spitfire

[bullittrob]

thought i would share another of my parkzone spitfires with you,.,.I based it on a mk V that was used by USAAF pilots for training whom would then fly the long range PR MK-XI from mount farm near oxford.,,.this was a photographic unit,..by mid 1944 most USAAF aircraft were left in natural metal finish although their PR spitfires were pale blue.,.,this MK V was a war weary left over from an RAF squadron along with another MKV that was in olive drab/sea grey...I used pastic kote silver paint for the most of it,.then with alloy tape for the wing gun covers plus a few odd panels then poked them with a pencile for the look of the fixings/rivetts,.decals are from a smashed parkzone p51 mustang i have ,its not weatherd yet but it will be soon,,.with plenty of stains & faded alloy ect.,,.will post pics when done,,,...........

[sagey]

great job.thats a nice looking spitfire.Its funny but we all seem to have a smashed p51 mustang knocking around.Including myself!! lol :D

[bullittrob]

i started to cover some small panels with alloy foil that sticks on,but thought it looked so good i done one whole wing top,.took me about an hour,.i think il do the whole plane in it, it doesnt weigh anything, so should be ok,this spit is on 2.4gig so the rx esc has gone,i replaced them with the spektrum stuff plus an E flite esc,.,.so ive saved some weight there!!..ive added some pics of my progress.......years ago i had a 68" spitfire finished he same way,but in the sun light i couldnt see it,..with this one i cant be botherd to do the underside that way so it will be paint shaded only...if it ends up looking crap il keep it as a shelf queen,,,or put it out to the wolfs on ebay...

[bullittrob]

nearly finished,. after a mild rub down with a grey scotch pad its looking better,.but still needs some major weathering,,,

[JuZ]

They look great, a nice little squadron :)

[GSS]

They look awesome :D

[bullittrob]

i added some mid grey from my airbrush after i rubbed it down with a grey scotch pad,....added a mirror on the canope,,.,.nearly finished,,.!

[Radweld]

That looks great Bob. Well done.

[ralphp]

Now that is coooooool!:cool:
mate the weathering finishes her off......did you think about adding the sharks teeth to her?

[ralphp]

I didn't know if you'd seen them, but you can get "rivet wheels" from hobbycraft! (there actually card embossing wheels) but most scale guys use them.....but boy she dose look good!:cool:

[bullittrob]

yeh ive seen the rivet wheels,.but didnt know what to get one from,.i just used a sharpish pencil against a ruler....took a bit longer....thanks for the coments.....glad you all like it...

[bullittrob]

id like one in austraila makings with the teeth,,,.Hmmmm!! you got me thinking now!!!................Now that is coooooool!:cool:
mate the weathering finishes her off......did you think about adding the sharks teeth to her?

[ralphp]

well, ive designed the teeth for the Cub and could look at thye Spit and P51:confused:....if you guys want them that is?

All I need is the cowel to sort the template, and you guys could just cut them out, coat in varnish and glue on....:D

let us know what you think.....there was a camo P51 in English markings AND TEETH....ow er

[bullittrob]

here it is against a stormy essex sky..

[bullittrob]

id be up for some of that!!.,.,,.yes the RAF did use mustangs,.id like to do a C version with the early style conope,,,come to think of it ive got some blue foam left from another project!!!!well, ive designed the teeth for the Cub and could look at thye Spit and P51:confused:....if you guys want them that is?

All I need is the cowel to sort the template, and you guys could just cut them out, coat in varnish and glue on....:D

let us know what you think.....there was a camo P51 in English markings AND TEETH....ow er

[ralphp]

I'll print them off today...try on the spit and if this works, will post them on hear.....oh just checked the file size is 5mb!.....i'll speak to squadron leader, and send a disc to them of the three once done!

[ralphp]

id like one in austraila makings with the teeth,,,.Hmmmm!! you got me thinking now!!!................

well I printed off the teeth for the cub, edited slightly and......:D if you like them let me know......:cool:

[Anthony]

I don't think they suit the spitfire really, it's more the kind of thing you'd expect to see on a P40.