Fritz Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Hi All Been on the forum a while, but haven't really posted much. I normally build 48 Scale, but slowly building a collection of 32nd scale kits. Thought I would share some photos of my latest build. This is the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire MKXVIe kit. The paint scheme is of TB675 who was flown by Squadron leader Anthony John Reeves of 74 squadron. I decided to do this particular plane, as while I was visiting my father who lives in the Cook Islands, last year, I discovered that A J Reeves was buried at the cemetery next to the Cook Islands RSA. I also found out his wife was still alive and attended the RSA. I felt it would be a great tribute to build his plane and gift this Spitfire to the RSA which was done about a week ago. Paints used were all Tamiya acrylics, Roundels, codes and serials were made at home and sprayed. It was my first time trying out paint masks and I must admit, I am sold on them. Going to try and do more masks in the future. I kind of kept the weathering to a minimum, there is some dirt marks etc on the wings, but you can't really see them in the photos. Anyway hope you all like it. Cheers Mike TankBuster, scvrobeson, denders and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Beautiful work and a noble destination as well. Cheers, Tom Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 That's gorgeous.. Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Really splendid job Fritz. crisp and clean. Fritz and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, williamj said: Really splendid job Fritz. crisp and clean. X2! The paint work is really clean Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Good job on that, loving the finish, great work Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Lovely work, Mike! And now the subject of this week's banner image on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/largescaleplanes/ Kev Fritz and williamj 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Fantastic is the only word for it, beautifully built, painted, and weathered, love those late war markings as well. Cheers Dennis Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 Thank you everyone for your kind words, and thank you Kevin for the adding my build as the Facebook banner! That's awesome! LSP_Kevin and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Beautiful clean build with a perfect amount of weathering! Great subject too, and a wonderful story behind the build. Thank you for sharing this. Richard Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 5:04 AM, R Palimaka said: Beautiful clean build with a perfect amount of weathering! Great subject too, and a wonderful story behind the build. Thank you for sharing this. Richard Thanks Richard! R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jboldt007 Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 great build and a noble gesture and great little story. Crazy that men and women from that time are still around (like my mom). My first attempt at masks were CW roundels for a Mustang and i struggled - one has to really... really plan it out... but yours look perfect. I have the Spitfire IX ... and some more masks... so an inspiration here ... to give it a go again... Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KUROK Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 It's really well finished! Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 11/10/2023 at 4:55 PM, Jboldt007 said: great build and a noble gesture and great little story. Crazy that men and women from that time are still around (like my mom). My first attempt at masks were CW roundels for a Mustang and i struggled - one has to really... really plan it out... but yours look perfect. I have the Spitfire IX ... and some more masks... so an inspiration here ... to give it a go again... Thank you! I really enjoyed using masks for this build. Definitely going to do it more on future builds. On 11/11/2023 at 5:18 AM, KUROK said: It's really well finished! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFR Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 Stunning build Fritz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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