discussion Spitfire Mk. VI

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Francesco

 

[The Migrant]

looking very good Francesco, excellent work in the cockpit. How did you make the seat harness? It looks very natural.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your nice comments.

Seat belts are done with aluminum adhesive tape (the one used to join tubes), painted with citadel bronzen flash and washed with oil black and terra di Siena bruciata. Metal parts are made again with thin strip of alu tape, the big lock is made with a slice of plastic rod.

I find the alu tape very useful as it keeps the form better than alu foil and masking and has a very strong glue, plus I can use for placard too.

Francesco

 

[yak face]

Great job on the interior francesco , the seat looks excellent, cheers tony

 

[eddiesolo]

Nice job on the camo paint, really looking the part.

Si

 

[Guest]

Cheers mates, and thank you for you feedbacks.

Spitfire #1: ailerons cut and remade, applying putty.

Spitfire #2: decals on and on his (wrong) legs.

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Francesco

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[flyjoe180]

Nice work Francesco.

 

[Guest]

Nice build Francesco!!

 

[Guest]

Nice words, thank you.

Painting ongoing, camouflage on spitfire #1 and matt varnish on #2. #2 is only missing a carriage cover.

Here's a picture of both:

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Francesco

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[colin m]

Very nice, that shading that shown up very nicely underneath.

 

[Guest]

Nice build

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice paint work Francesco.

 

[papa 695]

Looking very good Francesco

 

[Guest]

Really appreaciate your comments mates, thank you.

I retouched the camouflage, completed the painting and started applying decals. Unfortunately also the new decals sheet sent by italeri to replace the bad printed in the box isn't properly aligned. This is less evident on the rounders but quite visible on the tail codes. I will have to invent something for the code (and try to remove the silvering).

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Thanks for looking.

Francesco

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[eddiesolo]

Shame about the decals Francesco, but the plane is looking superb, really like the camo you have done.

Si

 

[Guest]

Thanks Si,

Still have a lot to learn.

Francesco

 

[flyjoe180]

That's pretty unusual for Italeri to have dodgy decals. It's looking great so far, keep up the good work and it'll be done before you know it

 

[Guest]

That's pretty unusual for Italeri to have dodgy decals. It's looking great so far, keep up the good work and it'll be done before you know it

Thanks Joe, probably I just been unlucky.

However, better than this I can't do. Few small touches (mirror, smoke, antenna, ecc.) then it's complete.

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[Guest]

Looks great

 

[Guest]

This is a great looking spit mate, well done.