1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk.I (new tool), 19 Sqn Op. Dynamo
The Spitfire is complete! This is the new tool 1/48 Tamiya Spitfire Mk. I. The first completion for 2020, let’s hope I can keep up with this pace! Just over four weeks from start to finish. Some oils, exhaust stain and a few water colour pencil marks. I haven’t enjoyed a build like this one in a long time.
The weathering was kept to a minimum as N3200 only flew once due to it being shot down and crashing on a beach of which the photos are well known.
It flies again nowadays.
Hope you like it.
Cheers,
Mick
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David Mills said on January 15, 2020
Nicely done Mick!
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Thanks David.
Tim T said on January 15, 2020
Just lovely – a sharp rendition of the perfect plane.
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Cheers Tim.
Pedro L. Rocha said on January 15, 2020
This kit really is a beauty, it captures the Spitfire lines perfectly.
It’s a beautiful model, congratulations. What I like best is the fine but perfect to scale aerial wires
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Thanks Pedro. I’d honestly go up a size for the wires as the Ushi Ultra Fine that I uses is a bit too small.
Matt Minnichsoffer said on January 15, 2020
She’s a real beauty. Marvelous work Mick!
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Thanks Matt. It’s a marvelous kit to build.
Bowman Roberts said on January 15, 2020
Very well done!!
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Thanks Bowman.
Marc Barris said on January 15, 2020
Very nice indeed.
Bob Bailey said on January 15, 2020
Mick….your fit and finish are great. That photo of your prize-winner in the black background is super-cool.
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Thanks Bob. It is a bit sterile compared to some of the stuff that I’ve been recently building. Considering it never completed it’s first mission I opted to keep it fairly clean.
Michael Drover said on January 15, 2020
Cheers Marc.
david leigh-smith said on January 15, 2020
Beautifully built, rendered, and finished Mk I – a lovely early Spitfire.
‘Liked’
Michael Drover said on January 16, 2020
Thanks David.
Tom Cleaver said on January 15, 2020
I like it! (and “liked” it). Great work.
Michael Drover said on January 16, 2020
Cheers Tom!
Jimmy Zed said on January 16, 2020
Lovely work, very crisp!
Michael Drover said on January 16, 2020
Thanks Jimmy.
Colin Latta said on January 16, 2020
Lovely build and finish, makes me want to start one!
Michael Drover said on January 16, 2020
Do it Colin, you know you want too!
Greg Kittinger said on January 16, 2020
Immaculate Spit! Well done.
Michael Drover said on January 16, 2020
G’day Greg, thanks.
Franco Damiani said on January 16, 2020
great work!
Michael Drover said on January 16, 2020
Thanks Franco!
Stephen W Towle said on January 17, 2020
Michael, what paints did you use and did you pre-shade the kit and do some post shading , did you use a pin wash?
My go too paint has gone south and has the nerve to drop British paints so where looking at Tamiya paints and they don’t make a proper tan or your left mixing a concoction of several paints which are too red dish brown. Looks like you have a perfect match in the paint dept.
Two thumbs up on this one.
Michael Drover said on January 20, 2020
Hi Stephen. I don’t pre-shade any of my models as I get a lot more control with thin layers of different paint shades. That being said, this is a fairly clean build as it represents that aircraft before its first flight when it was subsequently shot down.
If you want to have a look at the post shading I do take a look at the recent Airfix P-40 in my gallery.
The paints I used on this one were Mr Color lacquers, namely their Dark Earth and Dark Green. After both colours were down, I made up a 50:50 mix (thinned another 100%) of the two paints and then dusted it all over the top side colours. The bottom colours are Tamiya white and black with the gun access panels coloured slightly differently. The MSG is also from the Mr Color range.
A pin wash has been applied to the panels. In this case it is applied over a Mr Color gloss finish and I used a 50:50 mix of the Tamiya black and grey enamel panel liners. On the underside black I added more grey to the mix to get a bit of contrast into the panel lines. The white is the same colour used on the topside.
Great to hear you like it and this info points you in a good direction.
Cheers,
Mick
Tony Prince said on January 19, 2020
Stunning build, Michael. Paint & weathering are perfect & your photography meets the ‘up close’ test. It looks like I’ll be upgrading my earlier builds! The quality of Tamiya mouldings these days are amazing.
Michael Drover said on January 20, 2020
Thanks Tony. Glad to hear that it gets all of the ticks!
The latest Tamiya stuff is certainly amazing. Not quite sure what the armour stuff is like but their aircraft kits are certainly fantastic.
Cheers,
Mick
ADRIAN R HUMMEL said on January 22, 2020
Beautiful work.