Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb

Villiers de Vos
A nice start.

Michael Jonker
Looking neat 👍

Bernd Grün
Nice start, following! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Following!

Robert Podkoński
Good work so far. Keep it up!

Andy Ball
Vb- very brilliant. In.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Skyhiker
Welcome everyone. Enjoy the show.

Skyhiker
Got the camouflage laid down

Skyhiker
Anyone know why some paints turn glossy when they are supposed to be matt?

Skyhiker
Ok, today is not my day. Both the horizontal stabilizer and the back wheel just broke off. F**k!!!

Alessandro Pettinacci
Hello skywalkeer, may i ask what brand paints did you use and if you used an airbrush or paintbrush?
Also, don't get frustrated, a hobby is supposed to be fun 🙂 stuff happens all the time

Живко Джаков
The paint thing is an interesting topic. It happened to me that glossy paint remained matte. And not everywhere. Somewhere they explained that this happens with dyes that are small in the bottle and cannot be mixed well.

Alessandro Pettinacci
Itv could also be due to incorrect mixing and high pressure? (assuming you're using an airbrush)

Skyhiker
I was using Tamiya with Mr leveling fluid and an Iwata airbrush. Same as I normally do. I think the paint just didn't get mixed enough.

Alessandro Pettinacci
I suppose that's probably what happened

Skyhiker
I remember when I started with Revell enamels that the anthracite color was notorious for turning glossy and never drying. But I have never had that happen with Tamiya acrylics before.

Skyhiker
New primer down. This time I used grey because my black is getting low.

Michael Jonker
Strength!
Nice recovery.

Skyhiker
3rd generation paints seem to work well.

Nicolas
Interesting, nice to see you could solve the problem with the paint.

Skyhiker
Thanks Nicolas, I finally got tired of mixing my own paint and went out and bought a decent set of colors. I still have to adjust to the different acrylic but I think the 3rd generation paints will work out well for my needs.

Michael Kohl
Good recovery. Your perseverance seems to be rewarded.

Skyhiker
Decals are on and the first stage of weathering complete.

Moreno Baruffini
Very good 👍

Skyhiker
Thanks Moreno.

Skyhiker
Finally completed!!! I did some scratch building to make the antenna and mirror. Let me know what you think.

J35J
Great work👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Good job! I admire your perseverance.

Bernd Grün
Very nice build and paint Job! 👌 Congratulation!

Nicolas
Great locking little bird.

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Skyhiker
Put her up on my wall today.

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work.

Nicolas
Great result. I like the presentation on top of the mirror.

Andy Ball
High 5 on your V

Thomas Bischoff
nice spit - I have this one in 1:48 and I appreciate also your high mirror, just like the original 👍

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful work.

Skyhiker
Thanks all for your support. It keeps me motivated.

Skyhiker
Nicolas I started putting my models in frames, as a temporary solution to keep the dust off of them, after I found a model on my shelf covered with an inch (2cm) of dust. The mirror I stuck underneath the plane because I wanted to be able to see the bottom of the plane. Some day I hope to have enough room to make a proper display case with dramatic lighting, but for now the frames will have to do. They are pretty versatile but have some draw backs. Acrylic cases would be better because then I could see more of the plane, but I can't afford that. The frames are 7 times cheaper to make.

Skyhiker
Thomas, thanks for the compliment. The canopy mirror from the kit was just a dumb little bump that I ended up sanding off. I replaced it with a cut down needle and some styrene after looking at photos of the original plane. It was hard to find vintage photos but eventually I came across a few. I think it came out pretty well considering the 1/72 scale. Of course photo-etch would have been better but I couldn't be bothered with that. I just wanted to finally get it done.