Lee Drennen’s 1/48 Monogram 1968 Mark IX Spitfire Defender of Britain

[Lee Drennen]

Well this will be my first Spitfire I’ve ever build. I’ve ordered some aftermarket parts and Decals hope o can do this kit some justice. See you guys in about two weeks

[papa 695]

Some nice little extras Lee. Just pulled up a chair.

[Lee Drennen]

While wait for the Simon GB to start I figured I would try to get this done. Today I got the interior ready for primer and paint.

[papa 695]

They make the cockpit look really busy Lee.

[adt70hk]

Off to a nice start Lee.

ATB

Andrew

[Lee Drennen]

Ian. That busy interior is to keep your eyes off all those Rivets lol

Andrew. Thanks well I hope the rest of the build goes this smooth. I’m worried about the camo paint. I never painted a camo scheme before

[JR]

Lee can't see you having a problem on the camo.

[Mini Me]

Silly Putty works extremely well for masking your cammo on these birds. It is usually available at most Dollar stores or perhaps Walmart.......comes in a little plastic egg holder. Hope this helps. Rick H.

[Lee Drennen]

John. I maybe over thinking it but still a little nervous about it.

Rick. Thanks I’ve heard of people doing that I played with Silly Putty when I was a kid. I will be hand painting the camo Jakko told some one to pencil the pattern on the bird then hand paint it.

[Jim R]

Hi Lee
Off to a good start. Is Monogram still producing kits or it it rather old? When you see the results people like Ron and Pete get with brush painting I think Jakko's idea is pretty sound - might be worth a go.
Jim

[Lee Drennen]

Jim. Thanks I love to brush painting and done lots of bottom and side camo on aircraft’s but not the top portion. I’m going to try it. If your asking about this kit it a 1968 version.

[Lee Drennen]

Before quitting last night I got a few more things done. I added the Aftermarket tail fins with positionable flaps I also cut out those hideous molded in exhaust for the new Aftermarket one. Going and let the primer cure a little more before I paint the interior.

[Lee Drennen]

I’m sorry to say but I’m scrubbing this build. It looks so out of scale to me and really doesn’t satisfy me to look like a Spitfire. Thanks for the complements and likes

[Lee Drennen]

I was looking through my old Aircraft builds the other day and came across this build. Looks like I got very frustrated with it. I compared it to some other Monogram Planes from this era and I now think I was wrong it looks like it’s in scale so I decided to try it again. Here’s some updates I done this morning

[JR]

Good thing you didn't throw it ant then Lee. as its looking good. :thumb2: