This is 1/48
Spitfire FR.14e finished in the markings NH 915 / EB – H of
Lt. Derek Rake No 41 sqn B118
Celle - Germany during spring 1945.
The project was
started a couple of years ago but due to some reasons it was reluctant to get
back to work on it. Finally it was finished this spring.
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The base kit is
from Academy.
It was very
hard for me to continue with OOB because of
its dramatically wrong nose shape. So I decided to correct it by using Daco
improvement set. I am still not sure that the problem is solved completely.
But it is best to accept it as is and don’t make life unbearable.
Additionally
some improvements applied into the cockpit.
The painting
was done with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics as usual.
Upper surfaces
painted to RAF Dark green / Ocean grey and the under surfaces to Medium sea grey.
Moving canopy
part is from Squadron .
Roundels and
code letters are from several Xtradecal sets.
** Reference:
Osprey Publications –Griffon Spitfires
Happy Modelling
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