Tim’s Airfix 1/48 Spitfire XII

[The Smythe Meister]

Cheers Bob. The stickers were pretty painless as I said. Looking forward to finishing it though.

I bet you are.... Then on with the Mosquito eh?!
Oh,and I still ain't "Bob" !!

[Tim Marlow]

Looking very good indeed Tim. I can never get those gun patches to work either.

And as for three months my two little 109s have almost that long!

Cheers Andrew. I suppose if they were soft enough to conform they would give us other problems with the other decals on the sheet…..
Loving your 109s, by the way. Small, but perfectly formed.

[Tim Marlow]

I bet you are.... Then on with the Mosquito eh?! :smiling3:
Oh,and I still ain't "Bob" !!

God knows why I do that, possibly because I was just chatting to Bob on another thread :flushed: :flushed: :flushed:

[The Smythe Meister]

No worries Dave,
It can happen to the best of us

[Tim Marlow]

No worries Dave,
It can happen to the best of us

Don’t know about the best of us, but it happens to me all the time Eric!

[Geoffers]

Looks great Tim :thumb2:

Geoff.

[Steven000]

Nice progress Tim! :thumb2:

[langy71]

she's looking beautiful Tim,
a really nice build mate...

[Tim Marlow]

Looks great Tim :thumb2:

Geoff.

Cheers Geoff.

[Tim Marlow]

Nice progress Tim! :thumb2:

Thanks Steven, appreciate it.

[Tim Marlow]

she's looking beautiful Tim,
a really nice build mate...

Thanks Chris, very kind of you.

[Tim Marlow]

Well, we got there…..

Had some dramas with the varnish though. I simply couldn’t dull down the finish! That’s had two coats of satin and one hand brushed matt varnish, and it still looks polished! No real weathering on it. The squadron shots I have look remarkably clean, and the shiny finish means pastels simply won’t stick…..
Here is a squadron shot from back in the day….

Looks rather like mine, and doesn’t have any gun or exhaust stains, so I’m allowed to leave them off

Lastly, a comparison shot with a ten year old MkI from my meagre aircraft collection…..

The Mk XII looks much more aggressive, but the MkI just looks perfect…..

Hope you like it. More shots in the group build summary….

[adt70hk]

Well done Tim....I get why they did the clipped wings but it doesn't look the same.... Will have a look shortly at the other pictures!

[Tim Marlow]

Well done Tim....I get why they did the clipped wings but it doesn't look the same.... Will have a look shortly at the other pictures!

Cheers Andrew. Agreed, with clipped wings it’s lost that elegance that the Mk I had in spades.

[langy71]

Well done Tim, a cracking build and finish buddy,
she can rightfully take her place on your display shelves.. and look proud doing so..