Tamiya's New Spitfire Mk I N3200 of 19 Squadron

Crimea_River · Apr 25, 2020

Black, white, and resprayed silver:

fubar57 · Apr 25, 2020

Cool, always liked that look

Wurger · Apr 26, 2020

Gnomey · Apr 26, 2020

Lovely work so far Andy!

slaterat · May 2, 2020

Gnomey said:
Lovely work so far Andy!

yes, that black ,white and silver is an awesome look.

Crimea_River · May 2, 2020

Thanks everyone. Need to get this thing masked up and mix up some Dark Earth - paint that is.

Airframes · May 2, 2020

Yeah, the other type might be a bit lumpy, surely.

Crimea_River · May 2, 2020

Cheaper though. Hmmmm......

Crimea_River · May 3, 2020

So I'm thinking hard edged camo demarcation. What say ye all?

Airframes · May 3, 2020

Yep, hard edged for that period.

fubar57 · May 3, 2020

Did they relax standards after a certain period for all aircraft?

Crimea_River · May 3, 2020

Thanks guys. I have heard they started with rubber masks and then went to freehand spray at some point, possibly with the switch to the Day Fighter Scheme but not sure.

Airframes · May 4, 2020

I've seen pics where heavy paper masks were used. Not sure, but I think the freehand spraying started around late 1942, or maybe mid 1943, presumably to save time and effort.

fubar57 · May 4, 2020

Thanks guys. I need to practice and not use my usual fire hose approach

Crimea_River · May 4, 2020

Debating whether or not to glue in the clear parts before painting. They fit so nice so may break from tradition and do them after.

Crimea_River · May 8, 2020

Dark Earth mixed and sprayed on. I tried a recommended mix of 2:XF-52 + 2:XF-49 + 1:XF-3 and we'll see how it looks once the green is on.

fubar57 · May 9, 2020

Looking forward to your decision. I've got 3 different DE mixes so far

rochie · May 9, 2020

Cant wait for the dark green !

Wurger · May 9, 2020

Airframes · May 9, 2020

Good stuff. Looks rather light on my screen, but I suspect that's the effect of the lighting when photographed.

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