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Tamiya Spitfire MK XVIe


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1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

FINISHED AND ACROSS THE LINE

Tamiya’s awesome Spitfire Mk XVIe has rolled across the line and ready to take her place in the display case.

The final steps to completion:

The Barracuda resin wheels have been tweaked and glued to the struts.

The Canopy:

The intricate and delicate Barracuda resin canopy latch has been added and the rearview mirror has met its fate and most likely devoured by the carpet monster.

Both the pitot tube and IFF Antenna were added.

The small upper spine antenna (unlabeled as to what the antenna actually is for) had had the locating hole drilled out and then added (stretched sprue).

The Merlin’s 12 exhausts were painted, glued in place and lightly weathered. Hardest part of the engine assembly

The last of the canons painting completed and waiting some additional light weathering.

And at this point, I’m calling the Spitfire done and in the books.

Another fantastic Tamiya kit and except for the decal issue, a flawless kit. All the pitfalls were my own doing and I was lucky that the fancy backtracking of striping the paint back to bare plastic and correct what I thought was incorrect colors, didn’t cause any damage. 

A wonderful and rewarding build.

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Mighty pretty Peter! Very nice work. :)

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