Academy 1/72 Spitfire Mk XIVc

[dubster72]

Here's my 2nd entry in this GB,

a rather nice little kit.

The box

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The sprues

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Cheers

Patrick

 

[flyjoe180]

Two on the go, awesome. Looks like a reasonably nice kit Patrick. Much nicer than any Starfix offering

 

[dubster72]

Ha-ha well now I know to avoid Starfix kits!

The panel lines are very nicely engraved on this one - more Hasegawa than Airfix!

 

[monica]

another good pick,you going to combine the both,?

 

[dubster72]

another good pick,you going to combine the both,?

Yep ! The Spitfire is going to be on the tail of the 109 Moni

 

[dubster72]

Cockpit is done, not particularly well but good enough for me! For a 1/72 kit

the instrument panel is well detailed - shame that my painting isn't up to much!

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[AlasdairGF]

Looks pretty good for 1/72, no fear. I guess though that the raised detail of that IP would lend itself to dry-brushing - even it it does seem to be looked at as a bit old-fashioned at times!

 

[Laurie]

Very nice Patrick. It is looking so good I assume you are using acrylics

Laurie

 

[Polux]

Nice start Patrick!

 

[dubster72]

Alasdair, there's nothing wrong with drybrushing, especially in this scale!

Laurie - yep, those special acrylics that are thinned with white spirit....

Thanks Polux!

 

[Doug Hughes]

Looking good so far, Patrick. I'll keep an eye on this one as I fancy doing a Griffon-engine Spitfire myself some time. Watch out for those Academy decals - I've found them tricky in the past.

 

[aaron]

How is that office not amazing? You're a maniac mate I can see the dial markings.

It looks great placed in the hull (aeroplane equivalent of hull) will the lid be open?

 

[Wendall]

Sharp looking cockpit Patrick, some fine detail in there. Don't know how you do it though, giant sausage fingers make Braille scale nearly impossible for me!

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Patrick. As Aaron said your cockpit looks good set up inside in the fuselage.

 

[aaron]

Nice work Patrick. As Aaron said your cockpit looks good set up inside in the fuselage.

Ah...fuselage, cheers Joe.

 

[dubster72]

Thanks Doug, I've heard that Academy decals can be difficult, so I'll be extra careful!

Aaron, the cockpit will be closed as the plan is to pose it ' in flight ' which is why I didn't bother too much with detailing the office.

Ha! Jason, with your skills I can see you doing great things in 1/72

Joe, the detail in the kit easily beats the Airfix new-tool Spits. You know the little circular covers along the front of the wings? Airfix have these

just as circles, whereas Academy show the fixings

So, a little update ...

Fuselage is joined to the wings. Everything fits well - I did mid-align the fuse & ended up doing a lot of filling & sanding Pilot is in

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Primed & ready for painting

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Underside painted

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Thanks for looking

Patrick

 

[dubster72]

Forgot to stop & take pictures!

Camo done, gloss coat & decals done. The Academy decals went on great, dried out like prunes on the roundels ( so no close-ups of them!

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Next the washing & weathering

Cheers

Patrick

 

[dave]

Looking good