British Columbia, Canada
Joined: September 03, 2009
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Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 05:30 PM UTC
Eduard''s 1/48 Spitfire IX makes average modellers good, good modellers great, and turns great modellers into superlatives. This is especially true when the markings are masked and painted rather than decals. Here is a build of not just one but two superlative Spitfires.
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Auckland, New Zealand
Joined: October 25, 2005
KitMaker: 949 posts
AeroScale: 493 posts
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2014 - 07:08 PM UTC
Hi Fredrik,
A fantastic build and a great article.
Between your build and paint job and Mals masks I'd be happy if anything I did was even half as good.
looking forward to your next build.
Cheers
Chris
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Stockholm, Sweden
Joined: May 02, 2006
KitMaker: 1,953 posts
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Posted: Saturday, May 31, 2014 - 07:31 AM UTC
If I'm not entirely wrong I judged those aircraft at the recent IPMS Stockholm competition. They are as good as they look in the photos!
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Joel_W
Associate EditorNew York, United States
Joined: December 04, 2010
KitMaker: 11,666 posts
AeroScale: 7,410 posts
Posted: Saturday, May 31, 2014 - 11:28 AM UTC
Fredrik,
A really rock solid build of an excellent kit. I really enjoyed, and learned quite a lot about masks from your feature story.
Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
Joel
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England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: September 30, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, May 31, 2014 - 06:52 PM UTC
I quite like these
MAL the MASK
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Uppsala, Sweden
Joined: January 09, 2008
KitMaker: 92 posts
AeroScale: 90 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 07:35 AM UTC
Thank you guys! I personally prefer to read articles and build blogs that aim at helping others develop their own skills, whether they put them to use on the same model or another one. I hope I managed to write such an article.
And Magnus, you're not wrong and I'm still wrestling with your advice after the show...
Niedersachsen, Germany
Joined: March 26, 2014
KitMaker: 844 posts
AeroScale: 630 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 - 07:04 PM UTC
Simply awesome ! Lots of input to learn !