Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb, Tamiya

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May 2, 2016
Pre-shade
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May 2, 2016
Painting done, next stop gloss-coat and decals
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May 3, 2016
Decals are on. I find Tamiyas roundels too thick, so I used Eduards. They are thin and respond well to Micro Set/Sol
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May 3, 2016
Tamiyas letters and stencils are good, only the roundels are thick.
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May 5, 2016
Well, done. Came out OK I think. I decided not to use any wash since I was quite happy with the way the pre-shade shine through
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May 5, 2016
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May 5, 2016
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May 5, 2016
In a couple of days I well do some light exhaust-burns, and I´ll have to redo the canopy.

Comments

2 May 2016, 10:53

David F
Looking quite grand thus far!

2 May 2016, 12:16

John Thomas
Nice work

3 May 2016, 11:59

Thomas Bischoff
good job!

3 May 2016, 18:18

Spanjaard
looking really good.

3 May 2016, 18:52

Roy McKenzie
It's looking awesome. Are those the kit decals? They look great.

3 May 2016, 20:33

Robin Falkenhem
Thanks guys!
The roundels are not kit decals. I really don't like the Tamiya roundels; first you have to put a white one as base, and then the coloured roundel on top. Since both of them are really thick and doesn't respond so well to decal solvent I normally use the roundels from Eagle Cals or Xtradecals instead. On this one I used roundels from Eduard, but the other decals are kit decals.

4 May 2016, 06:07

soheil moghisi
Beautiful.

4 May 2016, 09:35

Roy McKenzie
thanks for the info. They look great

4 May 2016, 12:00

David F
Very attractive build. I agree with your keeping off the wash. She is beautiful and bright with subtle tone variations.

5 May 2016, 23:57

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb

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1:48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb (Tamiya 61033)

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