**** DONE: 1/48 Spitfire MkIX - Mediterranean Theater of Operations

[Wildcat]

If you can get your hands on a tube I recommend it.
Canopies are on and masked, nearly ready for some paint.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wildcat]

Lower colour is on. It's supposed to be PRU blue but I had to settle for RAF blue, the picture does look more greyer then it actually is. Brush painted with Humbrol enamel.

 

[JKim]

Nice tip about the putty... will have to look into that! I'd be a little worried about the wing root seam cracking after painting ... I've had that happen before.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Coming along nicely Andy and thanks for the heads-up on the putty, it certainly filled those gaps well and I could have done with it on my last couple Special Hobby Spit builds which had the same wing tip problem.

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks guys. Got the upper colour of Medium Sea Grey applied today.

 

[JKim]

Nice! That pattern is a nice contrast to the normal three-color scheme seen on most Spitfires.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks guys. It's a bit bland at the moment, but the decals should really bring the colour scheme to life.

 

[chris brown]

Cool looking spit! Coming along nicely.

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking good Andy.

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks boys

 

[Wayne Little]

lookin' good mate!

 

[tigerdriver]

looks great really interesting colour call out

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks guys. I've got her up on its undercarriage now and have applied a gloss coat ready for decaling. For some reason the gloss coat went all white and chalky. After the initial panic a few more coats were applied which managed to cover it all up, why would this happen?? I use Humbrol gloss coat which I've used on my last four or five models and never experienced this before, I haven't changed anything in regards to paint types and brands. The centre canopy section has suffered unfortunately as there is a "patch" of fogged, almost scuffed looking plastic that I haven't been able to polish out. A few extra coats of clear gloss as improved it a bit, so I might add some more in the morning and see how it goes.

 

[Wurger]

What have you used for applying of the gloss coat? A brush? Possible it wasn't too clear of already used thinners , colours or water . Also it might have been caused by the air dampness and temperature.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Hope it sorts itself out mate...

 

[Wildcat]

Thanks guys. I think Wojtek might have been right re using a dirty paint brush on the initial coat of gloss. The canopy is still not to my liking but its passable I suppose. Anyway got the decaling done today and what stress!! Red Roo decals are excellent decals however they are extremely thin and require great care, well I made a meal of both serials to the point that I had to make up most of the letters and numbers from the spares box. Again not perfect but passable

 

[Wurger]

Looking good though.