This is my 1/48
Tamiya Spitfire Vbs. of No. 417 (City of Windsor) Squadron with the
Royal Canadian Air Force in North Africa.
(the following 4
photos show the kit painted prior to the additional weathering)
Here is another of
Tamiya's wonderful kits. The Spitfire Vb tropical, fitted with a Vokes
filter, which carries the markings of No. 417 (City of Windsor) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force, North Africa. I have always found this
colourful scheme to be the most appealing of all the spitfire schemes used
during WWII.
Construction of the kit was very
straight forward, absolutely no filler was necessary. I built the kit out
of the box, only adding fuse wire for the brake lines. I will be adding
some seat belts next. The kit has been painted using Gunze acrylics Dark
Earth and Middle stone on the upper surface and Vallejo Azul on the lower
surface. I used the kits camouflage guide by cutting it out and applying
it on the model with small amounts of Blue Tac under the edges. By doing
this, it allows for a soft edge on the camouflage.
Once the kit was
painted, I proceeded to apply some weathering by fading the paint by adding a
few drops of flat white to the colours and hitting the panels. The kit was
then sprayed with Shine Magic for the gloss coat and allowed to dry for 12 hours
and then the kit was decaled.
The kit decals were used and with
Micro set and Micro Sol they performed well. After the kit was allowed to
sit over night I followed up with another light coat of Shine Magic, and
finished the weathering by adding Citadel brown ink to the panel lines.
The last step was adding Tamiya flat base to the Shine Magic for the final matte
coat. I decided the kit was not weathered enough, so I shaded the panel
lines with very diluted Tamiya smoke and reapplied the matte coat with more Flat
Base added to it to give a more faded look to the camouflage. I am very
happy with the result. I hope you like it too.
Anthony
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