discussion Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Vc

[yak face]

Thanks jim , no need to apologize its all too easy to miss stuff . The non foghing CA is brilliant stuff , bit expensive at about £9 a bottle but it does what it says . I use it for canopies most times now

 

[Richard48]

Looks great Tony.To my shame i have never built a spitfire or indeed a Hurricane in my life.Ive got the Airfix mark 1a and i should build one at least.
Richard

 

[yak face]

Thanks richard , if its the newer tool Airfix mk1a then it builds up beautifully , you’ll love it , cheers tony

 

[yak face]

After a tricky mask up of the open cockpit its had a coat of grey primer . Nothing serious needed sorting just a few swipes of acrylic putty here and there . Its now had the underside azure blue .

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking very good Tony

 

[yak face]

First upper colour on

 

[colin m]

'Achtung Spitfire' Guess what film I watched (again) last week ? But yes, it's always good to see a spitfire being built. And I do love a desert scheme.

 

[PaulTRose]

'Achtung Spitfire' Guess what film I watched (again) last week ?

Spring chicken to shitehawk in one easy lesson?

Takkatakkatakkatakka

 

[papa 695]

Just seen and caught up on this one Tony, cracking work so far.

 

[colin m]

Spring chicken to shitehawk in one easy lesson?

Takkatakkatakkatakka

Of course, what else.

 

[yak face]

I wanted to try and get a sun bleached look to the upper side paintwork so I added a few drops of white to the mid stone and gave the top of the fuselage , wings and tailplanes a random blotching . Once ive applied the dark earth I’ll do the same to that which will hopefully look like its faded in the desert sun.

 

[yak face]

After a masking session I got the dark earth on and followed that with a lightened mix over the top surfaces to hopefully try and give the impression of sun bleaching. After overnight curing it was unmasked and its now had a coat of gloss ready for the decals .

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Thats come out well Tony.

 

[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.