OT's Biggin Hill Spitfire *** Finished ***

[Narayan]

That looks very neat OT.

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Narayan

I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round Perdition's flames before I give him up!

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[Old_Tonto]

That looks very neat OT.

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Narayan

Thanks bud.

Unfortunately life is getting in the way at the moment, especially work.

I have managed to get the underside painted though:



Hopefully tonight I can get the paint work completed and a Klear coat on for decals tomorrow.

[Old_Tonto]

Sorry for the lack of updates. We just upgraded our broadband and in moving the router I inadvertently cut off my pc as it didn't have a wi-fi card!
You would never guess that I worked in IT!

Progress has been slow but purely down to work and not this kit.
Decals are going on so we are nearly there.



Those letters are massive!

[DavidWomby]

Looks great - that squadron's oversized code letters always looked neat to me. Sort of saying to the Luftwaffe 'Yes, we're back!'.

David

[Narayan]

Very nice OT. They certainly are large letters and roundel alright!

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Narayan

I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round Perdition's flames before I give him up!

A:B 2015 14:03 2014 21:04 2013 39:12 2012 20:05 2011 11:10 2010 44:12 2009 19:16 2008 16:03 Overall 267:70

[SteveC]

That is impressive, and those markings certainly are large, even larger than the ones on my Hurricane.

Regards,

Steve

[Old_Tonto]

Having a bit of an issue with the wing roundals.



It will need the MicroSol treatment I think. Once that is done I will give the whole thing a coat of klear to seal it in then a matt varnish coat to dull it down a bit. There are no markings on the underside so I will apply a few stencils there.
Also the instructions don't mention the red dope patches over the machine gun openings that I associate with this era. Should I add them?

[DavidWomby]

Also the instructions don't mention the red dope patches over the machine gun openings that I associate with this era. Should I add them?

My vote is yes but it's your build.

David

[DazDaMan]

I reckon so.

[Purplethistle]

Also the instructions don't mention the red dope patches over the machine gun openings that I associate with this era. Should I add them?

My vote is yes but it's your build.

David

Hell yeah! go with the dope!...and then paint the wee red squares on the gunports!

[Old_Tonto]

Dope sorted. Thanks lads.

Here she is all finished:





I will get some better images uploaded this evening assuming it stops raining.

[DazDaMan]

Very nice!

[SteveC]

Very nice indeed.

Regards,

Steve

[Purplethistle]

Nicely done! Isn't it amazing how good things look with a wee bit of dope?