**** DONE: GB-55 1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc - MTO III

[Lancaster630]

Username: Lancaster630
First name: Christopher
Category: Intermediate
Manufacturer: Airfix
Model: Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vc
Scale: 1:72nd
Extras: None

Going for the USAAF Option from the kit - 307th Fighter Squadron, 12th Air Force USAAF, La Senia, Algeria, November/December 1942

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Perfect.

 

[Crimea_River]

Welcome aboard!

 

[N4521U]

Nice choice, these USAAF Spits are interesting subjects.
GB57, Foreign Service will be my USAAF Mk.IX Spit!

 

[Jock Tamson]

I'll watch with interest as I have one of these in the stash.

 

[Wayne Little]

Sweet.

Good thinking Bill, I'll get a Spitty done one way or another...

 

[Lancaster630]

Made a start today (a week on I know but we went a bit Commonwealth Games heavy here being so close to Birmingham )

Steps 1- 9 assembled and ready for priming tomorrow

Really cannot get over how there is more to add to the interior of this Mk.Vc in 72nd than there was to the 48th PR.XIX!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Good start and thanks for putting something familiar against the parts, it gives us a good idea of how small the detail is.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!

 

[Lancaster630]

Thank you all
Unfortunately with the heat going up again here it is becoming hard to model make once more but I have managed a dry fit of the cockpit tub and did get it primed with Tamiya Surface Primer (Fine)

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Good start

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Agreed, doing great on them first bits.

 

[Lancaster630]

Thank you, the rising temperatures recently prevented me from working on this but it has cooled again and I am back to it!


The interior parts primed ready for painting


Calamity the kit called for Humbrol 78 for the interior and this is what I found opening the pot!


Vallejo to the rescue with the interior Green Grey from the BoB paint set



The interior parts painted and the paints used


My new best friends assisted me in placing the transfer for the instrument panel, why didn't I try Micro set and sol before I will not know but it is witchcraft!


The cockpit tub all closed up


Gunsight added


Fuselage interiors painted


Cut off the sprues and cleaned up


The fuselage closed up around the cockpit tub and propeller mount. It fought me around the cockpit tub but I took my time and glued as I went around and it closed up nicely and allowed it to have it's need to bend the fuselage out to meet the wing roots


The wings were an issue, the wheel well walls I found to be too tall which caught me out on the first one hoping glue and clamping would get it together well, which to be fair it did mostly save for that bit in front of the flap in the right of the last picture. Also I had to trim the detail inside the wheel well to allow walls to fit more flush in, you can see where I have done this on the upper wing section in the middle picture.


Wings attached and looking alright if I do say so myself.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lancaster630]

Rudder and tailplane added


Vokes Tropical Air filter on and it is at this point I realise in time that leaving the propeller off until I have the teeth transfer on will be an advantage.


That takes me up to stage 20 not a bad session all in all


and to my eyes definitely looking Spitfire shaped!

Thank you for all your kind words so far

 

[Wurger]