Spitfire MK.VIII, Flying Elephant
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Used the Brassin cockpit
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The Brassin part fits well into the fuselage
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nearly finished under side
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pre-shades top side with area of the cocades prepainted
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Areas of the cocades masked ; first green areas painted on the wings
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next green areas masked
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green areas are finished
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unmasked cocade areas; some rework necessary
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Some subassemblys ready to be assambled
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Paintjob lower side finished
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Top view of the final painted plane
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paintjob done
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PAINTJOB DONE
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Lower side with decals and after some rework to reduce the contrast between preshading and lower surface color
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Upper side with decals and after some rework to reduce the contrast between preshading and upper surface color
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port side of the finished model
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starboard of the finishe model
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Kommentarer
2 5 January 2017, 17:36
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i can only concur... splendid work... must have been a lot of work to paint this one, but the result is fanastic
6 January 2017, 07:33
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@Jörg: Youre right. After resuming what I built last year it turned out thag it was the yeaf of Star Wars.
6 January 2017, 08:34
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looking thoroughly weathered, Christian! That´s good...... 🙂
6 January 2017, 12:22
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Thank´s mates. The paintjob is seems to be done but I am unsure if the preshading is still to strong and needs some rework. Coments regarding this topic are welcome.
6 January 2017, 14:55
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The pre-shading is indeed prominent, but leave it as it is, chip her and you will have a nice worn and old warhorse.
6 January 2017, 14:59
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Wow- I am completely stunned! Such a realistic long-time weathering, I guess, that´s the best I have ever seen! Congratulation Christian!
21 January 2017, 15:26
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a masterpiece in all aspects of modeling, painting and weathering. Excellent work Christian 👍
Cheers, Christian
21 January 2017, 20:04
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@Mike: Der Rechner, auf dem ich die Fotos speichere ist so alt und langsam, daß ich nicht wirklich Lust habe ihn zu benutzen. Deshalb mache ich zwar Fotos, lade diese aber nur von Zeit zu Zeit hoch.
21 January 2017, 20:20
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A great, weathered veteran! Beautiful model, so well done. I love the white tail too. 👍. 🙂
21 January 2017, 20:30
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@Lemmy - habe das gleiche Problem. Aber so lange der Alte das noch tut...😉🙂
21 January 2017, 20:38
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Excellent work. I doubt that I could match the fantastic job you have done but I would suggest that the white identification markings are a little too weathered as they would have been on the aircraft a lot less time. The roundels are cleaner than the Allied identification markings yet the roundels would have been repainted along with the faded paint job. The white Allied identification markings would have been recently applied.
21 January 2017, 20:54
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Thanks.
@Wilky: The book that eduard delivers with the kit show some pics that displa the weathering on the white surfaces very well. Especially the base of the fin shows severe wear of white color
21 January 2017, 21:01
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Sensational job, the spinner looks great in the blue, and great weathering. Another Aussie build planned?
22 January 2017, 09:23
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@Scott: Not yet because it is not my main subject. In this case Iwanted to build something different colored to the grey Bf 109 And Fw 190 I usually build
22 January 2017, 10:00
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Looks great. I love Eduard spitfires. I hope they release a mkxiv
1 April 2017, 20:16