Spitfire Mk. I Custom

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October 30, 2021
Tamiya has included some nice photo-etch and I'm adding Eduard's pre-printed cockpit dials and seatbelts.
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October 30, 2021
Basic cockpit construction complete
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October 30, 2021
Test-fitted the Eduard panel, seems good.
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October 30, 2021
I really like the photo-etched pedal straps!
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October 30, 2021
Cockpit details
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October 30, 2021
Cockpit details
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October 31, 2021
Cockpit complete. Really glad I got a new magnifier before trying to do those seatbelts!
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October 31, 2021
Closed up. Canopy will be open, to make sure as much of the interior details as possible are visible.
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October 31, 2021
The Eduard dials in place.
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October 31, 2021
This front cowling seam line is the only real flaw in an otherwise beautifully-designed kit. This is the second round of putty, after puttying, sanding, priming, sanding, and priming again. Hopefully I can make it disappear. In a Bandai gunpla kit, this cowling would definitely come as an extra piece to go over the front, much as the very front-most part does in this kit.

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1 30 October 2021, 09:44

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I never build planes, but I have a four-day weekend and I want to try something very different as a quick project. I want to build Tamiya's new kit, but I don't want to paint a BoB scheme. I don't care about historical accuracy for this one, so I'm going to do something more interesting...

Spitfire Mk.I Custom

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1:48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (Tamiya 61119)

1:48 RAF Spitfire (Crazy Modeler DC0092)

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