Matchbox Spitfire Mk IX restore

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August 22, 2017
I have the two prop blades in a bag.
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August 22, 2017
I got just a bit carried away getting the old decals off!
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August 22, 2017
The blue paint did NOT want to stick to the white paint (primer?)
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August 22, 2017
The only decal I need to find is the "Eleanor" and the personal/squadron badge.
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September 22, 2017
Got the bottom repainted on the stbd wing an close approximate shade of blue.
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September 22, 2017
Gave the top a first coat of fresh paint where I had bore through the paint in my haste to remove the old, peeling decals.

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22 August 2017, 07:06

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Got this with some other built aircraft. Put together halfway decent and the paint job was OK. Took some effort to get the old, yellowed decals off - and one was upside down. I think I have enough decals in the stash to make Garth Jared's bird from the 309th or a Spitfire from 2nd FS, 52nd FG in Italy.

Matchbox Spitfire Mk IX restore

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