Finemolds work in progress, part 1 I started the kit this weekend. I decided to try my hand at painting the raised instrument details instead of using decals. The kit is engineered to support more than one variant. After a little study I clipped the major bits off and cleaned the sprue nibs. The bigger […]
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Spitfire PR Mk IC (PR Mk III), P9385/76, Nr 8 Operational Training Unit, 1940-41 While looking for a “training” Spitfire I realized I had the remnants of my “bash a Va out of the Tamiya V/I kits” sitting in my junk box. The Subject I won’t repeat the story of the Photo Reconnaissance Spitfires but
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Our club decided to do a “Big Bomber Build” of the 1/48th scale Monogram Bombers, and since a local museum wanted something for their displays I agreed to make this one. The Subject Six Luftwaffe aircraft predominate the Battle of Britain, which for the Luftwaffe also included the night blitz (as Britains call it) that
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Spitfire HF VII, MD114/DUoG, No 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, RAF, Skeabrae, 1943. I hadn’t yet built a Hasegawa Spitfire, and since I didn’t yet have a Mk VII on my shelf decided I’d do this one. The Subject I’ve come to understand that frontline squadrons would rotate on occasion to airfields in the North and East,
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Spitfire Mk XVIII, TZ233/T, 208 Squadron RAF, Palestine 1947 This was a long term project, mainly because this MPM kit is a limited run kit, meaning I had to supply some details, scratch others, and generally fix all the errors. The Subject The Mk XIV was meant as an interim solution until the “Super Spitfire”
Spitfire Mk IV, DP845, 1941 While researching my Spitfire III project I ran into DP845, the first (of two) Spitfire IV prototypes. There was enough unique about it that I decided I had to make it, and put it alongside my Spitfire III. I’ve since decided that if one is to have every mark of
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