Airfix Supermarine Spitfire MkI/MkIIa

[aaron]

Hey Scott, I'm building a polish clipped wing one of these do it's interesting to watch this one cheers

Graeme Nice job on yours too

[Guest]

Hey guys here are some more pictures of my progress, pilot is fitted and fuselage and wings glued together Just need to add the tail and tail wings then I think its ready for priming Let me know what you think

Thanks

Scott

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[Guest]

Hey guys here are some more pictures of my progress, pilot is fitted and fuselage and wings glued together Just need to add the tail and tail wings then I think its ready for priming Let me know what you thinkThanks

Scott

Looking good Scott waiting with interest. Got the photography thing sorted as well photos look good.

Laurie

[Guest]

That's looking good Scott, it's going to be a nice build.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

that is awesome m8 and i`m slightly jealous as its a 1/72 just too fiddly for me

mobear

[Guest]

Thanks for the lovely comments guys, motivates me to do more and more haha, if only I could haha really appreciate it @Mobear lol I know what you mean, its a struggle but I manage, can not wait to do a bigger model though, sticking with 1/72 for now as they are cheaper to practise on @Laurie, yup photos are looking good, it was because I was too close obviously, but also because the small parts are so small its very difficult to get a detailed shot :/ but oh well, at least its looking good

Thanks

Scott

[Guest]

Hey guys here is some more progress pics, here I added tail and did a bit of filling ready for priming here are some pictures

Im in the middle of priming now, can't use my air brush yet so I just used a big brush with a very light grey matt, will upload some pics of that when its done

enjoy!

Scott

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[Guest]

@Laurie, yup photos are looking good, it was because I was too close obviously, but also because the small parts are so small its very difficult to get a detailed shot :/ but oh well, at least its looking good Thanks

Scott

Scott you can get over that close uo thing. First try the macro setting. If that does not work take the picture of the small part at the minimum distance of the focus as you have with the last set of pictures. Then using a photo programme, there are a number of freebies about, you can import the photo then enlarge as required. It would be best in this case to take the photos with a high resolution which you can alter in your menu. This will allow a better photo when enlarged. Then export ready for uploading.

Laurie

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice Laurie, appreciate it

Scott

[Guest]

Hey guys, sorry for double posting, Il have to read forum rules lol but yeh, here is an update, primed and ready for painting Then to add the small parts

Hope you like it so far guys, really enjoying this build cant wait to get another one after hahaha

Thanks

Scott

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[Guest]

you are doing great... just great

Roman

[Guest]

Thanks Roman, here is a small update with the little time I had this morning, I used tamiya acrylic for the undercarriage as the shop I get my paints from did not have the color needed for the undercarriage plus I wanted to try acrylics and so far they are lovely Heres a couple pics for you one of the color scheme I have chosen and one with the painted undercarriage.

Enjoy!

Scott

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[Guest]

good olour match m8

mobear

[Guest]

Thanks Mobear, I think I am going to buy acrylics instead of enamels now there really good so going to make a switch, put my enamels to one side now lol

There a bit cheaper aswell which is nice

Any thoughts?

Scott

[Guest]

Thanks Mobear, I think I am going to buy acrylics instead of enamels now there really good so going to make a switch, put my enamels to one side now lolThere a bit cheaper aswell which is nice

Any thoughts?

Scott

If you're going to brush paint with Tamiya acrylics Scott, you'll eventually realise that they don't perform very well! For airbrushing they're great, although you have to watch out for 'dry tip' which causes a gritty finish.

If you're thinking acrylics, go for Vallejo Model Colour. They can be brushed or sprayed equally well, clean-up is easier & the 'dropper' bottle design means you only ever use as much as you need.

Hope that helps

Patrick