Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire Mk8

[T. van Vuuren]

Yesterday I was asked to build a 1/32 Tam Spitty Mk8 for a friend.
Need;ess to say I was interested to see how well it builds after my recent experience with the Tam Mustprang.
I woke at 0600 to pouring rain and with all my plans shot to hell I started this kit expecting another longterm build.
However I was surprised how quick it is going sofar.
Here is the basic components of the cockpit sofar.

Painted in Humbrol RAF interior...

The parts take very little if any cleanup compared to the damn revell 1/32 Spit Mk2 I am busy with.


It will be in the colours of the USAAF in Italy 1944.

Theuns

 

[T. van Vuuren]

All detail is out the box except for the copper hydrolic libed to the right side controller aswell as the throttle quadrant's control pudhrods.

On my mustang I preshaded the sidepannels but the effect made for a to dark look so this time I just did a pinwash to give some depth.






Theuns

 

[BarryW]

Enoy the build Theuns, its a great kit and I am sure you will do it proud...

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Ta. I got the wing and tail on last nught, the fit is superb. I also got the whole engine built up in a few hours. This thing really is just shake and bake.

Theuns

 

[Spree]

Yesterday I was asked to build a 1/32 Tam Spitty Mk8 for a friend.
Need;ess to say I was interested to see how well it builds after my recent experience with the Tam Mustprang.
I woke at 0600 to pouring rain and with all my plans shot to hell I started this kit expecting another longterm build.
However I was surprised how quick it is going sofar.
Here is the basic components of the cockpit sofar.

Painted in Humbrol RAF interior...

The parts take very little if any cleanup compared to the damn revell 1/32 Spit Mk2 I am busy with.


It will be in the colours of the USAAF in Italy 1944.

Theuns

What influenced your decision on colour pallet for this?

 

[T. van Vuuren]

If you are refering to the desert colours wit the USAAF decals, it is what the ovnre wanted

Theuns

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Here is the wingroot fit on the Tam spitty, a light sanding and it will be ready for paint. Only thin cement was needed, no filler.

The engine took about 90 min to assemble ready for paint.

Good progress for only 3 days work

In the meantime I painted all the bits for the engine mounds and firewall.

Theuns

 

[james pithouse]

close the canopy its cold I see they foregot the canpony and the rest off the bits and peices. THOSE MECHANIC CREW ARE FIRED AND THE DESIGNER THEY NEED SHOOTING for treason and sabotaging this build. great work tho theuns. liking it :D:D

 

[T. van Vuuren]

It just goes to show how heavy this engine was f it had to sit so close to the cockpit in order to ballance.

Theuns

 

[Builder]

Cockpit looks good Theuns.

 

[T. van Vuuren]

These radiators really "look the part" with a bit of a pinwash

The rest of the engine assembly was a tad fiddly, (was the same on my P-51) but it looks nice.

Theuns

 

[james pithouse]

looking great theuns keep it up

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Here is the basic firewall forward assembly, it was a little more "fiddly" and difficult than the rest of the model bt it looks busy enough.





ALthough the whole cowl can be take n off I might just remove te one side and the bottom cowl but leave the rest on to try and maintain the "lines" of the plane yet still show off enough to be interesting, I did the same on my mustprang ad it works well.





Theuns

 

[james pithouse]

i gree theuns it does work well :D

 

[T. van Vuuren]

This is not the best quality pic but you can see the preshading (my hand was a tad shaky it seems lol)

I mixed sonme Tamiya blue with white and added a few drops of red to give it that Azure look that has a very slight "violett" tint. Difficult to see in the cell pic.

Next will be my mix of faded Mid stone and dark earth

Theuns

 

[T. van Vuuren]

I decided to preshade the top aswell, I usually do not but the nice rivet detail and shading might be enough to not need a pin wash.
I also usually do a light base colour all over then mask and do the darker colour but in this case I think it would hide the pre shading.




Theuns

 

[Polux]

Looks fine to me Theuns

 

[yak face]

Looks fantastic Theuns , the pre shade is showing through nicely , you wont need to bother with a panel line wash , keep it up cheers tony

 

[Ian M]

This is going very quick and Very well too.
Nice job on the pre-shade. Showing through just nice.

 

[T. van Vuuren]

Thanx, I got the faded dark earth on, the shading now looks a little overdome on the mid ston in natural light but indoors it is better.
Enough detail is showing through so that I do not need a wash on the top surface .

I decided to paint on the yellow USAAF wingbands as I was worried that the yellow decal would show the camo demarcation line.

Hoping to get some clearcoat on today while the weather is warm.

Theuns