discussion Completed 1/32 Supermarine Spiteful

[stona]

This is the Iconicair kit, resin with a white metal undercarriage.

Photos are not so good, not sure why. I took them as I always do!













Finally two exotic aircraft side by side, the Spiteful and its navalised version, the Seafang.



Imagine what that pair would be worth if they existed today!

Cheers

Steve

 

[spanner570]

Nice sharp build, Steve.
Great background too.

Oh, and thanks a bundle, I've just panicked and booked a test with specsavers!

Your Servant.

Ivor Blirrdfotto

 

[yak face]

Top class build steve of a very rarely modelled aircraft. I see youre a proponent of the old 1930s movie trick of rubbing vaseline on the camera lens to make the starlets more beautiful :smiling5: , but really you neednt have bothered , its a superb build . “Alright mr De Mille , im ready for my close up”
Regards gloria swanson

 

[tigersteve]

Great builds - I took some pictures with my iPhone a while ago , came out similar - turned out the lens was just a bit smeary !

 

[stona]

Thanks chaps!
You know, I never thought to check the lens! David Bailey I most definitely ain't!
I thought I might have shifted the selector thingy on the camera from the supposedly idiot proof auto setting, because that would definitely do something of which I would be totally ignorant, but I hadn't.

I'm calling them atmospheric No need for Specsavers Ron!

Veuillez recevoir, Messieurs, mes salutations distinguees

Louis Daguerre

 

[stona]

Testing, testing, one, two....



Steve, you're a genius. I wish I'd thought to clean the lend BEFORE I set up and took the earlier 'atmospheric' images.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Ian M]

First I would like to say that although soft, the photos are sharp and the pictures work very well.

That out of the way, two very rarely seen birds in that scale, built and painted to perfection.

 

[Fernando N]

Unique looking models, they are great Steve:thumb2::thumb2:

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Very nice Steve.

 

[Mini Me]

Either way they came out great. Well done Steve. Rick H.

 

[colin m]

Nice job. But I actually thought the 'atmospheric pictures' were a nice touch. We just needed one in black and white.

 

[papa 695]

Cracking work

 

[stona]

Your wish is my command!



Cheers

'Genie'

 

[colin m]

Your wish is my command!



Cheers

'Genie'

Ah ha, that the one. Brilliant.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Very nice indeed,Steve.

 

[Gern]

Excellent work there Steve. I take it with these two extra large kits to find shelf space for, you definitely won't have room for my launch tower?

 

[stona]

Looking a bit iffy on the launch tower Dave! I'm eyeing up a 1/32 P-51, which is another big'un.

I've also got a lock down present from daughter number one's little fella, though I don't think he picked and paid for it unless three year olds are better paid today than in my time :flushed:

I might have to build it first as his grasp of time is not great. Anything in the future, from going to nursery to Christmas is 'next week', which is when he will be expecting the completed model to feature in a Skype call (with a repaired dinosaur!)

 

[Gern]

Looking a bit iffy on the launch tower Dave! I'm eyeing up a 1/32 P-51, which is another big'un.

Oh poop! Looks like I gotta get a bigger board!

 

[BarryW]

These look superb Steve and right up to your usual standard.

I look forward to seeing your P51 but which 1/32 kit?

Among new tools there are the Revell, Tamiya and Zoukei Mura.

The Tamiya and ZM are great kits though the Tamiya has the edge with sharper, cleaner moulds and best fit.

The Revell is a lot cheaper but I would not expect great things from it, you get what you pay for after all. My recommendation would be the Tamiya of course who have three toolings, a D (or MkIV), a K (or MkIVa) and a newer Korean War F51 option. You cannot do better than the Tamiya.

 

[stona]

I look forward to seeing your P51 but which 1/32 kit?

Hi Barry

It's a Tamiya kit, which must be a few years old. It was discovered lurking in the top of one of the Fuhrerin's wardrobes and I had forgotten I had it! It wouldn't surprise me if it dates to when Tamiya released the kit which must have been the best part of ten years ago.

I'm going to do a camouflaged version, and I might be asking some paint advice as the best US equivalents for our Day Fighter Scheme seem to be in the MRP colour range. They seem to work beautifully for you, so I'm considering giving them a go, at least for the three camouflage colours.