A little less than 4 weeks delayed, and I finished the Spitfire mk. XIV

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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
The Spifire was my main project, untill someone started building his Fokker and I had to follow 😉
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October 25, 2021
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December 18, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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December 18, 2021
warped wing
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December 18, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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December 29, 2022
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November 8, 2021
TIL the image on the back of the box is the same size as the model; very helpfull for taping the where-not-to-paint area
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November 28, 2021
Touching up work... feeling a bit stuck...
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December 12, 2021
Back to the Spitfire, painting the leading edges yellow (which took some discussion and research).
Found some new motivation
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December 14, 2021
Happy with the exhaust.
But every time I check the paint, I see some green to touch up... difficult colour scheme to be honest
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December 14, 2021
Started the decals, but the roundels are really purple instead of blue (much more than I remembered).
Nothing more to do than Photoshop or simply convert pics to black-and-white
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December 14, 2021
not bad...
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December 15, 2021
Removing the purple decals with bandage tape
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December 15, 2021
Started with the underside, which is the easiest to repair. But not much repair needed.
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December 15, 2021
Left wing came out better than the right, but I´m not disappointed
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December 15, 2021
Decals from the Sea Hurricane, same size as the Spitfire´s.
I could kick myself for not thinking about it as soon as I saw the old purple roundels.
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January 6, 2022
The first spare decals have been applied. The registration is from the original kit.
Note to self; when building an old kit, order new decals to go with it.
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January 10, 2022
I had to improvise to make a spinning propeller, but it works !!
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January 10, 2022
Antenna from stretched sprue
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January 10, 2022
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January 10, 2022
Love that huge nose, with the 5-bladed prop
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January 10, 2022
V1, finished some time ago
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January 10, 2022
I'll have to use the stand from the kit to work on a better presentation. First for a table stand, and later for hanging on the ceiling
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January 12, 2022
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January 12, 2022
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January 12, 2022

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The V1 is done for now, maybe I'll do some touch ups in the next weeks.
The Spitfire has been assembled for the most part, and a few layers of paint are on.

After applying the first decals, I found them far to purple, so I googled "how to remove decals". Witch worked more or less ok.
But it will take me at least four weeks to repair

Tipping the buzzbomb - Spitfire vs. the V1

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