Tintin build #6: Khemedi Spitfire Mk.V

Spey_Phantom · December 26, 2011, 12:35:22 PM

started this one today, as i wanted to get al least 1 tintin aircraft finished before the new year.
so i started to build the Spitfire, featured in the tintin comic "the black gold"

the model im using is a Revell 1/72 Spitfire Mk.V, roundels are homemade.
spinner, prop, exhausts and wheels are still drying.

Daryl J. · December 26, 2011, 12:42:42 PM

Awesome! And home made roundels to boot.
I was just reading some Tintin this very morning to research "Khemed vs. the Emir, Continued."
Will watch with interest.

Spey_Phantom · December 27, 2011, 02:14:04 PM

and, im finished

ive added an RAF serialfrom the kit itsself, as Hergé didnt give Khemed's spits any of there own.
unforunatly, something went wrong one one of the roundels on the side, apparently some of the sealent got through in one corner, causing a part of the decal to tear off $:-\$
another mistake i did on my side was that i smudged the canopy a bit

i managed to save most of it.

all in all, i think it turned out quite well

PR19_Kit · December 27, 2011, 06:34:34 PM

Despite the decal issue it looks GREAT! Well done indeed.

Can't you just plonk another decal on top of the torn one?

rickshaw · December 27, 2011, 07:08:20 PM

Looks OK to me. Captures the look very nicely.

Just paint a bare-metal patch where the tear is and say its "a battle-damage repair".

Cobra · December 27, 2011, 08:02:41 PM

Superb Job

You did a Top Notch Job,even with decal Issues! Keep up the Great work

Dan

tc2324 · December 28, 2011, 02:50:55 AM

Nice work.

NARSES2 · December 28, 2011, 08:24:19 AM

That's really nice Nils

Tophe · December 30, 2011, 07:41:35 AM

So... this airplane was not a cartoonist's dream only: your photographs are proving its existence

sequoiaranger · January 02, 2012, 08:53:12 AM

I like it, too, despite the decal glitch (can you print another set and overlay?).

Might you also find a dog (of the right type) to put in the cockpit?? Several HO (1/87 scale, but close) train accessory packs have dogs of all sorts in them. I was going to make a "dogcatcher" truck in HO scale and went looking for appropriate dogs, so I know they are out there.