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Martyn Fox (Bigfoxy61)
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Spitfire Mk1

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2 12 April 2015, 20:10
Clifford Keesler
Nice start.
12 April 2015, 21:36
Hanno Kleinecke
Cockpit looks brilliant !
13 April 2015, 17:59
Clifford Keesler
I second that!
13 April 2015, 18:03
Martyn Fox
Thanks guys. The cockpits OOB apart from the Quickboost resin seat which is superb. I feel you can sometimes spend a fortune on aftermarket parts that cannot then be visible once the kit is built.
13 April 2015, 21:33
Hanno Kleinecke
True, one can get carried away quiet easily with these goodies.....
13 April 2015, 21:37
Mike Grant
Great work so far!
13 April 2015, 23:10
Augie
Martyn.. excellent work buddy !!
13 April 2015, 23:11
Christian Bruer
But you know it is there Martyn🙂 Excellent start - looking forward to your progress mate.
14 April 2015, 19:33
Martyn Fox
Thanks for the kind comments guys. Made some more progress today. The kit goes together very quickly once the cockpit tub is complete. Will update pics in due course 🙂
14 April 2015, 22:15
Mats Bengtsson
Looking good Martyn.
15 April 2015, 19:19
arne vd burg
Nice start Martyn.
15 April 2015, 19:33
Jan Hazes
Like the cockpit 🙂
17 April 2015, 09:28
Andre Hoencher
Very nice, I´m in 🙂
20 April 2015, 19:13
Clifford Keesler
Awesome work.
22 April 2015, 00:17
Alan Rush
Hi Martyn. Great work on the cockpit and very nice for OOB, except for the seat. 👍 🙂
22 April 2015, 01:04
Kerry COX
I can only echo all of the above comments Martyn, you have a 'deft' touch mate. 🙂 (Deft: definition, dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever: deft hands; a deft mechanic.)
22 April 2015, 01:08
Martyn Fox
Thanks for the very kind comments mates.🙂
22 April 2015, 08:22
Kerry COX
It is usually the way it happens.
Once the "Office" is furnished, the rest is just pure joy. 🙂
great work Martyn. 🙂
6 May 2015, 21:32
Christian Lehmann
👍
6 May 2015, 21:35
Ralf Schuster
great
6 May 2015, 21:45
Choppa Nutta
I´m in 🙂
6 May 2015, 21:50
Martyn Fox
Thanks guys for the kind words. Not much progress on this project lately ( Been on hols for a week) but should be getting back to the workbench now 🙂
6 May 2015, 22:30
Martyn Fox
Some progress. Decals added using Xtradecal and kit decals for stencils. Final coat of future ready for weathering stages.
17 May 2015, 19:40
Ben STONE
Great effect on the camo
17 May 2015, 23:55
Christian Bruer
Very nice painting Martyn!
18 May 2015, 08:22
Kerry COX
The 'Future" is yet to come. LOL 🙂
18 May 2015, 09:34
Martyn Fox
Thanks for the comments guys. I see where your going with that one Kerry 🙂
18 May 2015, 16:34
Andre Hoencher
Excellent work! 👍
18 May 2015, 17:17
Bart Goesaert
Very nice build and paintjob...
19 May 2015, 11:08
Martyn Fox
Weathering using various filters/washs finished,along with subtle use of pigments. All sealed with a final coat of matt varnish and job done. It's been a pleasure to build,continuing the superb standard of resent Airfix kits.
30 May 2015, 11:57
Hanno Kleinecke
Brilliant looking Spit, well presented with this little scene ! Very good paintjob and nice and subtle weathering!
30 May 2015, 12:16
Greg Wise
very nice.
30 May 2015, 12:19
Christian Lehmann
Very nice result!
30 May 2015, 12:36
Martyn Fox
Thanks for the kind comments guys. Much appreciated 🙂
30 May 2015, 13:20
Cristian Bordina
Phantastic Martin, great paintjob and weathering !!!
30 May 2015, 15:00
Christian Bruer
Absolutely stunning Martyn!
30 May 2015, 15:49
Mats Bengtsson
Looks great Martyn. Well done.
30 May 2015, 16:36
Martyn Fox
Thanks guys. I built the Airfix earlier Spitfire Mk1 a few years ago when I got back into modelling. Since then I've read a lot of books and magazines to try and improve my skills,so I'll try and put up a comparison picture.
30 May 2015, 18:43
Stephan Ryll
Very nice dio and great paintjob!
30 May 2015, 19:17
Clifford Keesler
Great job Martyn, Very nice indeed.
30 May 2015, 23:46
Andre Hoencher
Good Model! 👍
31 May 2015, 13:40
Jan Hazes
I really like that finish Martyn. Great job! 🙂
31 May 2015, 19:18
Martyn Fox
Thanks for the very kind comments guys. Just added a picture of the older mould Airfix Spitfire I built about 5 years ago along side the brand new mould.
31 May 2015, 19:24
Choppa Nutta
huge difference !! 🙂
31 May 2015, 20:26
Martyn Fox
Your right Choppa. It's interesting to judge a resent model against an older effort just to see how your modelling skills improve or not as the case may be 🙂 It also shows the improvement in available new materials and modelling techniques that you see in books and magazines.
31 May 2015, 21:28
Choppa Nutta
for sure, finding out new stuff on the net was my little eureka 🙂
31 May 2015, 22:20
John E
Gorgeous work. She certainly looks the part of a war weary Spit!
2 June 2015, 02:20
Clifford Keesler
Vast difference. I agree with Choppa, I learned stuff on the web that I had never heard of before or tried before. I can see a huge difference in stuff I built just a year ago, to what I am doing now, especially with the PE and resin goodies. A year ago I did not know such things existed, and I have been modeling since I was 8yrs old. So a great job!.
2 June 2015, 02:36
Ulf Petersen
Very nice Spit, Martyn.👍
Only the base floor looks . . . well, like carpet. 😉
2 June 2015, 05:02
Martyn Fox
Thanks for the comments guys 🙂 I have to agree Ulf,regarding the carpet base. It's just a standard railway modellers grass mat that's I've dry brushed some highlights on. I've used the base as a kind of universal base to display some of my other models,so I might build a new custom one for this model.
2 June 2015, 19:23
Ulf Petersen
Gotya!!!🙂
2 June 2015, 21:51
Kerry COX
Have you got any sheep in that scale Martyn ?, no, I am not being 'funny', I really mean it, as that would make the 'carpet' look like well manicured grass, as only sheep can do. 🙂 !
3 June 2015, 00:12
Choppa Nutta
..... with a few crumbs of "chocolate" clumped together here and there ......... 😄
3 June 2015, 00:18
Kerry COX
Sheep shit doesn't "Clump" it scatters, like coffee beans, but not as tasty, known locally here as "Dillberries". LOL 🙂 that's why you never go Dillberry picking here, as you got to pick them off the sheep's ass. NASTY 🙂
3 June 2015, 01:00
Choppa Nutta
yes you is ! 🙂
3 June 2015, 01:27
Kerry COX
LOL 🙂
3 June 2015, 02:39
Ben STONE
Kerry, I've always tried to refrain from posting Australianisms on here wholly due to the "lost in translation" possibility. However, you've nailed this one, well done.
🙂
3 June 2015, 03:34
Kerry COX
Shee'l be right mate. 👍 bewdey!🙂
3 June 2015, 05:35

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