You can keep your girly Spitfires & Mustangs

[nev]

After giving up on my SoR I searched with desperation for a nice easy kit to build OOB before I tackle my Trumpeter Spitfire in the new year.....many kits were picked up, examined, put down again as being unsuitable.  My spirits dropped, my morale sunk.........40 odd kits and I didn't want to build one!

But then!  There it was!  Hidden away at the bottom of a pile.......come to Daddy!    


The fact that the kit building starts with Humbrol 78, Cockpit Green, MY FAVOURITE EVER PAINT! is just a bonus.  I still remember its distinctive smell from my youth....its excellent coverage qualities......and the fact that its a really nice green!  

With Queen on the stereo....Brighton Rock blaring out lifting my spirits........

Nevs back baby!  Nevs back...    

[Ollie]

Nice Jug Nev!  Which boxing is it?

[lancer]

Nev, that bench of yours looks disgustilngly tidy and organised.......scary!!!!

[Supertom]

I think that's the Hasegawa boxing.

[nev]

Nice Jug Nev!  Which boxing is it?

Its the Hasegawa 1/48 bubbletop RAF SEA one    

[Nigel Bunker]

Aren't the wings the wrong shape on that Spitfire?

[Ollie]

I think that's the Hasegawa boxing

I could see that, having built one last year, but I was wondering about which exact box it was.

Thanks for the answer Nev!

[nev]

Update - main construction complete.  First coat of primer on.  On the Port wing, behing the MG holes you can see a dark spot.  Thats were I rested it upside down after spraying it, without realising that a piece of my makeshift stand was *just* touching that wing, leaving a nice gouge in my freshly primed paint  

So now I'll have to sand and respray it....    Which isn't such a bad thing as it builds up the colour density of the white ID bands that the plane features.

Barring disasters, I should have this baby finished well before the end of January.  Hows that for Ollie-esque building?

[John Howling Mouse]

Barring disasters, I should have this baby finished well before the end of January.  Hows that for Ollie-esque building?

Well, from the guy who's still plopping on coat after coat of Future on my own models so that, one fine day, I can actually decal them, I'd say the end of January would be pretty impressive....


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[Captain Canada]

Looking good, Nevster !

How ya gonna finish it ? Canadian ?

   

[nev]

Nah, like I said earlier - RAF SEA, with the neat blue roundels and green/brown camo    

[Captain Canada]

D'oh.....I missed that part !

Someday I'll take a few pics of the 72nd scale bird I built about a decade ago......with hand painted SEA roundels !

They do look cool that way.......

 

[nev]

Main painting is complete, just touch ups & detail painting to do then I can gloss coat, decal & matt coat.  Can I really build an entire model in 1 month?  

Sorry its a bit dark, it looked a lot brighter on my photo software.....

[Ollie]

Excellent Nev!  I really like it!

My shop is closed because I can't find any bloody Flat Coat!!

       

[Captain Canada]

Ollie, if you ask nicely three times, I've got a brand new bottle of Humrol Matt Cote I could send your way !

And...looking good, Nev !