**** DONE: GB-55 (2)1:48 Spitfire Mk.Vb Trop - MTO III

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

Good work Bill

 

[N4521U]

So Wings are attached.
This one I had to do some Adjustments!
Had to Spread the fuselage to fit the gap in the wing ass'y.
Then add a little post to Raise the top skin of the wings, both sides.
Then the gap at the underside skin was a bit big, a piece of card filled that.
It will be trimmed, filed and sanded!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nicely done Bill, but I'm a bit surprised at Hasegawa, they usually have good kits.

 

[N4521U]

Nicely done Bill, but I'm a bit surprised at Hasegawa, they usually have good kits.

1993?

 

[N4521U]

Ready for painting to start!

 

[Crimea_River]

Cool.

 

[N4521U]

so today I have finished One of my many Honey Do's
and was rewarded to some time on the bench!!!!!! Waaahoooo.
Got a coat of White primer on both builds.
White so I get true color on the finished colors.
Tamiya rattle can White fine primer.
This one desert camo finish.

 

[rochie]

Missed this one, looks great Bill

 

[Snautzer01]

many Honey Do's

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Bill!

 

[N4521U]

So I do have the underside masked up.
Couple of days, other crap to do.............
Then the cammo-flagge!
Ser no. BR271, would this have been an "A" or "B" desert pattern?

 

[Wurger]

Ser no. BR271, would this have been an "A" or "B" desert pattern?

I'm not sure if we can use the division of the camo patterns. From 10.07.1940 the Middle Stone replaced the Dark Green colour at the tops for the desert camo. So it means that the pattern "A" on the port side of the fuselage should start with the MS spot behind the spinner then the DE one and then the MS patch at the cockpit area. Then the DE spot and the MS one extended to the fin and rudder top. In the picture of the aircraft it can be noticed that the camo spot extended to the fin+rudder top is darker what indicates the DE colour there. Also the spots behind the spinner and at the cockpit area look dark. Well it looks like an inverted color scheme.
To sum up .. it can be said, the A camo pattern with the reversed order of colours.

 

[N4521U]

I'm not sure if we can use the division of the camo patterns.
To sum up .. it can be said, the A camo pattern with the reversed order of colours.

""To sum up" sounds good to me!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Lotsa tape!

 

[N4521U]

Lotsa tape!

Eh,
notsomuch!
Waiting for SMS paint colors.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far Bill!