Tamiya Mk VIII Spitfire RAAF Morotai

[JohnB]

This is next up. Ought to make a good looking Spitfire model. 

 

[JohnB]

Instrument panel, etc about done. 

[JohnB]

Cockpit assembly done.

[BlrwestSiR]

Coming along nicely there John. 

[JohnB]

2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Coming along nicely there John. 

Thanks Carl. I intend for this one to be OOB except for resin wheels. 🙂

[JohnB]

Cockpit assembly done.

 

[JohnB]

Progress

[KevinM]

On 4/15/2026 at 5:35 PM, JohnB said:

Cockpit assembly done.

 

Very Nice looking pit John

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, KevinM said:

Very Nice looking pit John

Thanks Kevin! 🙂

[belugawhaleman]

That's looking really NICE John😀

[JohnB]

4 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

That's looking really NICE John😀

Thank you Paul! 🙂

[JohnB]

More progress...

[JohnB]

About ready for some paint. 🙂

[JohnB]

Painting coming right along.

[JohnB]

Painting done except for the exhausts and some touch-up. 🙂

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice! I never knew that the white leading Edge stripes were so wide. 

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Nice! I never knew that the white leading Edge stripes were so wide. 

Thanks Carl. Same here. It seems some units had wide stripes and others narrower. 🙂

[PanzerWomble]

Interesting cammo pattern 

I like the subtle grey over grey where they've repainted the roundels .

[JohnB]

7 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:

Interesting cammo pattern 

I like the subtle grey over grey where they've repainted the roundels .

Something a little different for sure. 🙂

[JohnB]

Finished.

https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/21052-tamiya-mk-viii-spitfire-rfi/