Fuerza Aerea de Chile Spitfire Vc

[The Rat]

No back story, just another model to try new things, like airbrushing and decal printing. The former worked fine, the second, not so much. This printer just doesn't lay down the colors thick enough. Each Chilean roundel on there is doubled, one on top of the other, and still not enough. I put squares of white underneath to allow for the stars, but it shows through the decals. Kit is the Airfix 1/72nd issue, not bad but the canopy is naff. Also played around with a bit of photo editing.

[Old Wombat]

Chilly Chilies in Chile, Batman!

Nice work, Rattus!

[Hotte]

Very nice 

Hotte

[2996 Victor]

Excellent build and very nice camo painting! 

Cheers,
Mark

[zenrat]

 

I would recommend printing the roundels onto white transfer paper and then practising your carefull cutting.

[NARSES2]

That does look good 

[Dizzyfugu]

Neat. I did a Chilean Spitfire a while back, too, even though a later Griffon-powered model (and based on a profile by PantherG):


1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F Mk. 22 (Type 356), aircraft "217" of the Grupo de Aviacion 8, Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh/Chilean Air Force); Cerro Moreno AB/Antofagasta, Northern Chile, 1956 (Whif/Special Hobby kit) by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[The Rat]

Thank you, gentlemen! I was pleased with the way the desert camo turned out, it taught me that my cheap portable airbrush is up to the task

I would recommend printing the roundels onto white transfer paper and then practising your carefull cutting.

I thought of that, but the shape would not be easy to trim, especially in 1/72nd.

[Charlie_c67]

How about a using a white square and then touching up the bits that stick out with the appropriate colour? Or a black outline of the roundel on the white decal paper and cutting that out? Means any small bits where it goes a little wrong will be much less noticeable.

[DogfighterZen]