Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Vc

[Airborne01]

Love this; desert cam doesn't appear often enough to my mind!
Steve

[yak face]

Decals now on . I wondered about the strange location of the V on the serial , sitting much higher up than the DB but looking at photographs of the actual aircraft it shows that Airfix have done their homework and got it right . Next job a matt coat to seal everything in , I’m toying with the idea of mixing a few drops of white into the matt varnish to further fade the paintwork , I’ll have a test to see if its viable .

[Geoffers]

Looking very nice Tony 😊

I think Dark Earth/ Mid Stone over Azure Blue is one of my favourite colour schemes.

Geoff.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looking good Tony. Sometimes over application of the matt varnish can give you a milky faded finish. I only know that because I made a hash of a model recently by putting the matt on too thick. If it goes wrong a satin coat brings the colour back.

[Richard48]

Looks rather lovely Tony.Real eye catching scheme.Hope the fading experiment goes ok.Fingers crossed for you.
Richard

[yak face]

Nearly there now . Its had a coat of matt varnish with a couple of drops of off white mixed in , this gave it the dun bleached look I was after . It then had a coat of normal matt varnish. The exhausts have been fitted and the staining added . The canopy has been unmasked and neatened up and the stretched sprue morse code lamp fitted . Just a few more tiny bits to do ( cockpit door , nav lights , fit sliding section of canopy , light chipping round cockpit ) then its done .

[flyjoe180]

Looks stunning Tony, the bleaching has worked very well.

[Nicko]

Really looking the part Tony.

Nick

[colin m]

That looks spot on. I'm not sure about the landing gear, but I'm sure you can do something with it !

[yak face]

The final few bits have been done and its finished . I didnt add an aerial wire as all the photos ive seen of this particular aircraft or related aircraft dont show one . I’m happy with how the bleaching experiment turned out , fading the top colours nicely . I didnt do a panel wash other than the control surfaces as i didn't think it would look right on such a light colour.I really enjoyed this build and wouldn't hesitate to recommend this kit . Heres a few pics to round off the thread , thanks for looking , cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Bravo Tony, a wonderful build!

[Nicko]

That's looking very nice indeed Tony.

Nick

[adt70hk]

Truly excellent work Tony, a really great finish.

I have one of these in the stash but it will have to wait for the time being

Again great work.

Andrew

[Jim R]

These Airfix kits are gererally good and you've certainly done it proud. That is a superb result.