Great work Louis - well done for bringing this one in !

Thanks David. @davem

I’ll try my best to knock it out before the deadline.

Stellan @stellan

From what I have read those Eduard Spitfire kits are nice. I personally don’t have any experience with building them so I have to rely on what has been written about them by others.

Now as far as the Tamiya kits are concerned, I have built 4 of them. Two Mk 1 and two Mk V versions. They were part of this journal and I can speak from experience with these.

You will not be disappointed with the early Tamiya Spitfires. They are little jewels. I didn’t need any filler and everything fit like a glove. They’re a very relaxing kit to build up and I really enjoyed building them.

The only down side is that it is reported on these older kits is that they are not quite up to modern standards as far as the outline of the wing and the shape of the rear fuselage. From what others have written about them, they are a little "big" on the back side...of the fuselage.

But hey, they're getting a little age on them so it's perfectly acceptable... 🙂

The wing outline can be fixed with a few minutes of sanding on the trailing edge if it bothers you. I left mine alone and it's acceptable to me.

I can’t seem to tell the difference but I didn’t check them against any sort of scale drawings.

Who’s to say the drawings are correct anyway ?

To me they still look like little Spitfires and that’s what counts.

Thanks again gentlemen.

Thanks for the short review on the older Tamiya Spitfires. I probably wouldn´t get more build fun with the new and much pricier Spitfire Mk I so I will probably go for the older ones. The paint job on FL-A looks sharp and neat.

I completed my mission. It’s done and on time. Barely but I’ll take it.

Thanks again for following along with this journey.

As usual comments are encouraged.

Excellent series Louis, As the good Lord said, I am finished!. (appropriate as Easter is upon us) Well done, finish looks fantastic. This is the best of the best. Sharp details, and the call letters painted on looks great. Looking forward to your posting in headlines.

That is one of the best Spitfire models I have seen, Louis. A very, very little bit of exhaust stain, and oil stain under the fuselage center, and you have it exactly. People don't realize those airplanes were much better cared for than they think. In European weather, they weren't flown every day, and in Channel Front operating conditions, they didn't last long enough to look all fouled up. Kudos on this one!

Thanks Gentlemen for the compliments !

I just posted the last one "FL * A" in the headlines section. Here's a link should you decide to take a peek... 🙂

100 Years of the RAF, Spitfire Mk Vb, 81 Squadron RAF Hornchurch, June 1942 “FL*A” / BM-461 Tamiya 1/48

Our good friend Dmitry Stropalov @starfar
has been building some of the newly released Eduard Spitfires. There has been one posted in the headlines section too by Tom Cleaver. This has rekindled my desire to finish up what was previously started here.

There were several additions and changes that have happened over the past 1.5 years... Man, where did the time go ?

I'll give a quick recap as to what has been going on.