Part 1 Supermarine Spitfire MkVb

[PhilJ]

Looking good Robert, did you say your not using masking tape now? As tony said make sure you spray at 90 degrees and don't go mad, I now use multiple really coats at a slightly lower pressure which gives a nice faded edge.


Also don't worry about colour match too much as if you are weathering say with oils and pastels (which I probably would for a Malta subject) this will give you different colour variations and tone and I reckon would be in keeping with the subject.


Also what compressor did you get? Did you get one with a tank of so do you think it makes a difference?


Cheers


Phil

[Robert1968]

Hi Phil


Yes I de msked the diy tape and am now going with Ralph's suggest of White tac only ( about half way through masking up


The colour match will not make that much dig I suppose as there will be a mist of med blue over the colours anyway plus weathering etc


The compressor I got was As189 and John at SMS sells em about £70 I think and as far as I know he has some left ( good deal of you ask me


It's got a huge tank on it and also can run two ab from the same unit. Variable tank pressure etc


Scotts got one too and they are really something else!!

[stona]

Try to make the 'sausages' a bit thinner.This will enable you to more closely match the curves of the scheme. Here's a couple of very old pictures I found of a Spitfire masked using this method. It was during my flirtation with acrylic paints


Obviously this is the Day Fighter Scheme colours, but the pattern would be the same.


Before:






After:






Cheers


Steve

[Robert1968]

I have eventually made my new masks from white tac thin worms and Then made patties to fill in the gaps.


I'll use a modelling tool to get a more exact wavy line before I commit to spraying ( thanks for this wonderful tip Ralph.


The wife just returned with 3 new packs of white tac .29p each from Home Bargains ( deal eh )

[Robert1968]

When I come to spray it will be light coats poss 2/ 3 but leave to dry compleatly before next spray.


Thanks to all the advice I'm getting ( your all in this is f it fails ) hahahahaha

[Guest]

This looks well better Robert.

[Robert1968]

Well I took advice from a lot of people in this, yes it stil not perfect and ther will be touch ups etc but nothing major. On the whole I'm rather impressed with the finish. It took only 3 swipes of the spray to obtain the colour desired.


Masking with Tamiya tape caused a few niggly spots but they can easily be masked around and resprayed or touched up with paint as I have the 3 mixtures to hand.


Pics and comments most welcome

[Guest]

Looks good to me Robert! A great result after all that masking

[Guest]

Turned out nice Robert.


See pm.

[Robert1968]

Looks good to me Robert! A great result after all that masking

Thanks Partick I have all my great efforts to thank Ralph for ( in the spraying and camo help department


Robert

[Robert1968]

Turned out nice Robert.
See pm.

Thanks Ralph


Pretty proud of it too even if it's a first time. I'll be using the same method differant colours for my Vc


Regards


Robert

[flyjoe180]

Nice job there Robert. I've often used tac sausages for these sorts of camouflage schemes. You can vary the 'softness' of the edges by using higher or lower sausage boundaries between the colours. The 'sausages' are easier to manipulate when they are smaller/lower. Also, you can save on your tac usage by using thin strips of masking tape in the gaps, or post-it style paper.

[Robert1968]

Sorry been away from the table a lot as work getting more time than personal


Anyways I've now given the Vc the earth camo and now it's back to the Vb


I've started camo again this time over the earth using the sausage etc as I found it very good to get the camo shapes better.


This time the mid stone only will get the dark sea blue Val 70.898 spray, this will be a light spray poss 30/70 but I'll practice on the old milk bottle first eh


There's no exact on this overspray as in the real aircraft ( Stona ) our expert on spitfires has informed me


Pics and comments welcome

[Guest]

Looking good Robert.

[Robert1968]

Overspray went good to what I'm hoping to achieve.it looks blue green but the colour is dark sea blue . Although I masked up with the white tack there were a few lines of mid stone which I duly spared giving a small overspray on the dark earth which was on the original aircraft.


When it comes to the Vc this will have a total overspray but it still will show the camo pattern ( I'm hoping


Next will be a coat of klear ( once fully dry ) then I'll start decals and weathering.