Silver Spitfire from 601 sqd (Spitfire IXc from AZ-Model)

Started by capt. R · 199 · 3 years ago
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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @fiveten @j-healy @johnb @gblair

    Bomb pylon under fuselage. I have some sanding and putting on wing tips after second coat of mr surfacer. I think wing tips is most tricky part of the kit.

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Looks great, @lis. For a long time I didn't see the need to use a primer on my models, and I preferred to put the color coats directly on the plastic. More recently, I really see how a primer helps create a good surface for painting, especially important if you use primer, photoetch, or resin.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    This quality time spent on the model is worth it , @lis. Getting better and better!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Fully agree with the above gentlemen, Lis @lis
    Time spent on adding primer for example is definitely worth it.

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    Erik GjΓΈrup said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Sorry to have been absent here - but that just makes it a long and interesting read to sift through the posts since my last visit πŸ™‚
    Great progress @lis, really looking forward to the rest of this nice build.

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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @fiveten @j-healy @johnb @gblair @airbum

    Thank you my friends! A long time ago i didn't use primer, but after time when I started priming, painting get easier. Silver paint is hard to put without it. Also common colors over primer are better. Silver paint like black gloss primer. Rest of the models usually liked grey surfacer, but I like black primer under common paints too. It, could be a little darker but looks a little faded, amd i like this result. So black Mr surfacer I highly recommend! If you make Some stripes over green camouflage better is white primer. Primer make surface more smooth. It's very usefull after putting and sanding. You see all bulges that you need to sanding. This kit unfortunetly need a lot of sanding. If you have a lot of sanding you also need difficult rescribbing panels (I had to rescribed panels on wing tips and between fuselage and wings.

    PS. I think on photo silver spitfire had 250lbs bomb. Eduard resin had a little bit different finns. If you are specialis about RAF bombs please write to me πŸ™‚

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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @fiveten @j-healy @johnb @gblair @airbum

    Bomb is done.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Bomb looks super, @lis!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @fiveten thank you my friend! After drying I will put some technical stencils on it.

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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @fiveten @j-healy @johnb @gblair @airbum

    Painting of prop blades tips

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    George R Blair Jr said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Good progress, @lis. Painting prop tips is one of those necessary but annoying jobs.

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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @gblair I usually used decals, but kit don't have it. But during work with my last Vc prop, painted tips looks good so I decided to make it in the same way.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Bomb and props look great, Lis @lis
    In the past I also used the yellow decals for the prop tips, but since I airbrush them, they just look much more realistic.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    Prop comes along nicely, @lis!

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    capt. R said 3 years, 3 months ago:

    @fiveten @j-healy @johnb @gblair @airbum Ailerons was painted on dull aluminium. Wheels, at first Super Fine Silver II, and after masking, Rubber black. Time to dry πŸ™‚

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