David Mooney Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Ok after I had a real mission on building the trumpeter Chinook, I thought id go and try something a little easier and quicker. To my surprise I spotted the fairly new Revell Supermarine Spitfire retailing at a remarkable price compared to the Tamiya effort. So as it was nice and cheap I thought id take a punt at it and see how good it was and its very good, didn't have fit issues at all. The only real pain is that the spures are pretty much numbered completely at random, so most time was wasted checking every sprue for a certain piece. I do not doubt that there maybe a few historic inaccuracy's in the kit where Tamiya has probably got it right, but for me is it worth the extra money??? Not in my book its not! This was built almost out of the box, the only addition was the seats belt which came from the eduard #32088 set. All in all I think it turned out pretty well considering and I wont be avoiding Revell kits from now on, they have really improved a lot that's for sure. Please remember I build with a 'it looks about right' mentality and the undercarriage is intentionally at the angle it is due to the fact I wanted it looking 'fat' on a diorama, so here goes.................enjoy and all comments welcome joe, andromeda673, Geoff Staniland and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 and a nice black and white to finish BiggTim, Lud13, Chris Wimmer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Fantastic Spitfire Build - really looks fine on that grass base! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat14 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Great looking spitfire David, love the weathering to. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Lovely work, David! May I publish it on the website? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 A super well-used looking Spit David, love the weathering and chipping.......could have been part of the Edgar Brooks Tribute GB! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andromeda673 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 gorgeous work, and nice weathering, well done and proper spit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 Lovely work, David! May I publish it on the website? Kev Of course Kevin, publish away :-) Thanks for everyone's comments, thankfully they are all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 A super well-used looking Spit David, love the weathering and chipping.......could have been part of the Edgar Brooks Tribute GB! Max Moved a post over there Mozart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Top stuff great build and looks really great on the grass strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lufty Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I love the 1st 'Side on' pic on the grass base with the blue sky in the background. Absolutely gorgeous, ...Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Here you go, David! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=2628 Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wimmer Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 What a lovely spit! Like the weathering very much... cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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