Airfix 1/48 Spitfire Vb

Started by Spiros Pendedekas · 119 · 1 year ago · 1/48, Airfix, Desert GB, Spitfire
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks so much for these inspiring words, my friend @stephen-w-towle! Such kits are simply impossible to walk away from...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    "Normal" filler...

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Your making solid progress, Spiros @fiveten
    I knew you would appreciate this kit a lot and coud not resist to start with right away 🙂

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb! I feel so fortunate to lay my hands on such a rare kit!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    The prominent radiator races were plain...

    ...I decided to add fine mesh to represent the mesh looking faces... Here is the front attached... ...and here is the rear... Here is how they look with the housing attached... Thanks for stopping by!

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    I can see you’re getting a lot of use out of your liquid sprue mix. That wire mesh really makes it. Looks like you’re having a blast with this old kit. Hope those decals work for you. Happy holidays, Spiros @fiveten.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @eb801! Happy holidays to you as well!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    A very nice improvement over this basic kit, Spiros @fiveten

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Here are the kit provided gear legs...

    ...and here is how the gear legs look in reality... ...the brake line, a rod located at the left of the brake line and the scissors at the front can be seen. They are not represented at the kit provided legs (I cannot recall seeing such details at a number of other kits, so, I will not accuse Airfix for oversimplification here). Truth be told, once the wheels and gear doors are in place, little will be visible, but, nevertheless, I decided to add these details from stretched sprue and mini styrene sheet parts. Here is the result... I wonder how the legs will look once the model is completed...

    Thanks for stopping by!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    You did great on adding those details, Spiros @fiveten
    A huge improvement.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks my friend @johnb!

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    That is a perfect reference photo and the Airfix gear looks terrific now. Like John said, a huge improvement, Spiros @fiveten.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    Thanks so much my friend @eb801!

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    Felix said 1 year, 11 months ago:

    The fine mesh looks great, a lovely detail. So are the added brake lines at the legs! Even though you probably do not celebrate yet, merry Xmas Spiros @fiveten!