Spitfire Mk.XIX - Airfix 1/72

[Guest]

Yay pictures! Waited 3 minutes for them to load mind!

Very nice Francesco - you must have sharp eyes & steady hands to be so neat with your painting!

[Guest]

I can see now!!

Looking very good, is a perfect start

[monica]

great work so far and a very good start,

[Guest]

Thank you Monica and Polux.

Polux, one fixed

[Guest]

Let's try again.

Fuselage closed.

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I tried to reproduce the cameras. Though the method looks the right one, the final result is below my expectations.

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Now working on wheel wells

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Francesco

Edit: again the issue with pics. I had to edit the message and add a space in the img tag to show the pics as attachment (but not inline with text).

[Guest]

Wheel wells completed

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Now working on radiators, one almost done

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Thanks for your nice comments.

Francesco

[john i am]

Cockpit and cameras look great but will look even better when the camo is applied top job so far

[flyjoe180]

Superb work Francesco. And great to see some extra detail going into this one as well.

[Guest]

Looking really nice Francesco

[Guest]

This is looking good Francesco.

[monica]

Superb work Francesco.and real like the added detail, job well done, look forward to more pics soon lol,

[Guest]

Thank you mates.

I'm going slowly as I'm not able to find the right slot to model.

However, since last post I completed the assembly, added the air scoop close to the pitot, draining pipes on wing bottom, ribs over the wheel wells and gear down indicators.

I then painted top surfaces with gunze H305 and lightened panel lines with a lighter color. Not really satisfied with the results but I want to see the final effect. I also tried to use the H55 for the PRU blue but it doesn't look right, today I should give a try to the life color intermediate blue, let's see.

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Francesco

[Guest]

Hello again.

Now it looks that after the issues with posting and watching pics I'm also not able to read the forum from tapatalk. I'm now connected via web and everything works, so here's a short update.

I've not been able to find any lifecolor/extracolor/gunze I tried my own mix and painted the rest of the model, then gloss clear, decals and wash.

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I already fixed the stain on the roundels and desaturated the decals.

Propeller and landing gears are ready,rudder and elevator glued, few more bits and it should be completed.

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Francesco.

[Guest]

Nice paint work, looking good