RAAF Spitfire Vc. 452 Sqn. Northern Territory, Australia, 1943
Having made what seems to be a career out of Spitfires & particularly Vc versions of late, I'm happy to have finished my first Eduard 1/48 Vc kit. All my other efforts for this mark have been mostly kit bashed, with the exception of one from Special Hobby, which I found very good. The Eduard kit is a lot more refined though & requires a fair bit more care for a satisfactory result, in my opinion. Since this was an 'Overtrees' kit I used DK decals for RAAF Spitfires, which give you enough markings for 12 Spitfires (so I'll have to do some more) & Vallejo Air for the topsides, which I found very good, having treated myself to a new airbrush recently. This particular aircraft was a presentation 'plane from Sir Harry & Lady Oakes, & was flown by Flt. Lt. J. Bisley, out of Strauss Airfield, near Darwin, in 1943.
Yet another of your superb Spitfires, Tony! Surely, the Eduard is a good kit, but it takes your skills to come up with such great result! Your new airbrush seems to deliver superbly, as well!
Thanks Spiros. Would you believe I have quite a few more?
Keep those Spitfires coming, Tony.
Thanks George. I have my fingers crossed for Eduard to produce a hi-back Mk.XIV!
I love RAAF Spitfires!
Glad you like it Lis.
Very nice result, Tony @tony-prince
Seems like Vallejo and your airbrush do get along really great.
Thank you, John. Very happy with both.
Very good work and a great result, @tony-prince.
Do an Eduard Spitfire and you're spoiled for life. 🙂
Thanks, Tom. I agree; there's another six in the pile, but I might try to fit in something else first!
Nice work, Tony. I have a couple of those in the “to do” pile.
Thanks John.
Great job on this Tony
Very kind words, Dale. Glad you like it.
A great-looking Spit, and excellent markings. Well done!
Thank you, Greg. The DK decals are very good & there's so many choices.