Eduard Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII
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Preparation
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Cockpit color
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Seat getting its first layers of paint.
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Sidewalls.
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Fuselage interior.
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Pilot's workstation...
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Seat belts.
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Fiddly wire for rhe trigger.
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Instrument panel (Eduard decal).
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Belts 1 and 4 on correct position.
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Cockpit coming together.
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Wings getting ready for Mr. Surfacer treatment.
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Mr. Surfacer party...
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Rivets 'r' gone
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Closing the office...
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Cockpit finishing touches.
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Seatbelts 1 & 4 placed.
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Seatbelts 1 & 4 placed.
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Closing the fuselage.
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wheel bays finished.
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Putty and sanding sticks in action.
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More putty and some dry fitting...
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Wibgs attached.
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Gluing upper halfs of wings.
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Two brothers.
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Resin cowling.
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Slow progress (and rival in the background)...
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Primed.
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Primed.
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Underside color.
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Wings, the first half of camo is done.
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Skeleton of the camouflage...
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Skeleton of the camouflage...
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Brass mesh for radiators.
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Brass mesh for radiators
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Metalized.
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Radiators finished.
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Radiators finished.
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Underside finished.
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Camo more or less finished
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Camo more or less finished
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Camo more or less finished
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Camo more or less finished
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Propeller.
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Base ready.
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Glossed up...
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Stencils finished and starting with real decals...
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Stencils finished and starting with real decals...
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Getting identity.
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All decaled-up.
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Landing gear finished.
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Landing gear.
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Landing gear finished.
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Propeller test fit.
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Exhaust night...
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Propeller stencils.
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The first hand of wash.
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Semi Gloss.
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A bit of modulation.
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Some salt.
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Some salt.
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Slightly lightened.
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Some more salt.
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Slightly darkened.
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Canopy test fit.
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Interior color.
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Landing reflector.
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Gunsight by Quickboost.
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Almost done.
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Ready to get some dirt.
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Ready to get some dirt.
Komentarzy
28 April 2017, 19:29
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The cockpit looks fantanstic, Tomislav! I am very tempted to pick up a couple of these eduard kits...
2 May 2017, 02:30
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Thanks. Well, it is beautifully overengineered kit, so details are really stunning, but fit is quite fiddly.
2 May 2017, 06:57
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What about the "Mr. Surfacer party"? Were the rivets wrong or too much pronounced?
7 September 2017, 08:44
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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
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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
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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
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I guess it's picture 28 then that's fooling me 🙂
Did I already mention she looks great?
19 May 2018, 20:59
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Funny, it really looks off on that photo.
Actually, you did, but thanks again. 😉
19 May 2018, 21:18
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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
Album info
145 Sqn. RAF
S/l Neville Duke
Italy 1944.