Hi everyone,

after a very pleasant build of the Von Werra, '109' it's time to tackle some other stuff.
My choice feld on the very popular Tamiya Spitfire Mk.IX, that i will build OOB.
Only thing i will ad, is the nice Andrea RAF pilot figure, that will be put together with the Spitfire in a diorama.

I find that the Tamiya Spit, is allready very detailed on it's own, so i decided not to use any aftermarket stuff for this build.

For the reference i will use the two books that are vissible on the photo's.





Greetz

Danny

Nice project, look forward to it

Looks like a cool project. How do you plan the diorama?

Cheers!
/Fred

Finnaly i made a start with the Spitfire, slow but for sure, all bits comes nice together.

Starting with the two fuselage half's, i first painted some aerea's with Alclad II Aluminium.
After that, the cockpit section was painted with Tamiya XF-71.





Some chipping was done, i do this with a sponge technique and Vallejo Panzer Aces Color Dark Rubber.





Also the front instrument panel bulkhead (i think i should called it like that ) and the compass was painted and chipped.



Instrumentpanel with gauges and details painted.



Controle columm, and the rudder pedals.
Some coper wirring was added to give the controle stick some more realistic appearance.










Hi Fred, i wanted to make it quit simple, just some grass and soil, some fence or something, and a figure of two.

Greetz

Danny

That figure is a fantastic sculpt.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this progress!

Hi Jon, thank's for the nice comment mate.

Hi everyone,

Today i was busy to make some parts of the cockpit very used, or dirty, beginning with the two fuselage halfs.



For this i used a mix of oil paint (burnt umber), 10% paint, 90% dillution.
I didn't wanted to make the wash very heavy.

Also the armored plate behind the pilot's seat en the frame where the pilot seat must be attached din't escape the wheatering proces.





And for today the last parts, instrument panel, with bulkheads and lower frame where wheatered.







Next step is the pilot's seat.



thank's for watching

Greetz

Danny

Wow, that is a beautiful piece of work you have made there with the chipped paint and weathering. Superlatives all over!


/Fred

Thank's Frederik for the nice comment

Greetz

Danny