1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk I
First off, please forgive the poor photography. I am doing this with my iPad in poor lighting in my garage. Hope to get better. This is the third Tamiya Spit I have built. I really like this kit, warts and all. Paints are Tamiya and Mr. Color. Decals are Aeromaster and from the kit. UltraCast seat and True Details wheels. Depicts a/c from 616 Sq. Kirton-in-Lindsey. Johnny Johnson flew this a/c at least once, on Sept. 11, 1940, on an “X-raid”. Thanks to Terry Schuller for encouraging me to post articles.
3 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Terry Schuler said on April 17, 2016
Dale, welcome aboard. Excellent choice to start with. You’ve done an excellent job on this one. Looks fantastic.
I look forward to seeing more of your builds here.
Craig Abrahamson said on April 17, 2016
Warts…??! On a Tamiya kit…??! Please point them out because I sure can’t see ’em! And no apologies for the photography – I’ve seen much worse. You’re gonna like iModeler.
Dale Cole said on April 17, 2016
Comment was tongue in cheek. It’s not a perfect kit, but it’s close! Thanks for the kind comments. Hope to be posting an article on a Tamiya Bf-109E-4 next.
George Williams said on April 17, 2016
Welcome to iModeler, Dale, and your Spitfire looks fine despite the limits on your photography, looking forward seeing your 109E.
Tom Bebout said on April 18, 2016
Nice job Dale and welcome. Enjoyed building this kit as well.
Robert Royes said on April 18, 2016
Great looking spitfire. Photos are fine, I use a regular camera, and my results are haphazard at best, Welcome.
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on April 18, 2016
Dale, welcome! Lotta Spit fans here, you’ll fit right in. She looks fine, good work on her.
Rob Pollock said on April 18, 2016
Nice job, Dale. Ref your photo comment and iPad- you can download an app for about £3.00 called Camera+ that gives you more control over your iPad images including a useful editing facility. I’ve used it a number of times at shows when I didn’t want to carry around an iPad and camera as well.
Looking forward to seeing the Emil in due course.
Greg Kittinger said on April 18, 2016
Nice looking Spit, and ditto to the welcome comments!
Paul van Acker said on April 19, 2016
Great job. I love all Spitfires but the Mk1 is my favourite.
P.k said on April 20, 2016
Great job…LIKE
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on June 7, 2016
Dale, welcome! Who doesn’t like a Spitfire? That’s unamerican. Whoops! Oh, well, you know what I mean…