Spitfire MK.VIII, Flying Elephant

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January 5, 2017
Used the Brassin cockpit
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January 5, 2017
The Brassin part fits well into the fuselage
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January 5, 2017
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January 5, 2017
nearly finished under side
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January 5, 2017
pre-shades top side with area of the cocades prepainted
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January 5, 2017
Areas of the cocades masked ; first green areas painted on the wings
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January 5, 2017
next green areas masked
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January 5, 2017
green areas are finished
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January 5, 2017
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January 5, 2017
unmasked cocade areas; some rework necessary
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January 6, 2017
Some subassemblys ready to be assambled
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January 6, 2017
Paintjob lower side finished
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January 6, 2017
Top view of the final painted plane
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January 6, 2017
paintjob done
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January 6, 2017
PAINTJOB DONE
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January 21, 2017
Lower side with decals and after some rework to reduce the contrast between preshading and lower surface color
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January 21, 2017
Upper side with decals and after some rework to reduce the contrast between preshading and upper surface color
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January 21, 2017
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January 21, 2017
port side of the finished model
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January 21, 2017
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January 21, 2017
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January 21, 2017
starboard of the finishe model
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January 21, 2017
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January 21, 2017

Comments

2 5 January 2017, 17:36

gorby
Looks amazing so far Christian!

5 January 2017, 18:04

Spanjaard
looking really good indeed 🙂

5 January 2017, 18:06

Stefan Fraundorfer
Great Lemmy, geat! I'm in.

5 January 2017, 19:07

Christian Lehmann
Thank's all

5 January 2017, 20:43

Joerg R.
No Star Wars😉😉😉, but another great model from you!I like it!

5 January 2017, 22:12

John Thomas
Nice work

6 January 2017, 01:44

Scott Dutton
Done a great job of getting that jungle sun faded look. Well done

6 January 2017, 04:03

Bart Goesaert
i can only concur... splendid work... must have been a lot of work to paint this one, but the result is fanastic

6 January 2017, 07:33

Christian Lehmann
Thank you for your kind coments.

6 January 2017, 08:32

Christian Lehmann
@Jörg: Youre right. After resuming what I built last year it turned out thag it was the yeaf of Star Wars.

6 January 2017, 08:34

Holger Kranich
WTF! That Looks awesome!!!

6 January 2017, 08:39

Wilfried Bogaerts
Looks great Lemmy, another gem in the making !

6 January 2017, 10:48

Soeren R.
Awesome paintjob Christian!

6 January 2017, 11:22

Roland Sachsenhofer
looking thoroughly weathered, Christian! That´s good...... 🙂

6 January 2017, 12:22

Christian Lehmann
Thank´s mates. The paintjob is seems to be done but I am unsure if the preshading is still to strong and needs some rework. Coments regarding this topic are welcome.

6 January 2017, 14:55

Holger Kranich
The pre-shading is indeed prominent, but leave it as it is, chip her and you will have a nice worn and old warhorse.

6 January 2017, 14:59

gorby
I agree with Holger. It looks great as it is.

6 January 2017, 15:04

Christian Ristits
Fantastic spit, the interior is outstanding!

21 January 2017, 15:20

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wow- I am completely stunned! Such a realistic long-time weathering, I guess, that´s the best I have ever seen! Congratulation Christian!

21 January 2017, 15:26

Christian Lehmann
Finished

21 January 2017, 15:26

Christian Lehmann
Only have to build a small base

21 January 2017, 15:26

Roland Sachsenhofer
Any Ewoks involved?😉

21 January 2017, 15:28

Christian Lehmann
Thanks Roland and Christian.

21 January 2017, 15:59

Christian Lehmann
@Roland: Maybe hidden into the rear of the fuselage ????

21 January 2017, 16:00

gorby
WOW! Amazing result Christian!

21 January 2017, 16:04

Wilfried Bogaerts
Lovely, it's (once again) a beauty Lemmy ! 👍

21 January 2017, 16:04

Alexander Grivonev
beautiful paintjob!

21 January 2017, 16:40

Christian Bruer
a masterpiece in all aspects of modeling, painting and weathering. Excellent work Christian 👍

Cheers, Christian

21 January 2017, 20:04

Erik Leijdens
Impressive Spit!

21 January 2017, 20:07

Mike Kryza
Still und heimlich... 👍

21 January 2017, 20:14

Christian Lehmann
Thank you all for your kind comments

21 January 2017, 20:16

Christian Lehmann
@Mike: Der Rechner, auf dem ich die Fotos speichere ist so alt und langsam, daß ich nicht wirklich Lust habe ihn zu benutzen. Deshalb mache ich zwar Fotos, lade diese aber nur von Zeit zu Zeit hoch.

21 January 2017, 20:20

Gary Brantley
A great, weathered veteran! Beautiful model, so well done. I love the white tail too. 👍. 🙂

21 January 2017, 20:30

Mike Kryza
@Lemmy - habe das gleiche Problem. Aber so lange der Alte das noch tut...😉🙂

21 January 2017, 20:38

ForestFan
Superb!

21 January 2017, 20:45

wilky
Excellent work. I doubt that I could match the fantastic job you have done but I would suggest that the white identification markings are a little too weathered as they would have been on the aircraft a lot less time. The roundels are cleaner than the Allied identification markings yet the roundels would have been repainted along with the faded paint job. The white Allied identification markings would have been recently applied.

21 January 2017, 20:54

Christian Lehmann
Thanks.
@Wilky: The book that eduard delivers with the kit show some pics that displa the weathering on the white surfaces very well. Especially the base of the fin shows severe wear of white color

21 January 2017, 21:01

Stefan Fraundorfer
Great work Lemmy! I like it.

22 January 2017, 08:14

Christian Lehmann
Thanks James and Stefan

22 January 2017, 08:34

Scott Dutton
Sensational job, the spinner looks great in the blue, and great weathering. Another Aussie build planned?

22 January 2017, 09:23

Christian Lehmann
Thanks Tim and Scott

22 January 2017, 09:58

Christian Lehmann
@Scott: Not yet because it is not my main subject. In this case Iwanted to build something different colored to the grey Bf 109 And Fw 190 I usually build

22 January 2017, 10:00

Soeren R.
Great work Christian!😉

22 January 2017, 10:04

Scott Dutton
Well a nice change. You certainly know how to do more they grey.

22 January 2017, 12:46