Spitfire Mk.Vb (Clipped Wing)
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Rough look at the sprue. Start on my first journey on double build in tandem with Academy Tomahawk IIb
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Painting up the spit interior with Mr. Color H364. Honestly I'm still learning up on how to make the paint a little more brighter (despite still using pretty high ratio of Mr. leveling thinner) as this is too dark for my taste. Nonetheless, it is still acceptable imho.
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Painting the details up. which are pretty light but very acceptable. I painted the seat following the manual of Eduard Spitfire Mk.V.
This kit is pretty old, the decals sometimes aren't cooperative.
This kit is pretty old, the decals sometimes aren't cooperative.
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some dry brushing with Mr.Color H8 Silver
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Looking fairly good for a compact kit, and it will be quite enclosed since the door won't be opened.
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Fitting the fuselage in, Tomahawk's next!
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There are issues with this particular kit. Huge gap on the wing root to the fuselage, especially in the right wing
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the underside engine cover having a significant offset with the engine cowling that it had to be sanded off. I suspect since this part is in separate additional tree from the original tree in order to make this kit a Spit Mk.Vb.
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painting the canopy with internal color.
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Primed up alongside with Tomahawk IIb
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Trying to do chipping technique.
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I had to redo it, as it is too heavily chipped in my taste.
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Pre-shading with Flat Black.
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Trying out some streaking effect. Though my cheap airbrush wouldn't support it much..
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Painting the underside with Azure Blue.
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First attempt on masking for camo pattern.
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Masking off the whole paintjob.
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Sadly... the important decals are no good...
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I have very minimum confidence with the decal...
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Trying to save up some stencils as much as possible.
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Since the decal are no good... I assembled all the left-out parts and put out the cockpit masking.
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All assembled. Have to put this project on hold until I can at least get a replacement decal...
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Decided to use half of RAF Roundels and markings from Academy P-51C 1/48 that I got on my stash.
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Trying to trace the squadron markings.
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Crossdelta decal went quite well, albeit a little bit on the thicker side.
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First time trying to paint with traced masking tape, not the best result in my opinion.
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First time trying to paint with traced masking tape, not the best result in my opinion.
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Painting the no-step markings on the wing.
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Terrible state of the original decal. It crumples immediately after being separated from the carrier film.
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Terrible state of the original 'spare' decal.
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In the end, had to repaint the roundel with whatever paint I have to get as close as possible... (It was with mixed Tamiya Royal Blue for the blue part and russet for the red part).
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giving some wash, just want to finish it as quickly as possible.
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Comentários
14 5 January, 15:45
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Thank you for the encouragement @J35J, still a long way to go to hone my skill and technique.
1 March, 10:17