The wife gave me this kit last christmas.The last spitfire I built was over 20 years ago.So I thought it was about time I did another.
I painted it With Vallejo medium sea grey undersides, Vallejo dark green and Revell acrylic ocean grey upper surfaces.First time Ive used Revell acrylics and I'm quit impressed.The paint is very thick,so will go a long way.I thinned it with tap water and sprayed it through a 0.5 nozzle.The pots they come in are a bit odd though.I then gave it a bit of a wash with Florymodels dark dirt.Although I didn't overdo it like I usually do.I added some exhaust staining with ground pastel.Hard to see in the photos.Again,I didn't want to over do it.Some of the reviews I have read reckon the fuselage is too short.On it own I think it looks fine.Im currently building an Airfix mk1.I compared fuselages and this one is Definately shorter aft of the wing trailing edge.Never mind. I'm happy with it.Im off work with Bronchitis and its been a real struggle to finish it.The pilots mirror and pitot pinged out of my tweezers into the darkest recesses of my shed!.Rivetcounter glasses need to be off when viewing this one.I messed up the fuselage code decals,so used the others on the decal sheet for a 308 sqdn mk16!!!
I painted it With Vallejo medium sea grey undersides, Vallejo dark green and Revell acrylic ocean grey upper surfaces.First time Ive used Revell acrylics and I'm quit impressed.The paint is very thick,so will go a long way.I thinned it with tap water and sprayed it through a 0.5 nozzle.The pots they come in are a bit odd though.I then gave it a bit of a wash with Florymodels dark dirt.Although I didn't overdo it like I usually do.I added some exhaust staining with ground pastel.Hard to see in the photos.Again,I didn't want to over do it.Some of the reviews I have read reckon the fuselage is too short.On it own I think it looks fine.Im currently building an Airfix mk1.I compared fuselages and this one is Definately shorter aft of the wing trailing edge.Never mind. I'm happy with it.Im off work with Bronchitis and its been a real struggle to finish it.The pilots mirror and pitot pinged out of my tweezers into the darkest recesses of my shed!.Rivetcounter glasses need to be off when viewing this one.I messed up the fuselage code decals,so used the others on the decal sheet for a 308 sqdn mk16!!!
