Eduard 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII RAAF

[Guest]

Along with my Hasegawa Bf 109F Marseille build, I recently purchased the Eduard Spitfire Mk VIII, and I decided to start it. As it is a profipack, it comes with all the extras. PE, masks and the usual Eduard package. This is the first Eduard Spitfire Mk VIII on this thread. I will be doing scheme F, Bobby Gibbes Spitfire, a 10 1/2 Ace


Here are the first pics


Cheers, John


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[Guest]

Here the the pics of the cockpit and the wheel bays.


Cheers, John


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[Steve Brodie]

Great start and looking very good.

[Robert1968]

Great start ( good office detailing


Robert

[Guest]

I've wanted to build an Eduard Spitfire for yonks, so I'll watch this with interest!


I like how they show the Sutton harness fittings.

[Guest]

having seen the other build, I'll watch this mate

[Guest]

This camo pattern was all done freehand.


First stage. Marking out the camo with a pencil


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Second stage. Lightly shading in the borders


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Third Stage. All done! Now I have to touch up some parts, then the upper parts are done


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Cheers, John


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[Guest]

Here is the camo "tightened up"


John


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[flyjoe180]

Looks good so far John. Nice to see a Mark 8, not a very commonly modelled version.

[papa 695]

Looking very good John great work so far

[Guest]

Had a bit of a disaster. The exhausts got lost (pinged off my tweezers and into oblivion) Oh well, just had to go and order the Brassin ones. This means this will be stalled for a couple of days


Cheers, John

[Guest]

After a final desperate push to get this done, this is now finished. Look in the completed aircraft section for it.


John