kittyhawk mk iii and spitfire mk vb trop

[Robbbie1984]

Until my xtracrylix curse struck again!!! I had even re-flatted and mixed it properly and it even sprayed ok and I was happy....not now....need another beer!

 

[Wurger]

A good work so far. I hope the blue paint on undersides is hardened fully. Unfortunately paper towels like sticking to quite fresh acrylic colours.

Oops.. we criss-crossed posts. But as I said above...

 

[Robbbie1984]

I left the blue a couple of days to harden before masking.....no luck though!

 

[Wurger]

This is quite common. Just the blue paint was thinned with a wrong thinner.

 

[Wurger]

Here you are a better stand for keeping a model during painting and hardening of colours... a couple of toothpicks and a piece of the Styrofoam.

 

[Robbbie1984]

Thats a neat way of doing it, I'll give that a try on the next one!

 

[Wurger]

Glad you like it

 

[Robbbie1984]

Yeah, i tend to find when balancing it like I have the aircraft have a tendancy to move quite a bit! Then its just the spraying to get right!

 

[Wayne Little]

Wojtek's High tech method is a good one....been doing it the same for years!

 

[Robbbie1984]

Hi - tech?

 

[Wurger]

Of course...

 

[Wayne Little]

The simple is always best..

 

[Robbbie1984]

Haha, I completely agree! Finally the end is in sight after all that.....end game!

 

[Wurger]

Looking great although both of the camo layouts look a little bit strange methinks. Have you followed any pictures or profiles?

 

[Robbbie1984]

The profiles with the decals?....ready for clear coats anyway!

 

[Airframes]

Looking good, but I agree about the patterns. Here's a diagram showing the basic pattern, and the 'mirror image' pattern was the same, but reversed port to starboard.

 

[Robbbie1984]

Yeeeeah....gonna be honest...I just stink at masking with blu tack hahahaha! Still those plans are 10 times better than the ones I used, I'll use those in future!

 

[Wurger]

The profiles with the decals?....

Yep something like that.

Here you are examples of pictures and profiles...

Spitfire Mk.Vb, AX-N, ER874, "Cirecooks V", N° 1 Squadron, Goubrine, Tunisia, April 1943,

or.... Spitfire Mk.Vc, DB-R, JK815, N° 2 Squadron, Gioia del Colle, Italy, October 1943,

 

[Robbbie1984]

My masking skills must improve by the look of it!

 

[Wurger]