SPITFIRE GROUP BUILD 2007-2008

amazing work on those panel lines and rivits, how did you get such clear yet understated definition?

Thanks so much guys! I appreciate it!

TLP and gzt- great work on those Spitfires! 

Thanks for the words of encouagement. I have rethought my demise and I would like to see it built also. I will try to have it complete by the end of the year, but last time I pushed myself to a deadline I didn't want to build for three months. It became a job rather than a hobby.

Tony

Jon that is a beautuiful job.  Give yourself a big high five... but don't throw out your back

Lookin' good Greg   I like the art. 

EDIT... TLP we were posting atthe same time.  very nice looking bird. 

Finally some clear pictures of my work, my buddies dad finally sent some.  enjoy!.......or dont, im not really here to tell you what to do. If you look close you can see where I opened up the exhausts with a dremel.

razordws wrote:

Sweet looking build Jon   the stripes are very striking. Greg yours is looking good too.  I love the art work, don't see that very often on the spits.

you are right, this kind of art was not too common but Zumbach was quite a character

I am trying to use exclusively Techmod decals (what makes it much easier since most of my planes are Polish , however they make a lot of other markings as well as Polish). I found them very nicely done, accurate and very easy to work with.

Sweet looking build Jon   the stripes are very striking.

Greg yours is looking good too.  I love the art work, don't see that very often on the spits. 

Jon: Nice build ! I like the markings. Someday I will make full stripes kit for my collection. Those look really good.

Here is my Zumbach's plane (WIP)

Well- I finally finished my Hasegawa Mk. IXe, which I did as a c wing version. The kit comes with parts for both..... even a Mk. VIII can be built from the kit. It's finished in both the kit's decals- which were good, and Johnnie Johnson's markings from the ICM Mk. IX- which were awful.

I published a full build report here. 

This was a good kit- very detailed, good fit.... costs a bit more than the Airfix Mk. IX, but it's a much nicer and detailed kit overall.

gzt wrote:

Tony, Spitfire GB will wait for you. Do not step out just take a short break Do not leave us ....

Please don't leave!  I was really looking forward to seeing that Mk.XIV.

Tony,

Spitfire GB will wait for you. Do not step out just take a short break

Do not leave us .... 

Please forgive me, but I must humbly and regretably beg off this GB. Too many irons in the fire. Everyone here is doing a great job.

Tony

I have enough for tonight

worked on my PZL a bit

on my P-47M

and the latest on Zumbach's Vb but just did one side tonight.

As far as how many decals do I have for Spitfires ... let me count them now ...

 just 25 diferent markings for Mk II, V, VIII and IX (not counting those coming with boxed kits (+2xMk IX, 1x Mk V, 1x Mk VIII) ... it looks to me not enough kits ... but I just started in May this year

started with decals tonight

Daywalker wrote:

wyoroy wrote: hello, my name is Frank and Im a decal junkie....... (Roy falls of chair laughing) LMAO!  OK, maybe I do have a LITTLE bit of a problem.  Maybe...

Nah; one can never have too many decals!

wyoroy wrote:

hello, my name is Frank and Im a decal junkie....... (Roy falls of chair laughing)

LMAO!  OK, maybe I do have a LITTLE bit of a problem.  Maybe... 

Glad you liked it Greg!  I really like your paint work, I cannot see any trouble areas from the photos!

You Spitfire decal affliction sounds like mine with Corsairs, last time I checked I had markings for 66 of them!

Daywalker wrote:

Just thought I'd post this link to a sweet looking little Spit over on Hyperscale.

Thanks Frank. This is exactly what I tried to get , but my dark green was too thick in most places ... maybe next one (I have decals for at least 20 Spits )

Tonight I placed a glossy coat (MM Gloss can paint) and ... I have a nasty overspray accumulation in one spot ... what a nightmare.

I tried to dillute it a bit with a thinner, got it better but far from perfect. I will do more tomorrow, hoping to fix this otherwise .. I will have to strip the whole paint ...

Next time I am going to use Future for this application. At least I can remove future without destructing enamel base coat.

razordws wrote:

TLP - Very nice but too bad about the blurry photo's.  Any chance you'll get it back to take some more photo's? Greg - Looking real good, the pre-shading is excellent   You know, I've been wondering, my brother-in-law is from France and his last name is Zumbach.  Wonder if there's any relation?

Thanks

Dave, according to Zumach's biography ("Mr Brown") he lived in France after the WWII (with some times when he fought over Africa or smuggled Swiss watches to England ). However the name Zumbach is in fact swiss. Zumbach had double citizenship: Polish and Swiss

TLP - Very nice but too bad about the blurry photo's.  Any chance you'll get it back to take some more photo's?

Greg - Looking real good, the pre-shading is excellent   You know, I've been wondering, my brother-in-law is from France and his last name is Zumbach.  Wonder if there's any relation?