1/32 Spitfire Mk.VIII ‘Bobby’ Gibbs - Home Country Modern Aircraft/Spitfire Marks GB

[Rogi]

Greek? c'mon Igor....you pulling my leg.... Aussie Dude!.. appreciate your comments good sir...

and yours to Geo and Evan!

have only had a little time on this one the past few days, added some lower wing stencils, no pics though...

Sorry Wayne they reminded me of "Nella" and the other Greek Spitfires, wasn't paying attention to the roundels :S

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Night Fighter Nut]

A beautiful build Wayne. Wish I wasn't so busy. I'm missing seeing the master at work.

 

[N4521U]

That is just beaudifull Wayne.

 

[Wayne Little]

No problem Igor!

Thanks too Hugh and Bill and Bill!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I just love the detail these bigger kits give you scope for. It's looking just great Wayne.

 

[A4K]

Yep, echo that.... Looking sweet mate!

 

[Wayne Little]

Cheers Vic and Evan, have left it this week, too busy to carry it to and from work so will recommence on the weekend.

 

[Gerry]

Sure you've got a lot of irons in the fire but would hope you get back to finish this soon.

Gerry

 

[Wayne Little]

Hey Gerry, had it in my hands for a brief moment Sunday, to determine the next steps, will be back to it real soon...

 

[Wayne Little]

While spraying some gloss today grabbed some bits for the Spitty too and did them....the prop blades to seal the decals, the canopy which I had not done previously along with the Undercarriage covers...

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Forgot about this one. Looking forward to the finish.

 

[A4K]

Sweet Wayne!

 

[T Bolt]

Glad you're finishing it Wayne

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys, really want to push this one along, will give it some more attention next week, have a week's annual leave...

 

[Airframes]

I'd forgotten about this one also. I thought maybe it had been buried ..... in Burma!
Looking good Wayne. Don't know if it's possible, or worth doing, but the WW2 'Jablo' -type prop blades had a narrow metal strip (probably brass) on the leading edge, from the tip to the point where the chord of the blade curves in towards the root. The blades themselves were coated in a rubber membrane, painted or coloured black, and the metal strips were also black, but could show slight signs of wear - not to be confused with the incorrect, normally overdone, weathering/chipping on some Spit IX models!
(Most currently airworthy Spits use Hoffman, metal props - from Germany ! These of course don't have the strip, so not very good reference for a wartime model.)
If you want to attempt it let me know, and I'll dig out a close-up pic.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Wayne!

 

[Crimea_River]

Here's one showing the strip with little evidence of paint.

 

[Airframes]

Good shot Andy. Looks like that one has been fitted over the rubber membrane and never painted. This was the usual fitting, but some were painted in matt black, presumably to reduce glint, and the paint of course, did wear.