GB-62 1/72 Spitfire Mk 21 Contraprop - Spitfires

[PlasticHero]

The silver is on and I'm doing decals this afternoon. I have the first rudder decal soaking and I'm looking at the instructions for its placement. I'm looking and looking and something feels off. Go back to page one and look at the decal sheet.

This is part D53, a scoop for the engine. That ruler is 1/10ths of an inch or 2.5mm. Yes, I got it cleaned up and glued down. Good for SH to do the work to include that. Another detail is the radiators go deep, up in the wing with the curving duct work molded into the bottom wing half.

The answer is the port tail flash is leading with the blue. I've never seen that and I will put that decal on "upside down" unless there is any chance that it is correct. It's an unfortunate error if not and I can see it will trip up some people who aren't familiar with British markings.

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[A4K]

If you mean the fin flash looks wrong, then yeah: should be Red/ White /Blue from the leading edge port side, and Blue/White /Red on starboard, with the red on the leading edge. They have drawn this wrong on the colour plan.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Yes, always red/white/blue from front to rear of the vertical tail on both sides.

 

[Wurger]

To make it clear ... although the image was taken with a blue filter, the different tinges of the colours can be noticed. The red is darker than the blue ...

the source: the net.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good job not losing that little part Alan.