Lancfan's Spitfire 16 Blitz fun build

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The Tamiya Tape straps have been fitted, cockpit assembled and installed and the fuselage halves cemented together.
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Next the wing halves and onto the fuselage and it will look like a plane soon.... :grin:
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You mean like this Michael? Halfway through and the end is in sight.
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Yup!! You push thru to the midnight hour!! Good Job. Next the horizontal stabilizers and elevators and rudder.

What is the paint scheme?
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Don't know what happened to my previous post. Looks like you are on schedule. Nice work David.

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Michael, here are the markings- http://www.airport-data.com/images/airc ... 325348.jpg; Greg, I am sure you posted again after your 7.14 PM post but it seems to have vanished.

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Similar to this one?:

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I like this scheme over the desert camo scheme...
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Yes but TE 330 the aeroplane I am modelling uses the wrong colours.

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I used Humbrol 30 dark green and 106 Ocean grey for camo and 90 beige green for spinner and 64 light gray for underside.

What are the "wrong colour" are going to use?

The picture you mentioned looks like the same colours?
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Revell Aqua 371 for the undersides, Revell Aqua 76 for the upper grey and Humbrol acrylic 66 for the green.

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Coming together very nicely, David. As this is going to be a model of a museum exhibit, I presume that is where the "wrong" colours comes into the equation. Museum exhibits can be notorious for incorrect and/or fanciful schemes!
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After a break for a little sleep here is the model as it stands, ready for paint- will I make it ?
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Sounds like your on the home run David.
Museums do get bad press for incorrect colours and schemes but that comes from the early days of aircraft preservation when they use what they had to hand. Nowadays proper research and sourcing of correct materials makes the exhibits much more accurate.

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If this were a real blitz build it would not make it to the gallery as it is still not finished, I think I will finish around 14:30.

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Looking forward to seeing the finishef Spit David. Great work thus far.

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