**** DONE: GB-62 1/32 Spitfire Mk. VIII - Spitfires

[Donivanp]

Username : donivanp
First name : Don
Category : intermediate
Scale : 1/32
Manufacturer / Model :Tamiya Spitfire Mk. VIII

 

[Donivanp]

What's in the box:

 

[Donivanp]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

WOW Don, another biggie, this should be fun.

 

[Wayne Little]

A great Kit Don,plenty to do though....

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice one but vinyl tires?

 

[Donivanp]

Just picked this up from Thrift books for $6.50. I bought it as it has photos (all color) of the Spitfire I'm doing for the Spitfire group build. The first chapter is MTO and most of the photos are from Lt. William Skinner with several of his bird Spitfire Mk. VIII Lonesome Polecat!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[rochie]

wow lots in that box !

 

[Donivanp]

Getting things in order and starting the prep for the Quinta Studio for the cockpit. Have to cut out a couple sections in the fuselage and add a piece to the lower aft on both sides. then the Quinta starts.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Goodness me, lots of stuff to get your teeth into here Don.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Don.
The interior colour is rather odd though - it should be RAF Grey-Green, more of a sage green shade.

 

[Donivanp]

Good stuff Don.
The interior colour is rather odd though - it should be RAF Grey-Green, more of a sage green shade.

Always an issue. This is Vallejo "pale green" (British interior green) I compared it against Tamiya X-71 and decided on it but I'll post comparison later for input. Your invitation to come and supervise is always open, but you'll not need your coat, we're running 95° F with heat index of 100+.

 

[Crimea_River]

Oh, believe me, Terry will need his coat...

 

[Airframes]

A very strange shade - unless it's the effects of lighting.
The Tamiya paint arrowed in the pic below is closer to what it should look like, and also see Vic's build.

 

[Crimea_River]

Agreed but Tamiya has a strange penchant for making the colour of their bottle tops quite different from their contents. In the case of XF-71, the contents are much darker than the bottle top:

Even so, the straight XF-71 is pretty close, if a bit dark.

 

[Donivanp]

I'll re shoot. I have plenty of 71

 

[Wurger]

Always an issue. This is Vallejo "pale green" (British interior green) I compared it against Tamiya X-71 and decided on it but I'll post comparison later for input. Your invitation to come and supervise is always open, but you'll not need your coat, we're running 95° F with heat index of 100+.

Unfortunately the Tamiya XF-71 is the cockpit green but for the IJN kites but not for the RAF ones. RAF interior green should be FS34226. However by adding of some medium grey it is possible to get a simple mix that may match the RAF IG.
What is the Vallejo number of the paint? Vallejo Model Air 71.095 Pale Green - RAL6011 ? If it is it is also the wrong colour. It should be either the Vallejo Model Air 71305 Interior Grey Green or Vallejo Model Air 71126 IDF/IAF Green.

 

[Donivanp]

Unfortunately the Tamiya XF-71 is the cockpit green but for the IJN kites but not for the RAF ones. RAF interior green should be FS34226. However by adding of some medium grey it is possible to get a simple mix that may match the RAF IG.
What is the Vallejo number of the paint? Vallejo Model Air 71.095 Pale Green - RAL6011 ? If it is it is also the wrong colour. It should be either the Vallejo Model Air 71305 Interior Grey Green or Vallejo Model Air 71126 IDF/IAF Green.

I'll look see what I have. It would be nice if everyone used USA interior green, but alas….

 

[Wurger]

I'll look see what I have. It would be nice if everyone used USA interior green, but alas….

Unfortunately the Red Coats had always different colours.

The RAF cockpit colour should be similar to that ...