Martin's Seafire Ib *finished* & PRs IV & XI *finished*

[Martin R]

OK, I'll say she's the wartime variant.

Regards

Martin

[Martin R]

SeaSpit latest. More explanation tomorrow:



Regards

Martin

[DazDaMan]

OK, I'll say she's the wartime variant.

Regards

Martin

If you're interested in her history (as well as a potted history of the Spitfire as a recce aircraft in general), I can recommend the book Spitfire In Blue by Hugh Smallwood. Good read.

[Martin R]

OK, I'll say she's the wartime variant.

Regards

Martin

If you're interested in her history (as well as a potted history of the Spitfire as a recce aircraft in general), I can recommend the book Spitfire In Blue by Hugh Smallwood. Good read.

Daz,

Ta. I'll have a look for that.

Regards

Martin

[Martin R]

Re the Seafire, the lower profile is the one I'm doing.



You can see that the paintwork is a bit beaten up, so I'm assuming it's well weathered. However, probably not this weathered, which was what awaited me once I'd managed to get most of the salt off.



The pic in my earlier post is how it looked after some hasty remedial action. More still required.

Happy Easter

Regards

Martin

[Martin R]

After some more remedial action, I'm happier:





What do you think?

Regards

Martin

[Kitaholic]

Good recovery. Yet to grow a pair big enough to tackle the salt method

[Martin R]

Good recovery. Yet to grow a pair big enough to tackle the salt method

Kit,

If I had any maskol, I wouldn't have tried. It was difficult to control where the salt went and how much went on. Perhaps more suitable for 1/48th and airbrushing.

Regards

Martin

[Martin R]

Started decalling.

[Martin R]

So here's where we are at the end of the day. SeaSpit:



PRXI:



Nothing else for a couple of days as I'm visiting Glasgow tomorrow. Hopefully get a chance to try out Ian Scott's shop at the same time....

Regards

Martin

[DazDaMan]

Great stuff. I reckon you've nailed PL965's look. I'm still not brave enough to try much weathering!!

[Stuart]

I've just spent 20 minutes composing an erudite and entertaining post, only to have my phone refuse to post it. Here's the gist:



Going to be the 16 Sqn scheme, as worn by Pete Teichman's machine.

Regards

Martin

lol! Yeah I've had that...

looking good Martin!

[iggie]

Great work and very brave of you to tackle using the salt technique!

[Martin R]

Thanks, Iggie.

Despite a couple of hours at the workbench last night, nothing substantive to report. I feel like both of these kits are fighting me at the moment: 3 steps forward, 2 steps back. Still, onwards and upwards.

Regards

Martin

[Stuart]

I know that feeling well! They look good though!