Tamiya Spitfire VIII

[JohnB]

13 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

Your Spitfire looks great! 

Thank you!

[JohnB]

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!

[JohnB]

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.

[GazzaS]

VEry nice, John!

[JohnB]

40 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

VEry nice, John!

Thanks Gaz!!!!

[PeteF]

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.” 

[JohnB]

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!

[PeteF]

That desert camo scheme is gorgeous. My big spit was a Mk I

[Peterpools]

John

Superb decal work and some mighty fine detective work as well.

Keep 'em comin

Peter

[JohnB]

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.

[JohnB]

All done. Check completed work.