Supermarine SpitfireMkIa; 610 squadron RAF Biggin Hill 1940

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major parts cleaned and ready for initial assembly
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quite a nice details for 1/72 kit
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spinner glued together (everything will be the same color)
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inside of the fuselage painted
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cockpit ready for installation to the fuselage
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one or two places which required small amount of filler and light sand and primer was next
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Mr. Sufracer 1200 thinned 50/50 with levelling thinner - best result every time in my opinion
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small bits and bobs ready for paint and weathering
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top and bottom surfaces masked and sprayed with MRP colors (top camo masked with MR. Hyde Masking Putty)
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after removing the masking and the putty the final camo at least
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small parts sprayed and ready for installation
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2 -3 coats of gloss varnish to get the surface nice and shiny and it's time for decals
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decals were quite thick but easy to work with.
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two or three application of Microscale soft worked almost everytime, only two or three places needed more persuasion with X20A
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Now the spit will get one or two thin coats of matt varnish and weathering will be next
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A little bit of weathering on the bottom surfaces
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and FINISH! 🙂
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finally together with her little friend
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Really nice kit. Highly recommended!

Comments

5 27 May 2019, 07:56

Alec K
Very nicely done 👍. MR Hyde looks like an interesting product. Recommended?

15 July 2019, 14:06

Martin Frcka
Definitely. It's really good stuff. One just need to be aware that this stuff is like cold lava (it flows over time). Have a search for this stuff. AK is selling one, same stuff is also sold under the name Panzer putty.
The best results are if you place the stuff on the model and spray the colors right away. I left small snakes over night and sprayed the model the next day (see Mig-15 over Korea) and it was fine. but the snakes were slightly bigger. I was happy with the result, you just need to be aware that this stuff is constantly flowing. I hope this short summary will help.😉 Cheers!

16 July 2019, 04:44

Alec K
Got it - thanks much for the info. Surely worth a try 👍

16 July 2019, 11:58

Stephan Ryll
Indeed a very nice Spit 👍

16 July 2019, 16:36

Bernd Grün
Nice build!

26 November 2021, 08:55

Project info

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia

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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia

Royal Air Force (1918-now)
No. 610 (County of Chester) Sqn. P9495/DW-K
July 1940 - RAF Biggin Hill
BS381C:241, BS381C:350, BS381C:101 (Duck Egg Blue not Sky)

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