Here’s some pics of my finished Spitfire!
This time I’ve used an editor to change the white balance. Hopefully it looks a bit better.
Enjoy! 🙂
Spitfire Mk XII – Airfix 1/48 – finished
Spitfire MK XII – finishing touches
With all the decals done and a clear cote to seal them, I could start with the weathering.
So I used black oil colour and some white spirit to give panel lines a wash.
Then I let it sit for a few hours before I started wiping off the excess with cotton buds and some white spirit (where needed).
I then did some painting with aluminium to create a little wear on wings and prop blades.
Black oil colour was again used, but this time to create some dirt and grime like sooth from the shell ejection holes and some general grime.
I also added sooth from the exhaust pipes, removed the masking from the canopy and added the mirror and painted it. And with that I think I’ll call it finished, and will take proper pics later today.
Spitfire Mk XII – update 2
After a few sessions, almost all the decals are on.
Just a few decals left, and as the instructions are a bit unclear about some of them, I have to ask some who know, or eventually find the info on Google.
Spitfire Mk XII – update 1
The pilot was finished and some seams taken care of.
Then the pilot was put in place, which meant I had to carefully remove the front glass, as I couldn’t slip the pilot in as intended.
Then the underside was painted.
I have a roll of semi clear masking film that I wanted to try. The wings was fairly easy and part of the body, but I ended up resorting to blue tac and tape for the rest of the camo.
I think I’ve rushed the build a bit in an attempt to finish in time, so maybe the paint was too fresh. The masking film and tape removed parts of the paint.
Hard to see the flaws in the sun shiny pic but had to sort some of it with some freehand painting.
The the wings was masked and a yellow field painted on the front ledge.
I’ll check if more touching up is needed, and then put on a cote of varnish, before applying decals.
Airfix 1/48 – Spitfire Mk XII – Easter blitz build
As part of the easter holiday I participated in 2 holiday group builds. Build anything, hopefully within the holiday and have fun.
I picked this kit as my entry.
As usual on most planes it starts with the interior.
First some British interior green.
IP and details was painted and the interior was given a wash.
I assembled the wings and painted the prop and spinner.
I solved the problem with having the prop sitting on the plane while working with it, and glued the fuselage.
After sorting the body seams, I glued the wings and then some other parts as well.
The canopy parts was masked.
The landing gears was paint and also some other parts.
I started painting the pilot.
The canopy was glued in place.
Tires was painted and a few other small parts was sorted for future assembly.
Flaps and canopy was painted with interior green.
After a while I could paint primer over the seams. I also practiced painting squiggles.
I need to take care of some seams before painting the camo.