Spitfire Mk I

Chan Li
Following 🤓

Daniel
thanks for stopping by 👍 some pics just for you 😉
Typical Tamiya, went together easy peasy, just some joints fixed with liquid putty

John
"I didnt research it, just looked right to my eye." 👍 That's how I choose colors too.

AndreasK
Following. Looks good so far!

David H
Nah , that's not too light if anything it may be a bit too orange .👍🏻

Daniel
You were right David, a tad too orange, now fixed and how I wanted it to look.
Thanks for following guys 🙂

Juskifo
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Neil
Following 👍

Daniel
Juskifo, Neil, welcome mates!
She's coming along, forgot about some more in progress pics, sry... but here's how she looks now after the pin wash

Neil
Really looking smart indeed 👏

Chan Li
Nice going

Daniel
Thanks Neil and Chan! Been at it with my weathering pencils this morning trying out some new stuff. Was fun but I think those work better in bigger scales - so I guess my next spitfire has to be in 1:32 🙂

John
Very nice looking result. 👍 Scale is a funny thing. I grew up mostly doing 1/48 WWII American aircraft, whatever Monogram offering that was at the LHS and they seemed quite big enough. Later, doing other subjects, it was surprising how "diminutive" the European planes were in comparison. The Fw-190 next to the P-47 is quite small. A 1:32 Spit sounds just great. Thanks for sharing your build!

Daniel
Thanks John! But the P-47 maybe is a bad example, those were just gigantic 😅 I think "normal" fighters like e.g. the P-40 weren't so different to their european counterparts. Or a Hellcat...those look quite small to me
Generally I think the weathering is easier and more realistic the bigger the scale, or maybe I just need to find a better sharpener for those pencils 🙂

John
Haha, true. The "Jug" is in a class all its own for sure. The American planes just seemed to be bigger and heavier on average but certainly you're right. A P-40 (or P-39), Hellcat don't seem gigantic. I think I was just biased towards the P-47 or F4U as those were some of the first kits I built.

I suppose a 1:24 Spit would be even better for weathering, but that's a lot of plastic to wrestle!

Daniel
Been looking at some underside-pics of spitfires in use and they seem to have massive no joke oil leakage problem down there. Tried to replicate this mess with AKs weathering oil/kerosene stains - so, well, feast your eyes gents^^
Next up is soot from guns and engine
@ John: Mostly heard bad things about 1:24 kits but there seem to be a few good ones as well. But I already have this kit on order with some resin goodies as well🤩 Imo the coolest looking spitfire version
Spitfire Mk. IXc (Revell 03927, 1:32)

John
Yes, it was more of a joke as the old Airfix 1:24 kits give you a large amount of plastic vaguely shaped like the subject. Agreed on the Spit IXc version! Should make a great companion to the 1:48.

Daniel
Fly-Out! Thanks for stopping by mates 👍

Juskifo
Nice finish 👏

Daniel
Thank you very much Juskifo and Roland! 🙏

James C
Very nice work Daniel 👍

Spanjaard
beautiful Spitfire, i really like the base too

Erik Leijdens
Looks great, lively dio

David H
Mk1X "simply the best, better than all the rest "
😎

Daniel
Thank you very much mates!
The base is simple+effective, acrylic block and a bicycle spoke, what I like about it is that it doesnt obstruct the view on the other models in my glass cabinet.
@David: 👍 also looking forward to this!

CaptGPF
Love your photo albums - can't wait to see more of your builds

Daniel
Thanks a lot capt! great to hear, there will be more of those 🙂