Hi,

I want to share these Photo's of my Spit.
Wich I hope to finish some day!
It is going to be a MK/I From the battle of Britain.
Please feel free to comment.

Hasegawa's Spitfire is dead accurate in (almost every) profile angle
And leaves quality blank space for updating desired spaces.


Dashboard in situ.

Seat is accurate enough to mine opinnion.
Note i wanted to depict the early mark Spitfire with the early aluminum riveted seat.
Later seats were Paper mache or pressed paper.

I added the leather cushion.
Flare pistol cardridges are to be addet on.


Instrument panel is made of transparent sheet with glued on copper circles for the gauges.
Gauges were masked with Humbrol Maskrol. And Then airbrushed Dark-grey black Semi gloss.







More of the painted in progress cockpit will follow.


Flare cardridge still to be added on

Cockpit floor

Lightning holes are critic in this frame behind the seat even so for the landing gear alram horn
Because they are caracterising for almost all spitfires. And is a very visible space in this scale.

Armorplate (headrest still to be glued on)
And the circular object is the horn.

looking good so far!

Hi Arjen,

Most impressive! I will follow this build with great interest...

Jean-Luc

Very Impressed, I'm building Tamiya's Mk IX and your work puts it to shame.....excellent

Hi Arjen
Looking really good. I had to look twice at some of the photos thinking I was looking at the real thing. Very well done.
tim

Superb.

I am impressed Arjen.Very nice detailing and I am looking forward to seeing more.Keep up that good work. Nolan. javascript:PasteSmiley('&:)')

Scratchbuilding masterpiece!

Can you describe the painting and weathering process please? Looks very convincing

Yes, amazing styrene work- and the painting is top-notch. Cheers!
chuk

Hi,
What i did is looking at real pictures. And try to replicate a medium/well used look.
I dont drybrush! MOSTLY it lookes Like something out of a fairytale themepark.
(Efteling for the Dutch).
Paint what yu see, not what you think.
In a 3D environment highlights simply come from... light.
Chipping is painted on. applied washes sparesly.
Paints used are Humbroll, Gunze, Xtra color.

Something for an other topic?:

What I don't understand is:
Most of the planes in WOII were BRAND NEW!
How could they look so well used!?
In two years if a plane that old survived somehow, It looked like they were dug up in a 2000 BC ancient excavation .

My car is 25 years old. It still shines and looks new!

Arjen, first of all - thanx for sharing your pics and your feedback.

You're right about the weathering and the way it's overdone sometimes. The way I see it - our hobby is an art. So as long as you enjoy it and having fun - just do it! Some of us like scratchbuilding and detailing, some of us enjoy weathering. There's room for everyone, right?

ABSOLUTELY!

Rodney Williams used to close with:

"Happy modelling"

I think he is right. That is what this (mysterious) hobby is all about.

Excellent stuff! Proper modelling - I'm very envious!
I limit my interests to WW1 subjects but the Spitfire is my one allowed weakness, glad to see the very reasonably priced Hasegawa kit can be made to look so beautiful....best of luck with the rest of the build - a real masterclass!

Best wishes, Richard

I've just seen the finished article - absolutely perfect!

Thanks for the inspiration!

Richard

This is one the best Spit Mk 1 models I've ever seen. Very subtle weathering and superb construction. Difficult to make a Spitfire model stand out but you've done it. Excellent.

Hi Arie,

Your scratchbuilding work is simply amazing! I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your build evolve and appreciate your artistic insight.

Thank you for giving this wonderful aircraft the love it so rightfully deserves.

Bravo!