Eduard Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII
Preparation
Cockpit color
Seat getting its first layers of paint.
Sidewalls.
Fuselage interior.
Pilot's workstation...
Seat belts.
Fiddly wire for rhe trigger.
Instrument panel (Eduard decal).
Belts 1 and 4 on correct position.
Cockpit coming together.
Wings getting ready for Mr. Surfacer treatment.
Mr. Surfacer party...
Rivets 'r' gone
Closing the office...
Cockpit finishing touches.
Seatbelts 1 & 4 placed.
Seatbelts 1 & 4 placed.
Closing the fuselage.
wheel bays finished.
Putty and sanding sticks in action.
More putty and some dry fitting...
Wibgs attached.
Gluing upper halfs of wings.
Two brothers.
Resin cowling.
Slow progress (and rival in the background)...
Primed.
Primed.
Underside color.
Wings, the first half of camo is done.
Skeleton of the camouflage...
Skeleton of the camouflage...
Brass mesh for radiators.
Brass mesh for radiators
Metalized.
Radiators finished.
Radiators finished.
Underside finished.
Camo more or less finished
Camo more or less finished
Camo more or less finished
Camo more or less finished
Propeller.
Base ready.
Glossed up...
Stencils finished and starting with real decals...
Stencils finished and starting with real decals...
Getting identity.
All decaled-up.
Landing gear finished.
Landing gear.
Landing gear finished.
Propeller test fit.
Exhaust night...
Propeller stencils.
The first hand of wash.
Semi Gloss.
A bit of modulation.
Some salt.
Some salt.
Slightly lightened.
Some more salt.
Slightly darkened.
Canopy test fit.
Interior color.
Landing reflector.
Gunsight by Quickboost.
Almost done.
Ready to get some dirt.
Ready to get some dirt.
Kommentarer
28 April 2017, 19:29
Gordon Sørensen
The cockpit looks fantanstic, Tomislav! I am very tempted to pick up a couple of these eduard kits...
The cockpit looks fantanstic, Tomislav! I am very tempted to pick up a couple of these eduard kits...
2 May 2017, 02:30
Tomislav Martan
Thanks. Well, it is beautifully overengineered kit, so details are really stunning, but fit is quite fiddly.
Thanks. Well, it is beautifully overengineered kit, so details are really stunning, but fit is quite fiddly.
2 May 2017, 06:57
Alexander Grivonev
What about the "Mr. Surfacer party"? Were the rivets wrong or too much pronounced?
What about the "Mr. Surfacer party"? Were the rivets wrong or too much pronounced?
7 September 2017, 08:44
Tomislav Martan
VIII had front part of wings' rivets and panels filled (as P-51 had whole wings) for better aerodynamics (50 additional work hours on manufacture line than IX).
VIII had front part of wings' rivets and panels filled (as P-51 had whole wings) for better aerodynamics (50 additional work hours on manufacture line than IX).
7 September 2017, 15:38
Martin Oostrom
She looks really great, but I get the feeling that the tail is of by a few degrees, slanted to the right. Or is it just my bad eye sight?
She looks really great, but I get the feeling that the tail is of by a few degrees, slanted to the right. Or is it just my bad eye sight?
19 May 2018, 07:17
Tomislav Martan
Thanks.
About the tail, it may be my eyes, but I cannot see it on the kit. Maybe the photo gives such impression.
Thanks.
About the tail, it may be my eyes, but I cannot see it on the kit. Maybe the photo gives such impression.
19 May 2018, 16:52
Martin Oostrom
I guess it's picture 28 then that's fooling me 🙂
Did I already mention she looks great?
I guess it's picture 28 then that's fooling me 🙂
Did I already mention she looks great?
19 May 2018, 20:59
Tomislav Martan
Funny, it really looks off on that photo.
Actually, you did, but thanks again. 😉
Funny, it really looks off on that photo.
Actually, you did, but thanks again. 😉
19 May 2018, 21:18
Martin Oostrom
The mrs was looking a bit funny at me when I held a ruler to 1) my iPhone and 2) the screen of the laptop😎
The mrs was looking a bit funny at me when I held a ruler to 1) my iPhone and 2) the screen of the laptop😎
19 May 2018, 21:36
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145 Sqn. RAF
S/l Neville Duke
Italy 1944.