JohnB Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 13 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Your Spitfire looks great! Thank you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 11 hours ago, GazzaS said: Excellent painting, John! Oh... and decals, too! You're moving too fast! Your next kit should be by Revell. LOL Gaz. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Finished with the decals. I'll add the landing gear next then see about a over spray with clear flat. (This particular a/c was not coded HL*K but HL*X. Some sources depict it as K as does the Victory Productions decal sheet which I used for some of the markings. A careful examination of the photo of the real a/c, in my humble opinion, not-so-clearly show it as X. It is also shown as X in the Osprey book American Spitfire Aces. So I went with X.) Click on the photo for best resolution. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 VEry nice, John! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 40 minutes ago, GazzaS said: VEry nice, John! Thanks Gaz!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The flap linkage doors on the wing remind me of a 1/4 scale Spit I built (back in 1998) where I made those functional. Getting them (and the fiddly two piece on each wing split flaps) to work smoothly and for the door to open/close properly lead to a lot of swearing. Took several weeks to get it to work. Eventually my wife thought these were Spitfire parts called the “F**king flaps” and the “F**king doors.” 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 13 hours ago, PeteF said: The flap linkage doors on the wing remind me of a 1/4 scale Spit I built (back in 1998) where I made those functional. Getting them (and the fiddly two piece on each wing split flaps) to work smoothly and for the door to open/close properly lead to a lot of swearing. Took several weeks to get it to work. Eventually my wife thought these were Spitfire parts called the “F**king flaps” and the “F**king doors.” LOL A lot more work than I'd be wanting to undertake! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 That desert camo scheme is gorgeous. My big spit was a Mk I 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 John Superb decal work and some mighty fine detective work as well. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 28 minutes ago, Peterpools said: John Superb decal work and some mighty fine detective work as well. Keep 'em comin Peter Thanks Peter! I just finished applying the clear flat coat so now it will be time to doing some weathering. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 All done. Check completed work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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