Thanks my friend @johnb!

Great weathering, Spiros @fiveten

Final coat on...

Thanks my friend @johnb! Heavily weathered, despite being the CO's bird: those were hard times!

Certainly does, Spiros @fiveten. That Azure blue really stands out.

Cockpit is ready, waiting for the transparencies which are still in the painting/touching up phase...

Have you clear coated it yet? Looks a bit toned down just right in the photo. Like Colin said, a state of the art new tool Airfix.

Thanks my friends @coling (also for the creation and superb running of the Desert GB), @eb801 (yes, final coat is on) and @johnb!

These birds looked pretty "weathered" by looking at seasonal pics, so I did not restrain myself weathering the Spit (even if it was the CO's bird 🙂 ). I could only imagine those planes continuously operating in desert conditions with the dust adhering everywhere (especially wherever oil, hydraulic fluid or grease would leak), sand blasting the blade and wing leading edges (among other spots), engine staining aft of the exhausts and so on. Those were harsh conditions!