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Alternative Spitfire Mk.Vb

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NARSES2

#15
December 01, 2010, 01:28:39 AM
Wellcome indeed - absolutely gorgeous Spitfire  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

I was having similar thoughts the other day. What would the RAF's mono-plane fighters have looked like in the 40's with no WWII (for whatever reason). You have pulled that of far better then I could. Petrified of NMF :banghead:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

sequoiaranger

#16
December 01, 2010, 07:37:33 AM Last Edit: December 06, 2010, 08:17:42 PM by sequoiaranger
That's a beautiful bird in any scale--just curious which. Welcome to whiffing.

Maybe we will be able to get you to use saw and putty and coax you over to the "dark side" of strange aerial concoctions!   :blink:  Stay here awhile and you may feel the "pull"!

MooooAHHHHHH!  :wacko:

Feel free to check out my (or others') gallery(ies).
My mind is like a compost heap: both "fertile" and "rotten"!

ChernayaAkula

#17
December 01, 2010, 10:44:59 AM
 :wub:  :wub:  :wub: Drop-dead gorgeous!
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Knightflyer

#18
December 01, 2010, 11:49:57 AM
I'm with NARSES2 on this one

I've done a 72 squadron Spitfire based on a no-war scenario with the markings following on from the 'wings of silver' bulldog / gladiator era. However my results are nowhere when compared with this offering. Along with the rest I bow down before a master :bow:
Oh to be whiffing again :-(

John Howling Mouse

#19
December 01, 2010, 07:07:43 PM
"Don't know if this is the right place..."
You could not have stumbled onto a better place to show such a sleek, beautiful design!  As much as I'm in awe of the fantastic finish, it is your exhausts that have me mesmerized: perfect rusty weather and nice contrast to the gleaming metal finish.

Kudos!   :bow: :thumbsup:
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Army of One

#20
December 06, 2010, 02:46:38 PM
Ditto with Chris (NARSES2) on this........I am also interested in how such a finish was obtained.......H
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

lancer

#21
December 06, 2010, 03:06:16 PM
Quote from: Army of One on December 06, 2010, 02:46:38 PM
Ditto with Chris (NARSES2) on this........I am also interested in how such a finish was obtained.......H

Elbow grease lots and lots of elbow grease and a bit of brasso..
If you love, love without reservation; If you fight, fight without fear - THAT is the way of the warrior

If you go into battle knowing you will die, then you will live. If you go into battle hoping to live, then you will die

Army of One

#22
December 06, 2010, 07:32:00 PM
Oh........so it ain't kitchen foil carefully glued down over the plastic...??
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

Paul Totherone

#23
December 07, 2010, 02:08:47 AM
Thankyou so much for your kind words gentlemen. :thumbsup:

The finish was achieved using Gunze Sangyo Chrome Silver metalizer paint sprayed onto the model (bare plastic, no primer) and left to dry thoroughly.
I then spent a good 4 hours polishing the surface with cotton buds and an old cotton shirt.

I sealed the finish with a good coat of the trusty Johnsons Klear.

Thankyou for the interest in my model and the warm welcome. :thumbsup:

Taiidantomcat

#24
December 07, 2010, 10:24:14 AM
Beautiful build! and what a great Idea!! Welcome aboard  :thumbsup:
"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Army of One

#25
December 07, 2010, 11:20:49 AM
Quote from: Taiidantomcat on December 07, 2010, 10:24:14 AM
Beautiful build! and what a great Idea!! Welcome aboard  :thumbsup:

What he said...... :thumbsup:
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

Kerrillc

#26
December 07, 2010, 11:53:55 PM
I would like to be associated with the above remarks!
If I am targetted by JMNs, I'm in good Company.

No, no, no! You do not die for your country, you make the other one die!

RotorheadTX

#27
December 08, 2010, 04:55:56 AM
Holey smokes that's shiney!!!
Niiice work!!

Howard of Effingham

#28
December 08, 2010, 05:51:46 AM
brilliant!  :thumbsup:

and i agree what an excellent way to make an entrance!
Keeper of George the Cat.

Paul Totherone

#29
December 09, 2010, 10:20:31 AM
Thankyou gentlemen. :thumbsup:
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