1/32 Tamiya Spitfire MK IXc

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

I have been trying to knock this one out for a little bit now but a cracked canopy prevented me from doing so. I finally sourced a new one and got it all straightened out and I am able to pick up where I left off a few months back.

I need to have a better way to shoot pics of the pit so that things may be displayed but until that happens we will just have to do with what is available.

I know the belts are not a Sutton harness but the only thing that I had that was close was one of the many Typhoon belts that I had squirreled away

These kits are really nice and I really like the way they go together If you had the right covers and gun locations you could do just about any Spitfire wing that suits your fancy. Here I just went with the kits C wing and got a coat of Tamiya RAF sky shot on the underside.

Tomorrow I will start on the invasion stripes and possibly run the camo on the top.

One of the other things that I had a chance to accomplish is the engine. I am still pondering if I am going to display this or not. If I do there will be a ton of details tha5t will have to be done.

Well, thanks for looking in.

Paul

 

[Crimea_River]

I can't really tell from your photo but the underside typically would not be Sky but rather Medium Sea Grey. What scheme are you doing?

 

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

The scheme on the box but I can change the color easily enough. Top is dark sea with dark green unless you have some better suggestions. I am open to them.

 

[Crimea_River]

Sorry but I don't want to lead you astray. I have no idea what the box looks like.

 

[nuuumannn]

Top is dark sea with dark green unless you have some better suggestions. I am open to them.

Golly, where to start...

1/32 scale Spitfire IXc decals - Google Search

 

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

Light sea gray it is

 

[Airframes]

European (Temperate) day fighter scheme Dark Green and Ocean Grey upper surfaces, Medium Sea Grey under surfaces.

 

[Wurger]

I agree. Undoubtedly there should have been used the MSG colour for the undersides.

 

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

I am changing it up accordingly. However on the call outs in the instructions it calls for light blue and flat white which I found as odd. So MSG it is.

 

[Crimea_River]

Still have no idea what your scheme looks like but the overwhelming majority of IXs would have sported the colours Terry mentioned. However IX's used in the desert would have had azure blue undersides.

It would help if you posted the pics of the box art or instruction sheet where the colours are called out.

 

[Wurger]

Andy, the dark sea with dark green on tops indicates the MSG on undersides rather. But you are right if it is the trop camo. IMHO the questioned model is the Tamiya 60319 kit. Most of the camo schemes included there are of the DG/OG/MSG colours. However the trop one for the Polish Spitfire ZX-6 of the PFT is of the trop colours.

 

[Crimea_River]

If that's the scheme he's doing then I agree. It was the reason I brought up the issue about the Sky. But I'm still not sure of what scheme he's doing if he says the call outs are for light blue.

 

[Wurger]

... Top is dark sea with dark green unless you have some better suggestions. I am open to them.

I see. Above I quoted his post #3. According to this the dark sea and dark green are on the tops. The Light Blue/Sky wasn't applied with these two rather. Unless that's the naval Spit. So I agree we should wait for the answer to your question.

 

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

That is the box art that I am doing and I am going with MSG on the bottom and DSG on top with DG

 

[Wurger]

The DSG ( Dark Sea Grey ) isn' the correct colour. It should be the Ocean Grey - FS 36187. The Dark Sea Grey was the naval colour used by the FAA and was FS 36173. The Ocean Grey was lighter and bluish in tone than the DSG.

 

[Airframes]

Not Dark Sea Grey - that's a naval colour. It should be Ocean Grey, sometimes referred to as Sea Grey.
The pic of my 1/32nd scale Mk.XIV conversion below shows what it should look like.

 

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

I'm done here.

 

[Crimea_River]

Bye bye then. Just trying to help bro.

 

[Airframes]

You're done - why ??
We are trying to help and assist you, not criticize or discourage you.
With the expense of the kit, and the time and effort invested so far, and your apparent desire to 'get things right', it's slightly churlish to have such an attitude.

 

[Wurger]