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Started a new Spitfire today. Going to try and document the build here. Would love to hear any feedback you might have as I proceed so I can keep improving my skills.
First, I set up a temporary workstation in my spare bedroom. I recently purchased the book in the photo, and it has a lot of great images for fine details. Not sure I have the skills to pull all those tiny details, but I'll give it a go.
The kit is a Mk. Vb from Tamiya in 1/48. I think this one has been around for a while, so many of you may have already done one?
I bought some PE parts from Eduard. It comes with several pieces, but I really just want to replace the instrument panel and add seatbelts as I will not be including a pilot. To prep for those parts, I flattened the instrument panel using an Xacto to get rid of most of the raised bits then sanded it down.
Then I used Tamiya grey primer in a rattle can to prime as much of the interior as I could. I used some blue tack to cover the instrument panel since it doesn't need to be primed. Hopefully, if I am careful, it will peel away leaving just that part unprimed. Going to let this dry until tomorrow night when I will start doing a little painting.
Been busy this week, but found time to get a little work done on the cockpit and interior.
Painted most of the major pieces and did a little dry brushing on the interior frame. Once all this cures, I'm going to clear coat it and add a brown wash. Probably tomorrow or the next day. Then I'll go back over it with a dull coat.
Still waiting on some Eduard PE parts for the instrument panel and seatbelts. Should be here this weekend, maybe.
So far, really good!
The crow bar on the exit door is actually a raw steel color. They didn't start painting them red until after the war.
I had to be told this when I built my Spit and now I'm just passing it on.
- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"
Possible Pilot DeviationThat's fair. Thank you for the information. I'm not going for complete accuracy here, so a little mis coloring here and there, if it looks decent, is fine by me.
I can certainly respect that! Carry on.
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