Spitfire Mk.IXc late version
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Unpainted cockpit and fuselage.
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Cockpit test fitted.
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Cockpit painted and ready for the other half of the fuselage.
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Ready for paint.
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Ready for paint.
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Basic camouflage painting done
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First step in the weathering process using lightened and darkened base colours.
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Next step is to paint the invasion stripes.
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Invasion stripes painted.
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Now onto my favourite part; the decals.
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Next step is a subtle panel wash to finish the weathering process.
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A simple oil wash can really get the details to appear. I have slightly exaggerated the wash on the lower side since it is less visible from the “normal view position”.
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Another example of what an oil wash can do for the surface details.
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Hozzászólások
16 May 2015, 17:48
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Cool! I was hoping someone would start one of these Eduard Spits!
16 May 2015, 20:16
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Excellent work so far ! Why did You paint the pilot`s seat in dark red ?
17 May 2015, 18:37
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Thank you all. Christian; the seat is painted in the colour Eduard suggests, Gunze H33 Russet. Normally I use Vallejo Burnt cadmium red with a pinch of white in it or Tamiya XF-64 lightened with a pinch of XF-15 but I was out of both when I was about to paint the seat.
17 May 2015, 19:01
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Hi Mats! Thank You for this info. I was only wondering why the seat has a different color from the rest of the cockpit.
17 May 2015, 19:11
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Here is some info about metal/plastic seat on Spitfires.
britmodeller.com/for..elite-seat-question/
17 May 2015, 19:22
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Nice start Mats. This is a lovely kit to build. You can never have enough Spits.
17 May 2015, 19:30
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You're welcome Guido 🙂
Thanks Martyn. I agree, this is a great kit. It almost builds itself.
18 May 2015, 18:51
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And yes, you can never have enough Spitfires and One-Oh-Nines 🙂 My Spit vs. 109 ratio is 3:4 at the moment....
31 May 2015, 07:53
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Thanks Christian 🙂
The camouflage was masked using blu-tack, paper, and Tamiya masking tape in various sizes. Everything was tidied up by carefully airbrush freehand.
31 May 2015, 08:37
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" tidied up by carefully airbrush freehand"
that is extremely neat and tidy freehand ! all the edges have such a consistent "radius" if you know what I mean 🙂
the slightly soft edges look just right !
31 May 2015, 14:00
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Thanks guys for all the kind comments. They're very much appreciated.
31 May 2015, 19:39
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Brilliant paintjob on this Spit, I like the gentle shading and weathering !
7 June 2015, 20:06
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Thanks guys. I can highly recommend these Eduard Spitfire Mk.IX kits; they are a real pleasure to build.
13 June 2015, 19:47
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Excellent Spit Mats, don't know how I missed this one. Well Done!!!!
13 June 2015, 20:20
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Really incredible work - and thanks for sharing all of your in progress photos!
14 June 2015, 13:34
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Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm very happy that my work is appreciated.
14 June 2015, 16:21