Spitfire Mk.I, L'Armee de l'Air de l'Armistice, 1941 (Eduard 1/48)

[2996 Victor]

All i say is that i respect every choice as long as my choice is also respected so, to each their own, right?

Absolutely!

Now, let's have some styrene in this thread, shall we? 

Soon!

Cheers,
Mark

[2996 Victor]

So at long last I've been making some headway on these two birds.

At the moment, I'm more-or-less building in parallel, and over the weekend I've concentrated on the cockpits. The Vichy What-if is slightly farther ahead at close of play as I've sprayed the interior colours while the Real World PR Type B is still in primer. The latter is because Supermarine used their own interior green on Mk.I Spitfires, and I miscalculated the quantities of paint I had available for mixing it!

The French bird has its interior in typical Armee de l'Air colours of blue and chamois. The blue is perhaps a little light and bright (its less intense in real life), but once its had a matt coat and the fuselage is closed up, I think it'll be fine. Detail painting is up next and then adding the legion of separate greeblies that Eduard supply.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers,
Mark

[NARSES2]

Nice progress 

[2996 Victor]

Nice progress 

Thanks more soon (I hope!)

[2996 Victor]

Well now, almost ten months later and here we are again!

What's been happening in the meantime? B'all, to be honest - several RW builds started and stalled as the old mojo rides its rollercoaster of peaks and troughs  The PR Type B hasn't progressed much, if at all, while our What-if Vichy took, if anything, several rearward steps. The fuselage was appropriated for a possible Speed Spitfire build and all the interior paint washed off, and the remaining cockpit parts languished/got damaged/got lost etc etc.

This brings us to the last couple of weeks when this little project has awoken. A spare set of fuselage halves have been snipped from their sprues and had their tub halves fitted, and these and the remaining and replacement cockpit frames, seat and bulkheads have had a coat of blue, this time Tamiya XF-8, with the rear fuselage again being painted chamois.

Next job is to bring the cockpit to life with its various details and a few greebles.

Thanks for looking in!

Cheers,
Mark

[NARSES2]

Progress is progress 

[2996 Victor]

Mini update to show I've been doing a bit to the "office" with Quinta Studio's 3D-printed decals and some bits and pieces of copper and lead wire. There are a few more odds and ends still to add before I finally close up the fuselage!

Thanks for looking in!
Mark

[NARSES2]

Cockpit's looking good 

[2996 Victor]

Cockpit's looking good 

Thanks - it's getting there at long last!