ICM Spitfire beer delivery

[scottie3158]

Looking very nice mate.

[Jim R]

Fingers crossed for the unmasking. It's always stressful as you hope it will be fine but worry that it won't.

[yak face]

Underside sprayed medium sea grey yesterday. Masked off today , and got the first top colour on , ocean grey .

[Geoffers]

Coming along nicely after all your struggles with it Tony 😊.

Geoff.

[yak face]

Green on yesterday , so today the masking came off . Thankfully no peeling paint just quite a few touch ups required . Once its been neatened up it ready for a coat of gloss and then decals .

[yak face]

Touch ups done and two coats of Klear later and it was time for the decals. Tgese went on ok , quite glossy but very thin - care needs to be taken with the small stencils as they can fold over on themselves quite easily . Next is a coat of satin to seal everything in and then lots of little finishing bits to add . Oh btw , the beer is ready so anyone fancy a pint ?

[flyjoe180]

So happy that your paint was largely unaffected by the masks Tony. Looks very nice indeed. I’ll queue for a XXX 😎

[yak face]

Cheers joe , I was relieved that nothing peeled , most of the marks were where the white primer had chipped and scratched off while being handled before the paint went on. I’m not impressed with the AK primer at all and will be trying some UMP ( UK license produced stynlrez ) in the future .
And the beers flowing nicely , theres a pint on the end of the wing waiting for you 👍

[yak face]

All the final bits have been added now ,canopy unmasked and the beer barrels attached . Heres a few pics to finish the build thread , I’ll post some more tomorrow when ive cleaned the bench off , thanks to all who have commented , cheers tony

[Nicko]

That's really nice, Tony.

Nick

[spanner570]

Terrific finish Mucker. Lovely job for sure.

It's been great watching it come together too.....

Please drop the port barrel at my place. Map co-ordinates to follow. Catch net at the ready!

Your Servant.
Sqn. Ldr. R. Suppards (Ret.)

[Jim R]

That's superb. So very unusual.

[yak face]

Terrific finish Mucker. Lovely job for sure.

It's been great watching it come together too.....

Please drop the port barrel at my place. Map co-ordinates to follow. Catch net at the ready!

Your Servant.
Sqn. Ldr. R. Suppards (Ret.)

Wilco old chap , chocks away - on the way now
regards flying officer Ivan Angover

[Neil Merryweather]

Well up to your usual top notch standard, Tony. Great job.
I tried the AK primer too and found it to be no better than the Vallejo I was using.
I went back to rattle can, Halfords first but now they've changed their formula I use Hycote

[stillp]

Another great one Tony
Pete

[minitnkr]

Just excellent.

[scottie3158]

Beautiful finish a great looking build.