** Finished ** 1/32 Kotare Spitfire Mk.1a N3180 "Kiwi"

[Wayne Bull]

Great job Tolga and you have done a very good job around that spine joint as it is not the easiest thing to do . Lookforward to seeing it finished 

[Tolga ULGUR]

22 hours ago, dennismcc said:

Superb, those code letters look really exotic, but no doubt are correct knowing thr depth of Kotare's research.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

 

Thanks Dennis

 

 

10 hours ago, Wayne Bull said:

Great job Tolga and you have done a very good job around that spine joint as it is not the easiest thing to do . Lookforward to seeing it finished 

 

Thanks Wayne

[Tolga ULGUR]

Some progress

Oil paint washing and matt coat.

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Tolga ULGUR

[Biggles87]

Stunning! A word often over-used ( especially by the media ) but in this case totally justified.

Macro or close up photography doesn’t usually do us modellers any favours but yours just shows more clearly the efforts you have gone to with the weathering and shading.

 

John

[Tolga ULGUR]

5 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Stunning! A word often over-used ( especially by the media ) but in this case totally justified.

Macro or close up photography doesn’t usually do us modellers any favours but yours just shows more clearly the efforts you have gone to with the weathering and shading.

 

John

 

Thanks a lot John

[Troy Molitor]

Beautiful work going on here Tolga.  Wow.   

[Tolga ULGUR]

7 hours ago, Troy Molitor said:

Beautiful work going on here Tolga.  Wow.   

 

Thanks Troy

[Rocat]

Great progress, I really like your work.

[TAG]

On 10/22/2023 at 11:36 AM, dennismcc said:

Superb, those code letters look really exotic, but no doubt are correct knowing thr depth of Kotare's research.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

Hey, Dennis

 

I'd say they're pretty spot on, Kotare definitely did their homework here. Maybe just a dash of weathering to tone down the brightness of the decals, is all.

 

Hope that helps,

- Thomaz

[Tolga ULGUR]

16 hours ago, Rocat said:

Great progress, I really like your work.

 

Thanks

[Tolga ULGUR]

Next step is the exhausts.

I have decided to use Artscale 3D exhaust set.

 

 

[Tolga ULGUR]

Today's update

Exhaust parts have been painted. And ready to be installed.

 

[Tolga ULGUR]

Today's update :

Painted exhaust parst have been installed. And some minor details also added.

Next step is the landing legs and canopy parts.

 

 

 

[Tolga ULGUR]

Some progress

Spitfire is standing now. Fit of the wheels are perfect with correct angle.

 

 

 

[John1]

On 10/26/2023 at 11:54 AM, TAG said:

Hey, Dennis

 

I'd say they're pretty spot on, Kotare definitely did their homework here. Maybe just a dash of weathering to tone down the brightness of the decals, is all.

 

Hope that helps,

- Thomaz

Great pictures.  Not sure if they have been "colorized" or they are originals but either way, they do a good job of showing that the paint was a semi-gloss (you can see the reflection of the red/white/blue tail colors on the horizontal stabs).    Regarding the accuracy of the Kotare decals, I just read an involved thread on the Barracuda FB page on this, comparing the Kotare decals vrs Fundekals.    In it, a convincing case was made that Kotare got it wrong on the codes, their color was much too blue-ish, which seems to be borne out if you look at the pics above (assuming those pictures are legit).