Supermarine Spitfire
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Spitfire Mk I – Tamiya 1/72
My First Tamiya kit. Figured my skill level was progressing enough to do it justice.
Level of detail for 1/72 blows me away. Really challenges the extremes of my psychomotor skills painting all the tiny cockpit items. Tried to paint [...]
Spitfire Mk V, Tamiya
This plane was one a batch of MkI B's converted to a Mk V by inserting a Merlin 45 engine. The actual plane ended up on the bottom of the English Channel courtesy of of Bf 109F on June 22 1941. This model was done 10 years ago and I [...]
Final One for 2020
My 16th and final completed kit of 2020 is this conversion of an Eduard Spitfire Mk. I to a Mk. II. I used EagleCals decals, and an Ultracast Rotol prop and Coffman starter for this easy conversion. The markings are for Bill Dunn, the [...]
1/32 Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.1a “K9906”
This is 1/32 Spitfire Mk.1a with the markings of “FZ-L K9906” No 65 Squadron, RAF Hornchurch, April 1939.
Modifications:
Barracudacast cockpit improvement set.
Yahu instrument panel
Quickboost seat
Quickboost exhaust set
Quickboost [...]
A Heller of a Spitfire
When I started going to model shows with my modeling guru Archaeo Bob, prior to restarting the hobby, I picked up a lot of $5 specials from the vendor tables. Came to realize you definitely get what you pay for when it came to actually [...]
Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Battle of Britain + addons 1/72
Hello modellers!
Here are my two tiny little Spitfires from Airfix. I wanted to build a Battle of Britain scene where pilots wait for their next scramble, as shown on many historic pictures. This is becaue I like it to give my models a [...]
SPITFIRE MK V b Trop
Spit Vb trop ,5th FS - 52nd FG- 12thAF- USAAF Corsica ( france) 1943 air era over Italy.
Hasegawa 1/48 scale models,substantially from the box ,i replaced the workes filter with the piece from the old Airfix Spitfire mk Vb kit ,and the [...]
1/32 scale Tamiya Spitfire IX, Israeli Airforce
This was a quick build between my scratch builds, Lots of fun and the first Kit that I have built in a few years. I started the build with the idea of working on my painting and airbrush skills that I feel were taking a back seat with all [...]
Airfix/Academy Spitfire 21 “Frankenspit”
Waste not, want not. Done last year.
After the brilliant Airfix Spitfire XIV came out, I had no further use for the screwed-up Academy kit. Annd I had enough parts left over from some Airfix Spitfire 22/24 projects that I had a fuselage [...]
Spitfire Mk VB Airfix 1970+ 1/72
Hi to all
after many years in stash...finished.
Old Airfix Spitfire VB, upgraded as much as my nerves allowed, engraving, some cockpit details, added mirror according to documented pictures of Zumbach plane, high located on two support [...]
