despondman's Mint-Chocolate Swirl Spitfire **Finished**

[despondman]

I am not really in a position to set a date for a blitz and know I can stick to it, it is a case of taking the opportunity when it comes.
So this is a last minute decision to do a blitz. After doing a HobbyBoss Mig-3 last week I had a set of decals left over and being keen on doing planes in non-standard markings thought it would be good to use them on a Spitfire. The idea took hold in the week and this morning I thought why not blitz an Airfix Spitfire MkIa using said decals. A quick search on the interweb came up with a Mig-3 colour scheme I fancied, and so here we go.

[ShaunW]

Go for it Despond, you can never blitz enough Spitfires you know

[Sissel]

You can never have to many!
You can never blitz to many!
You can never whiff to many!

Best of luck, and as I'm having a couch day and watching Winter Olympics, I'll try to drop by regularly.

[jssel]

Yippee. That is a nice blitz kit. Good luck.

[despondman]

That is a nice blitz kit.

I made this kit last year, it really is a nice kit, goes together easily, perfect blitz material.

Anyway here is the progress so far. Didn't put any effort into the cockpit, just built it and painted it green.

[Sissel]

Nice progress!

[ShaunW]

Great stuff D-Man, this is coming together nicely.

[despondman]

Almost all that is left of the build is the undercarriage. I cannot take any credit though as this is such a nice kit. The only part that needed any work was the canopy, which needed a little taking off the back before it would slot into place.

[ShaunW]

Excellent, that looks great. I've built this kit and I also had the same issue with the fit of the canopy. Overall, it is a little beauty of a kit though.

[splash]

I blinked and missed this one.

Well done so far it's looking good.

Regards Splash

[Martin R]

Wow! Looks as if you're nearly finished already. Keep it going!

regards,

Martin

[JohnRatzenberger]

Good, I've got this kit making noises from the stash, so I'll watch carefully ...

[AndrewR]

Nice going, and the perfect choice of subject, of course

[jssel]

Wow. Impressive work.

[despondman]

A bit of time since my last post. Partly due to the pizza delivery man paying a timely visit and partly me trying something fancy with the camo scheme that didn't work out.
Anyway this is the current state of play. Not sure I am happy with the camo, even though it is what I set out to do, but does look better in the 'flesh' than in the photo.