Subject: Re: Spitfire Article No.2!
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "whendriks" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:37:43 -0700

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "whendriks" <[email-masked]>
To: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 5:35 PM
Subject: Spitfire Article No.2!

> Hello Steve:
> Here is some text to go along with the Spit MkVb photos, "WR-R", the
> South African one.
> Cheers,
> Will
> 
> AFRIKAANER!
> 1/48th Tamiya Spitfire MkVb
> South African Air Force
> 
> By Will Hendriks
> 
> Here is my Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire MkVb, in the colouful markings of No. 40
> Squadron, SAAF, as it appeared while based in Italy, August 1943.
> The kit was built pretty much out of the box, except for the oblique
> camera aperture, Reheat seatbelts, and Aeromaster decals. Yes, those
> roundels are Orange in the center!
> The oblique camera aperture is simply a hole cut in the access panel,
> then filled with SuperKlear to make the clear cover.
> Note the Aboukir filter and clipped wings. The wingtip fairings
> represent the wooden examples that where produced in the field. Hence no
> nav lights.
> The model is painted with the now sadly defunct Floquil "Military
> Classic Colour" range of enamels, possibly the best quality enamels ever
> produced for the modeller. The colours are Dark Earth and Mid Stone over
> Azure Blue. Floquil Flat varnish provides the smooth, semi-matt finish. 
> Weathering is a combination of chalk pastel wash and artist's oils.
> Paint chips were accomplished with a sharp Prismacolour Silver pencil
> crayon.
> The Tamiya Spitfire kits are truly a joy to build! Delicious!