Tim’s Airfix 1/48 Spitfire XII

[The Smythe Meister]

As the song once said....
"Lovin it..... Lovin it....Lovin it"

 

[Jim R]

Hi Tim
Three months isn't that long for a result that good. It's been over summer as well when modelling often takes a back seat. The decals really bring this to life.

As the song once said....
"Lovin it..... Lovin it....Lovin it"

I'll join in with the chorus.

 

[Tim Marlow]

As the song once said....
"Lovin it..... Lovin it....Lovin it"

Cheers Bob. The stickers were pretty painless as I said. Looking forward to finishing it though.

 

[adt70hk]

Pleasing progress tonight….all the stickers are on.
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Even the walkway lines are straight…..amazing what you can do with tweezers and a cocktail stick…..
More shots…
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The obscured aircraft number is correct to photographs…..not sure about the codes though, I never get them right….
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Very pleased with the decals. Just one minor issue, I couldn’t get one of the red gun sealing patches to behave and fold over the opening. Got it in place at the top then pushed it into place with decal sol. Trouble is, it moved a little when I did this. Not too worried, I believe they were renewed at every flight…..
All the others behaved superbly, almost no silvering anywhere.

Just a couple of coats of decal sol required now to get the big roundels properly into the panel seams. Then we are into finish varnishing and hand painting the remaining details…..nearly there…..three months for a build that should have taken me about a month! I am very out of practice. The Mossy will take me till Xmas at this rate…..

Looking very good indeed Tim. I can never get those gun patches to work either.

And as for three months my two little 109s took almost that long!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Tim
Three months isn't that long for a result that good. It's been over summer as well when modelling often takes a back seat. The decals really bring this to life.

I'll join in with the chorus.

Thanks Jim. Decorating the front room in the heat didn’t help either. Got some rhythm back now though, so making progress again….

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Cheers Bob. The stickers were pretty painless as I said. Looking forward to finishing it though.

I bet you are.... Then on with the Mosquito eh?!
Oh,and I still ain't "Bob" !!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looking very good indeed Tim. I can never get those gun patches to work either.

And as for three months my two little 109s have almost that long!

Cheers Andrew. I suppose if they were soft enough to conform they would give us other problems with the other decals on the sheet…..
Loving your 109s, by the way. Small, but perfectly formed.

 

[Tim Marlow]

I bet you are.... Then on with the Mosquito eh?!
Oh,and I still ain't "Bob" !!

God knows why I do that, possibly because I was just chatting to Bob on another thread

 

[The Smythe Meister]

No worries Dave,
It can happen to the best of us

 

[Tim Marlow]

No worries Dave,
It can happen to the best of us

Don’t know about the best of us, but it happens to me all the time Eric!

 

[Geoffers]

Looks great Tim

Geoff.

 

[Steven000]

Nice progress Tim!

 

[langy71]

she's looking beautiful Tim,
a really nice build mate...

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Tim

Geoff.

Cheers Geoff.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice progress Tim!

Thanks Steven, appreciate it.

 

[Tim Marlow]

she's looking beautiful Tim,
a really nice build mate...

Thanks Chris, very kind of you.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well, we got there…..

Had some dramas with the varnish though. I simply couldn’t dull down the finish! That’s had two coats of satin and one hand brushed matt varnish, and it still looks polished! No real weathering on it. The squadron shots I have look remarkably clean, and the shiny finish means pastels simply won’t stick…..
Here is a squadron shot from back in the day….

Looks rather like mine, and doesn’t have any gun or exhaust stains, so I’m allowed to leave them off

Lastly, a comparison shot with a ten year old MkI from my meagre aircraft collection…..

The Mk XII looks much more aggressive, but the MkI just looks perfect…..

Hope you like it. More shots in the group build summary….

 

[adt70hk]

Well done Tim....I get why they did the clipped wings but it doesn't look the same.... Will have a look shortly at the other pictures!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Well done Tim....I get why they did the clipped wings but it doesn't look the same.... Will have a look shortly at the other pictures!

Cheers Andrew. Agreed, with clipped wings it’s lost that elegance that the Mk I had in spades.

 

[langy71]

Well done Tim, a cracking build and finish buddy,
she can rightfully take her place on your display shelves.. and look proud doing so..