Spitfire Mk.Vb (HobbyBoss)

komoras
HobbyBoss painting schemes are suggestive at best, so to say...
Having them suggesting RLM66 on Luftwaffe camouflage, where the RLM75 should go...it's enough for me to look elsewhere.
Go with the other sources on the internet, I would suggest looking up more multiple sources.
And as far my RAF knowledge goes, after the Battle of Britain this camo combo was not used anymore, but I might be wrong.

PS. "Oark earth" shoudl say enoguh... 😄

Duster_d
Komoras, I can assume that they (HB) were guided by this: airliners.net/photo/..9-Spitfire/0843874/L

komoras
soyuyo.main.jp/spit5b/spit5be-1.html

I think this one sums it up best 🙂
Both is correct, depends only which one you want to represent - pre-august 1941 or post-august 1941.
(Thus concluding, my BoB related comment is wrong) 🙂

Nicolas
I'll take a seat.

Alex K
Me too...

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting, couldn't find any trace of DE/DG on Polish Mk Vs.
I know of Mk Is and IIs being repainted in Polish squadrons, but I'd assume this one has been repainted into DG/DG before being delivered to the 317th.
Still, there's no proof.
Very cool to see you added the undercarriage covers, what a silly mistake by HB 😄

Duster_d
Łukasz, I was guided by these photos. If the guys from Duxford had painted a real Spitfire like that, then why can't I paint a model in such a scheme? 🙂
airliners.net/photo/..tfire-LF5B/7392151/L

Łukasz Gliński
Sure you can 🙂 Keep it up 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Looks good so far! The boxes under the Wings could be the cameraports for the later PR variants with no big gunns.
I would cut it.

Łukasz Gliński
Agree w/Hans-Jürgen - checked my 3 completed Spitfires (Mk I & V by Airfix and old KP Mk IX) and none of them sports such a feature

Duster_d
Guys, it looks like these are retractable landing lights after all. They were installed until 1942.

I have no idea why HB made them in the lower position. 🙂

[img1]
[img2]

Łukasz Gliński
Great catch!
[img1]

Duster_d
Łukasz, it seems that only Chinese manufacturers have paid attention to this feature in early (Mk.V and older) Spitfires. 🙂

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Extended landinglight!👍👍👍😅

Mr D
It's a nice tidy job and correct, there were many paint finishes on them.
HB are great little kits for the money, but have few shortcomings.
Always good to do bit of research before n around a build...it's interesting n helps with accuracy.
Top job 👍👍👍

Duster_d
Mr D, yes, exactly. In the process of building, you constantly learn something new, and that's what attracts me to this hobby. What isn't always visible in drawings or 3D models can be discovered when assembling a kit. Each assembled kit teaches me something new about its real prototype, and it's so exciting!

J35J
Great build! Congrats 👍🏻

Nicolas
Good result. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very neat finish, big plus for these little checkerboards of course 👍

Duster_d
Thanks guys! Your feedback inspires me!
Łukasz, I have at least one more airplane with "little checkerboards" and RAF cockades in my plans.

Alex K
Nice build - and, as already pointed out, we learned something new... 👍

Neuling
Very well done!