room for improvement. Shaka HI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 You've worked hard on those two beauties Richard so you've every reason to be pleased with the outcome, and of course every one of us knows we could/will do better with our next project! Max Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Fantastic looking pair! There's always room for improvement -- it defines our (well at least my) existence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Well I had hoped to be posting photos of the finished articles, but time ran out on me last night.. They just need the wheels fitting: Here's some final WIP photos I'm going to get my daughter to snap the finished models with her nice posh camera as my iPhone isn't really the greatest for these up close shots! dmthamade, MikeC, mozart and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Nearly there then Rich, well done! What's next? Joining in Winkle Brown's tribute GB with Carl and me? Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Max, yeah definitely. Just deciding which bird to do... I'm currently leaning towards my Revell FW190.. But I also have the Spitfire bug now, so I could dig out one of the 10 or so I have in the stash! [edited for spelling mistake] mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 They look great, can't wait to get started on my Mk. II. Cheers Dennis Shoggz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Very nicely done !........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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