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Nicolas
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Trez Mackenzie
Thank you Nicolas and welcome!

Nicolas
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Freak
Wow, beautiful shading!!

CaptGPF
Agree with Freak

Bruce Huxtable
Watching in anticipation of the final unveiling 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest.

Vincent
This looks great. I really like the scheme!!!

Thomas Kolb
That weathering looks awesome. What technique did you use? Just oil paints?

Finn
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Maciej Bellos
Beautiful!

Cuajete
Very nice painting job and weathering 👍. I have the same question that Thomas.

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you all for your likes.
For me, this time is also an experiment. It's my first time to build a kit like this way.
I'm looking for a quick way to save time while I'm busy at work.
This time I didn't use primer or do pre-shading.
I airbrushed whole fuselage with the main color.
Then refer to photos, hand brushed the darker and lighter colors to create difference.
I think this make the shade effect.
Until this process, only water-based acrylic paint had been used.
In the #13~#15 pictures shown, I have used Mr. Weathering's black to create the panel line.
Yesterday, I covered the plane with mat varnish, I found that the contrast became smaller.
I think I should increase the contrast before the mat varnish in the future.
My weathering process is not over yet.
Oil paints, color pencils, etc. may be used to enhance the effect.

Björn Leichsenring
Very nice Dio and a cool perspective

gorby
I've seen a few Spitfire 'pictures' and this is definitely the best of the bunch.
It would be good to know what the medal is.

Neuling
Cool!

Simon Tibbitts
Thank you both for the very kind words!

Gorby, the medal and badges are replicas of:

The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) that was issued by the RAF to Squadron Leader, Jan Zumbach for his heroics, along with many other pilots from 303, Polish Squadron during the Battle of Britain.

Polish Air Force eagle cap badge as worn by Jan Zumbach

Polish Air Force eagle badge, RAF copy as worn by Jan Zumbach

gorby
Thanks for letting me know. 👍

Gary Victory
That's stunning work Simon and very well presented. Love it. Top Job Sir.

Martin Oostrom
Can't you strip the sprues as a whole of the paint? Dip them in a bath of paint stripper? Might be a whole lot easier than sanding each piece

bossy122
Most of the pieces are under carriage, so they're not that visible......but I stay awake at night knowing there are seams and that they must be eliminated! I think I botched the body paint job and I hadn't noticed on its original project. I just went over the lint - think HAIR - with 600 to 2000 and that took care of it. Mostly, I just thought it was funny that whomever I bought this kit from had gone to that much trouble to paint pieces ON the sprues with a brush, only to be done over with a rattlecan OFF the sprues.

Martin Oostrom
I feel your pain. I'm currently sanding tanks on a truck. Tanks that will never be seen, yet I've spent a few hours already on them.

bossy122
The TS4 German Grey isn't nearly dark enough for the dash. Or, the actual color of the dash should be black, but the instructions called out for German Grey......I dunno, Tamiya.