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Phil Tanner

Buggeration. Can any other #WWII, #BattleOfBritain, or #Spitfire nerds out there spot the (not) deliberate mistake with my #modelling paint this afternoon?

Right. Attempt #2 at my #BattleOfBritain #Spitfire Mk1a underwing painting.

Actually really pleased with this outcome, definitely more panel-liney. And I guess the (what is now) white undercoat for the port wing might allow similar effect once I lay down the black on that side.

And then a few other colours to lay down on upper surfaces.

And then comes a LOT of cutting different sized circles from masking tape.

Any #modelling Tooters got any tips for ensuring roundel centring using masking?

There we go! That's looking a lot happier.

Or at least a much more #WWII early war appropriate #Spirltfire.

You'd never believe I double checked which wing was which before even starting to lay down any paint, huh? 😬

Still. It's only #modelling - and really, I think it's more than likely that only I would have ever noticed the mistake in the first place....

Gah. *#Spitfire

And that, ladies and gentlethem, is the underside of this #Spitfire #model painted.

Remarkable the difference using acrylics has in working time. This would've taken about a week in my usual Humbrol enamels, taken about 6 hours today...

#modelling #WWII

And here we have the first hints of my usual "let's go #offBook and see what happens..." starting to appear on this #Spitfire #Airfix #model.

#modelling

And we have a finished paint scheme (bar the spinner & props - and the aerial, which I only noticed in these photos so has been done by hand).

Time for a gloss coat, and then the drudgery will properly begin! 🤣

I should've noted earlier, this was a quick build with my son a while back, so there's sprue stubs and gaps where I would normally have gone for a perfectionists finish. But means I'm much less concerned about the not perfect paint schemes, over sprays, etc.

#Spitfire #modelling

Jacqui Nov 22, 2022

@phil_tanner Are you airbrushing it?

@jacqui_craig poorly. But yes.

Ice Nine Nov 22, 2022

@phil_tanner Have you seen your next project? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/nov/15/chocks-away-airfixs-spitfire-takes-to-the-skies-again

Chocks away! Airfix’s Spitfire takes to the skies again

After decades out of production, the 1:24 scale model plane that thrilled generations of children is back. And it’s being made in Britain!

The Guardian

@IceNine yes. I was... Unimpressed. 🤣

Only because I'm currently 40% of the way thru trying to make their original moulding play ball 🙄

Ice Nine Nov 22, 2022

@phil_tanner only 95 quid.

So $280 here? 🙄

@IceNine I paid 33 quid, so $66 (with free shipping) for my original moulding when they had a firesale of the old version last year 😊

Ice Nine Nov 22, 2022

@phil_tanner The free shipping is the big one though eh. For example it's cheaper to send to the Falklands [for camera gear from Malaysia] than here!!! And don't get me started on stuff from the USA.

@IceNine yeah. The offer was too good to pass up at that price.