1/48 Tamiya Spifire MK. Vb (FINISHED)...

bvallot

Member since
June 2013

Posted by bvallot on Thursday, February 12, 2015 6:58 PM

=] I love watching this part.

On the bench:

Tamiya F4U-1 Kenneth Walsh

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tempestjohnny

Member since
November 2003
From: Naples, FL

Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 9:39 AM

On a roll again Joe.

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Devil Dawg

Member since
March 2005
From: Lancaster, South Carolina

Posted by Devil Dawg on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:15 PM

Looking pretty danged good to me.

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:12 PM

Thanks guys.....

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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scorpr2

Member since
July 2007

Posted by scorpr2 on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:54 PM

Looking good! Keep up the good work!!!

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sanderson_91

Member since
December 2003
From: Charleston, SC

Posted by sanderson_91 on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:53 PM

Gotta love the Spit!! Nice start Joe.

Steve

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

1/48 Tamiya Spifire MK. Vb (FINISHED)...

Posted by lawdog114 on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:29 PM

Hello, after finishing my Bf 109 G-6, I find myself firmly planted in European Theater mode. I wanted something quick and easy to tide me over until my eagerly anticipated Zveda Bf 109 F-2 arrives. So why not a Tamiya Spitfire? I decided to yank my MK. Vb from the stash, which is the edition with pilots and crew. Some time ago I "invested" in Victory Productions "Aces of tne Empire" Spitfire decals, with 40 Spit aces! Its only a matter of deciding which ace to model. After perusing the sheet, I'm down to Paddy Finucane and Eric Lock.

I started with the cockpit. I don't mind the Tamiya cockpit the way it is. In my opinion, all it really needs is a PE seat belt. Ufortunately I'm out of RAF belts and I had a Quickboost seat in the resin stash, so I used it. I think Ultracast does a better Sptifire seat but the QB version is acceptable. Anyways, after an XF-1 Flat Black preshade of all the parts, I used XF-71 Cockpit Green mixed with XF-19 Light Grey to come up with my own interpretation of RAF interior green. The seat was painted XF-64 Red Brown with a touch of XF-7 Flat Red to simulate the bakelite color of these seats. If you care to see how I paint my cockpits, see here:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/156030.aspx

This will work too...

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/160714.aspx

I also like the Instrument panel Tamiya provides. Eventhough the gauges are blank. Its very 3 dimesional and drybrushes easily. Here I drybrushed the face, added some color to busy it up, After a gloss coat, wash, dullcoat, the dials got a drop of 5 minute epoxy to simulate glass.