**** DONE: GB-62 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Vb ( Italian ) - Spitfires

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

I like your approach Berny, she's looking good and dare I say 'very lively!'

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[Berny5664]

Ready for the few decals

And the real that i want to do

See you soon

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Shiny

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks good Berny. On to the decals.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice one Berny, ready for decoration.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Berny5664]

A few more small details and some touch-ups and then we are almost there

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looking good and almost there.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes indeed.

 

[rochie]

i like it !

 

[Jock Tamson]

Nice

 

[Wayne Little]

Not bad at all.

 

[le_steph40]

very nice

 

[T Bolt]

Yes, very nice!

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Berny5664]

Dear modeler friends, you are all really very kind and I am having a hard time telling you what happened to the model.
In an attempt to bring out the metal with peeling I ruined the work done. Maybe the too much paint and aging with the oil colors blocked then by the transparent created too much thickness that I had to cut hard to make it come out.
So clumsily I scratched the model too much and so the "shrimp syndrome" hit me again and I had to go back.
So I stripped almost the entire model and then redid everything in a slightly "lighter" way.
I also changed the canopy using a resin copy of the ICM one, which I find more correct.
Now I'm back to the point of creating the peeling. But first I will go on holiday to Southern Italy and then I will face the obstacle.
A warm greeting and see you soon.
Berny

 

[Vic Balshaw]

That is indeed a sad tale but looking at the refurbished model you have made a wonderful recovery, so well done. To which part of Southern Italy are going!